Wednesday 30 March 2016

Astrognome Scrapbook Oceana

Minor Planet Oceana

March 30th 1882 the Austrian astronomer Johann Palissa discovered asteroid which he named Oceana in honour of the Pacific Ocean. Oceana is about 60 km across and is in the main asteroid belt. It takes about 4.3 years to orbit the Sun.  

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