Asteroids named after people called Hecuba
馃懚 Hecuba as a baby name
This minor planet at the Hecuba Gap is named for the volcano Mauna Loa, which means Long Mountain. This volcano forms the largest part of the Big Island of Hawaii. The summit of Mauna Loa, at 4169 m, is about 40 m less than that of its dormant neighbor, Mauna Kea. Name suggested by J. Schubart.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
This minor planet at the Hecuba Gap is named for the 5050-m-high inactive volcano Kasbek in the Georgian Caucasus, near the Russian border. Name suggested by J. Schubart.Discovered 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
This minor planet at the Hecuba Gap is named for the inactive volcano Elbrus, the highest mountain (at 5633 m) of the Caucasus in Russia, near the Georgian border. Name suggested by J. Schubart.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
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