Minor planet named

Tenagra Western Australia is honoured by the naming of a minor planet after the owner/astronomer Paul Luckas. Discovered in 2001 by Michael Schwartz and Paulo Holvorcem, 131186Pauluckas is a main belt asteroid. Physical and orbital details can be found at the NASA/JPL small body database website, which includes a very cool animated orbit diagram.

Thanks and appreciation to the Tenagra II team for their generosity in the naming of this discovery.

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