Re: {MPML} The name of no. 20,000
In the Committee of Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN), we accepted the
following citation which will appear in the March MPC batch:
(20000) Varuna = 2000 WR106
Discovered 2000 Nov. 28 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Varuna is one of the oldest of the vedic deities, the maker and
upholder of heaven and the earth. As such he is king of gods and men and
the universe. The name was suggested by M. Sarabhai.
L. D. Schmadel
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