, the research team approached the Pauma to name the asteroid in what ZTF co-investigator George Helou called a"celebration of their language, history, and connection to the night sky." The Pauma originally wanted to name the asteroid"Venus's daughter," indicating its close relationship to the planet, but the Luiseño translation was too long to be approved by theThe naming celebrations included Pauma band members of all ages visiting the observatory.
"Your ancestors, going back many thousands of years, were very skilled at studying the night sky, and used their knowledge to develop calendars, to mark the seasons, and to find their way on journeys," Jonas Zmuidzinas, an astronomer and director of Caltech Optical Observatories, said at the ceremony."The ancestors of the Pauma band were in fact the first Palomar astronomers."
Where is planet Nine’s orbit? 👻🧐🤓
Is the asteroid rotating clockwise like Venus too? Obviously no but rotating anti-clockwise like Jupiter, earth and Mars.
It has a gravitational force higher than that of the earth