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472 Roma is an asteroid. It was discovered by Luigi Carnera on July 11 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 GP. This asteroid was named by Antonio Abetti for the city of Rome in Italy thenative country of its discoverer.At 21:57 UT on Thursday July 8 2010 this 50 km wide asteroid occulted the star Delta Ophiuchi in an event lasting about five seconds. The occultation path crossed central Europe along a band that ran through Stockholm Copenhagen Bremen Nantes and Bilbao.

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