(3097) Tacitus

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( 3097 ) Tacitus is one of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on September 24, 1960 as part of the Palomar - Leiden survey by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels.

The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus.

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