95962 Copito
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95962 Copito is a Main Belt
asteroid
. It was discovered by Pepe Manteca on November 19, 2003. Its provisional designation was 2003 WZ87. It was named after Copito de Nieve
, a rare albino gorilla
.
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...
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...
. It was discovered by Pepe Manteca on November 19, 2003. Its provisional designation was 2003 WZ87. It was named after Copito de Nieve
Floquet de Neu
Snowflake was an albino gorilla. He was the only known albino gorilla so far, and the most popular resident of the Barcelona Zoo in Catalonia.-Name:...
, a rare albino gorilla
Gorilla
Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies...
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