78652 Quero
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78652 Quero is a main-belt
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

 minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...

. It was discovered through the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
The CINEOS program , started in 2001, is dedicated to the discovery and follow-up of Near Earth objects, namely asteroids and comets which periodically approach or intersect the Earth's orbit....

 at the Rome Observatory
Rome Observatory
The Rome Observatory is one of twelve Astronomical Observatories in Italy. It consists of three sites: Monte Porzio Catone, Campo Imperatore and Monte Mario...

 in Italy's Campo Imperatore
Campo Imperatore
Campo Imperatore is a mountain grassland or alpine meadow formed by a high basin shaped plateau located in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy in the Gran Sasso massif. It is the largest plateau of the Apennine ridge...

 on October 3, 2002. It is named after the town of Quero
Quero
Quero is a town and comune in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of northern Italy.-History:Quero, was founded perhaps by the Romans, it became feud of the accounts of Collalto, and it was territory administered by a' popular meeting....

, Italy.

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