Kaunas & 73059 Kaunas - Lithuania
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N 54° 53.798 E 023° 53.181
34U E 685083 N 6087104
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has been centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. 73059 Kaunas is Main-belt Asteroid discovered 2002 Mar. 16 by K. Cernis and J. Zdanavicius at Moletai Astronomical Observatory.
Waymark Code: WMTRC4
Location: Lithuania
Date Posted: 01/02/2017
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"Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the centre of a county in Trakai Municipality of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. In the Russian Empire it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. It became the only temporary capital city in Europe during the interwar period. Now it is the capital of Kaunas County, the seat of the Kaunas city municipality and the Kaunas District Municipality. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas. Kaunas is located at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, and near the Kaunas Reservoir, the largest body of water entirely in Lithuania."
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