Hora Ríp and Main-belt Asteroid 7711 Rip - Central Bohemia, CZ
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N 50° 23.177 E 014° 17.363
33U E 449481 N 5581821
Main-belt Asteroid discovered 1994 Dec. 2 by Z. Moravec at Klet and legendary Czech hill.
Waymark Code: WMMJCY
Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/28/2014
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Named for a hill in central Bohemia (459 m above sea level) located about 30 km north of Prague. When a mythological ancestor of Cech, the Father of the Czech nation, came to Bohemia, he is said to have climbed this hill, looked around and made the decision to stay there because of the wealth and fertility of the country.
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Celestial Body: Asteroid
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