The name is ``Flying Rock" or ``Rock Which Flies" in the Navajolanguage, and signifies not only the motion of the asteroid throughspace but also gives recognition to the contribution of the Navajoculture and language to the Flagstaff area. The name was suggested byDerekson Bert, eighth-grade student at Rocky Ridge School in Dinnebito,Arizona, as part of a contest to name this asteroid in conjunction withthe 1996 Flagstaff Festival of Science.

The name is ``Standing Stones" in Gaelic, a term used to refer to thestones placed during neolithic times into small or large groups, ofteninto circles, throughout the British Isles. Many of these arrangementsexhibit astronomical alignments, and are thought to have been used inat least some cases to track the progression of seasons and mark theoccurrence of other significant astronomical events. The name wassuggested by Alice Cathryne Dennis, seventh-grade student at TheMountain School in Flagstaff, Arizona, as winner of a contest to namethis asteroid in conjunction with the 1997 Flagstaff Festival ofScience.

The name is from the exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric cliffdwelling located in Tsegi Canyon, in what is now Navajo NationalMonument in northern Arizona. It was built and occupied from the 10ththrough the 13th centuries by the Kayenta Anasazi or Hisatsinom(``ancient ones" in Hopi), likely ancestors of the modern Hopi people.The origin of the name is apparently from a Navajo phrase ``kits'iil"or ``kin ts'iil" meaning ``houses that have been left behind." The namewas suggested by Michael T. Gibson of Flagstaff, Arizona, as winner ofa contest to name this asteroid in conjunction with the 1998 FlagstaffFestival of Science.

The name is from the Spanish for ``bad country" or ``badlands", and wasoriginally applied by early explorers of the American Southwest tocountryside strewn with rough lava flows or rocks, difficult totraverse by foot, horseback or wagon. The name is now used also forthe rock found in such country, used for stone building construction.The name was suggested by Van Francis Campbell of Flagstaff, Arizona,fifth grade student at Christensen Elementary School, as winner of acontest to name this asteroid in conjunction with the 1999 FlagstaffFestival of Science.

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Quivira is the name of a place to which Francisco Vasquez de Coronadowas led in 1541 by an Amerindian guide named "El Turko," who said therecould be found "trees hung with golden bells and people whose pots andpans were beaten gold." Upon arrival, the location and was foundinhabited only by the Wichita tribe in what is now Kansas. The namewas suggested by Jesse Roberts of Camp Verde, Arizona, as winner of acontest to name this asteroid in conjunction with the 2000 FlagstaffFestival of Science.

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