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 | | is just the largest member of this new family, which explains why it was found over 60 years before number two. |
 | | "With the current detection rate, we should arrive at number 10,000 somewhere in January or February." He notes that asteroids 1000, 2000, 3000, and so on have all been honored by the IAU with special names, including Leonardo and Isaac Newton. |
 | | To try to settle the issue, Mike A'Hearn of the University of Maryland, College Park, is collecting e-mail votes from 500 or so members of IAU divisions on the solar system, comets and asteroids, and other relevant topics. |
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