Named for the bird Aquila heliaca, or imperial eagle. {It belongs to the Accipitridae family. It is one of the birds on the ‘List of Endangered Birds in Europe’. In 1994 only 320 pairs were counted.} (M 34349) _ _.
Discovered on 16-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.