(07742) - Minor Planet Name

(7742) Altamira = 1985 US
Discovered 1985 October 20 by A. Mrkos at Kleť.
Altamira is a cave in northern Spain, whose walls bear paintings and engravings - chiefly of bison, deer, horses and boar - dating from the Stone Age. It is one of the most important prehistoric painted caves. The paintings were discovered in 1879. The name was suggested by M. Tichý.
(MPC 46008 | 2002 June 24)

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(7742)	Altamira = `1985 US` Discovered 1985 October 20 by A. Mrkos at Kleť.
	Altamira is a cave in northern Spain, whose walls bear paintings and engravings - chiefly of bison, deer, horses and boar - dating from the Stone Age. It is one of the most important prehistoric painted caves. The paintings were discovered in 1879. The name was suggested by M. Tichý.
	(MPC 46008 \| 2002 June 24)