6739 Tärendö
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6739 Tärendö is a main belt asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...

 of 2121.8103003 days (5.81 years).

The asteroid was discovered on March 19, 1993 at the European Southern Observatory
European Southern Observatory
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. It is named after the village Tärendö
Tärendö
Tärendö is a small locality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 208 inhabitants in 2000. It is located at the Kalix River and the bifurcation Tärendö River.The village was probably founded around year 1620. The largest employer today is the saw mill...

in Sweden.
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