3349 Manas
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3349 Manas is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on March 23, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
"Manas" comes from the name of the hero of the Kyrgyz epic poem Epic of Manas
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Asteroid belt
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asteroid
Asteroid
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discovered on March 23, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
"Manas" comes from the name of the hero of the Kyrgyz epic poem Epic of Manas
Epic of Manas
The Epic of Manas is a traditional epic poem claimed by the Kyrgyz people dating to the 18th century, though it is possibly much older. In some earlier versions, however, Manas is identified as Nogay. This opens the possibility of Manas having spoken a dialect of Turki similar to that of the...
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