8967 Calandra
8967 Calandra, provisional designation "", is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 May 1971, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory in California. It is named after the corn bunting "(Emberiza calandra)".
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Palomar Observatory
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8967 Calandra
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