Newly spotted asteroid near Venus earns name from Pauma band of Native Americans - Space.com

Scientists at the Palomar Observatory turned to the indigenous Pauma band, upon whose ancestral lands the facility sits, to name a recently discovered asteroid that circles the sun within Venus's orbi

A Native American tribe in what's now California has named a unique asteroid at the request of scientists who discovered it. Two years ago, astronomers operating the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) … [+2617 chars]

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