18725 Atacama | Discovered 1998 May 2 by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at Caussols. |
The Atacama desert, which covers regions II, III and IV of Chile, is one of the driest deserts on Earth. It contains many mineral resources, but also a number of very high-quality astronomical sites on which many modern instruments have been installed. |
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Reference: 20030614/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2005-04-26 |
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