(12079) Kaibab

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( 12079 ) Kaibab is one of the main belt asteroid that was discovered on 22 March 1998 by LONEOS project of the Lowell Observatory. Its original designation was 1998 FZ73.

Naming

The name refers to the Kaibab Kaibab Formation in northwestern Arizona, a limestone formation that was formed in the Permian. The word comes from the language of the Paiute and means mountain which is on his side.

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