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--(2486) Metsahovi --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered1939 Mar 22from Turku, Finlandby Y. Vaisala.Alternate designation(s):1939 FY, 1961 TZ, 1970 FE, 1970 GN, 1975 WC, 1978 SW2.Linked to prediscovery observations from 1939 Feb 16.Permanent number assigned 1981 Nov 11.
Named 1983 May 26 for a farm near Helsinki, Finland [MPC007946].
Companion discovered2006 Dec 12 by M. Pikler, M. Husarik, G. Cervak, W. Cooney, J. Gross, D. Terrell, P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, A. Galad, J. Vilagi, L. Kornos, S. Gajdos, V. Reddy, and R. Dyvigusinglightcurve observations from Skalnate Pleso Observatory, Slovakia; Sonoita Research Observatory, Sonoita, Arizona, USA; Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; Modra Observatory, Slovakia; University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA; Badlands Observatory, Quinn, South Dakota, USA.Announced2007 Feb 26 [P07a].
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