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Discovered 1878 Feb. 8 by J. Palisa at Pola.
Named for the (now Croatian) peninsula at the northern end of the Adriatic sea, containing Trieste and the city of discovery. (H 183; A. Schnell)
Named by Vice-Admiral B. Freiherr von Wüllerstorf who was the commander of the first Austrian circumnavigatory adventure with the frigate ‘Novara’.
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(2003). (183) Istria. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_184
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