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983:. The Planetary Society
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242:Uncertainty parameter
180:Minervian, Minervean
1369:Distant minor planet
771:Noah Webster (1884)
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85:MPC designation
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898:1985Icar...61..124M
254:146.14 yr (53379 d)
70:Discovery date
63:Ann Arbor, Michigan
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78:Designations
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1496:Cosmic dust
1460:Long-period
1450:Halley-type
1406:Kuiper belt
1291:Designation
935:3 September
613:occultation
577:is a large
504:5.982
485:Equatorial
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370:Inclination
359:Mean motion
337:~17.86 km/s
134:Named after
1521:Categories
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1480:Sungrazing
1455:Hyperbolic
1411:Oort cloud
1354:Near-Earth
1223:93 Minerva
1217:92 Undina
1112:93 Minerva
1064:93 Minerva
961:25 October
869:10 January
836:28 January
759:References
688:Gorgoneion
639:Satellites
587:. It is a
575:93 Minerva
492:8.035 cm/s
278:Perihelion
236:2457600.5)
176:Adjectives
22:93 Minerva
1391:Damocloid
1229:94 Aurora
1144:Ephemeris
1136:Discovery
1073:Ephemeris
582:main-belt
169:Main belt
156:, A902 DA
39:Discovery
1475:Periodic
1401:Detached
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462:1.9 g/cm
398:274.543°
386:4.06265°
374:8.56143°
330:Average
320:(1672.0
260:Aphelion
1440:Extinct
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987:7 April
894:Bibcode
601:Minerva
579:trinary
457:density
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304:0.13998
152:1949 QN
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