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The main belt asteroid 2011 FY16 was discovered using the Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope on the 25th March, 2011.
2011 FY16 is located 2.8 AU from the Sun with an orbital inclination of 8-degrees to the ecliptic.

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Young Bulgarian astronomer discovers an asteroid
 
A young Bulgarian astronomer has discovered a new asteroid, now about 450 million km from Earth, Bulgarian National Television reported on April 11 2011.
Suna Ibryamov from Shoumen University, the only Bulgarian in Nasa's Pan-STARRS programme, which scans the heavens in the search for new asteroids, is set to graduate with a degree astronomy this year, but is already working part-time at the National Observatory, BNT reported.
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