(11128) Ostravia = 1996 VP
Discovered 1996 Nov. 3 by J. Tichá and M. Tichý at Kleť.
Ostrava (Ostravia in Latin) has been considered the center of the
mining and steel industries in northern Moravia since the nineteenth century.
In recent years Ostrava has turned into a commercial, educational and cultural
site. The city has also been home to an observatory and planetarium
since 1980.
(MPC 41385 - 2000 October 13)
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