X-Nico

unusual facts about provisional designation



36446 Cinodapistoia

36446 Cinodapistoia is an asteroid, originally designated 2000 QV, discovered on August 22, 2000, by Luciano Tesi and Andrea Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.


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123290 Manoa

It is named after the Manoa valley on the Hawaiian island of Oahu; the provisional designation symbolizes the centennial of the 1907 founding of the University of Hawaii (UH).

5332 Davidaguilar

5332 Davidaguilar (provisional designation: 1990 DA) is an Amor-class minor planet.

96189 Pygmalion

96189 Pygmalion (provisional designation: 1991 NT3) is an Amor-type near-Earth minor planet.

Mount Aldaz

Not only does Aldaz have a mountain named in association with him, but he also has a main-belt minor planet named in his honor, 13004 Aldaz (provisional designation: 1982 RR), discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station in Coconino County, Arizona, on September 15, 1982.