8992 Magnanimity
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 8992 Magnanimity is an asteroid previously designated 1980 TE7. It was discovered on October 14, 1980 from the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanking, China.
The asteroid was named in response to the September 11 attacks. As a commemorative gesture, the IAU's Committee for the Nomenclature of Small Bodies chose three objects discovered from observatories on different continents and christened them with names representing some of the most basic and universal human values. The other two selections were 8990 Compassion (discovered from Europe) and 8991 Solidarity (discovered from South America).
References
- This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia, which was accessed in the version of October 23, 2005.
