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 1620, diameter 2 km, first discovered in 1951 by R. Minkowski and A. Wilson, and recovered in 1969 when it made a close approach to the Earth. It is a member of the Apollo group.
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