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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 From 7809 Marcialangton to 7630 Yidumduma: 5 Asteroids Named After Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
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This year’s Mabo Day, June 3, was a special day for Indigenous astronomy. That was when the International Astronomical Union officially accepted five new asteroid names that honour a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, elders and academics whose work has been particularly influential.

Source: The Conversation

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