Flavia

(1981 VQ )
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NOW @ 17 LIB 50
Inclination: 2.264
Eccentricity: 0.212
Period: 3.851 years
AU 2.457
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

2.11.1981 00:00 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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The name is the feminine form of Flavius, a Roman gens, or patrilineal clan, which included the Emperors Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. The name also appeared in the science-fiction novel A Torrent of Faces (J. Blish and N. Knight, 1967), wherein Flavia is an asteroid on a collision course with the Earth. (M 6956) _ _.


Discovered on 2-11-1981 in Anderson Mesa by Skiff, B. A.

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