A main belt , , has been named after  , a free encyclopedia. The information became available on the 's website yesterday. The decision of the to assign the name "Wikipedia" to the asteroid was published in the of January 27, published online yesterday, page 82403. board member Andriy Makukha proposed the name. It was submitted to the Committee by the head of the in  , . The asteroid was discovered by the team of astronomers of Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory. At first it was observed by that team on August 25, 2008 at 22:47 (UTC). It was also observed on the next night and two weeks later on September 6. It received provisional designation 2008 QH24. Accurate calculation of its orbit showed asteroid 2008 QH24 is the same as 1997 RO4 and 2007 FK34. The asteroid had been previously spotted by observatories including Caussols-ODAS in  , and and in , .
A main belt , , has been named after Wikipedia , a free encyclopedia. The information became available on the 's website yesterday. The decision of the to assign the name "Wikipedia" to the asteroid was published in the of January 27, published online yesterday, page 82403. board member Andriy Makukha proposed the name. It was submitted to the Committee by the head of the in Ukraine , . The asteroid was discovered by the team of astronomers of Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory. At first it was observed by that team on August 25, 2008 at 22:47 (UTC). It was also observed on the next night and two weeks later on September 6. It received provisional designation 2008 QH24. Accurate calculation of its orbit showed asteroid 2008 QH24 is the same as 1997 RO4 and 2007 FK34. The asteroid had been previously spotted by observatories including Caussols-ODAS in France , and and in Arizona, US .
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