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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Target: Dinkinesh


(152830) Dinkinesh is a binary main-belt asteroid. The name Dinkinesh comes from the Ethiopian (Amharic) name for the Lucy fossil, which translates as “you are wonderful” or “you are marvelous.”

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