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10001 Palermo is an asteroid from the asteroid belt. Discovered on October 8 1969 it was named Palermo after Palermo the capital of Sicily where Giuseppe Piazzi made the first discovery of an asteroid 1 Ceres. The naming was made in January 2001 to honour the discovery of Ceres as that was the 200th anniversary of that discovery.The asteroid is about six kilometers in radius although it may be irregularly shaped. It orbits the Sun every 3.67 years.
