Malpais

(1984 EY )
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NOW @ 15 VIR 12
FOUND @ 25 VIR 24
 
Inclination: 7.02
Eccentricity: 0.074
Period: 3.638 years
AU 2.365
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

9.3.1984 09:33 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Spanish for “bad country,” early explorers of the American Southwest described as Malpais a countryside strewn with rough lava flows or rocks that was difficult to traverse. The name was suggested by Van Francis Campbell, winner of a contest to name this minor planet in conjunction with the 1999 Flagstaff Festival of Science.


Discovered on 9-3-1984 in Anderson Mesa by Skiff, B. A.

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