Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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Asteroid 719, diameter 2.6 km. It was discovered by J. Palisa in 1911, when it made a close approach to the Earth, but is now lost.
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