Asteroid 85197 is named Ginkgo
Asteroid 85197 (1991 TG5) is named Ginkgo after the Ginkgo biloba tree. It is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 5, 1991 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory at Tautenburg, Germany.
Read more on Wikipedia and on this site by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California.
Ron Baalke pointed me to this asteroid on my Twitter. Ginkgo made its closest approach to Earth on December 24, 2014:
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Big Ginkgo tree in Kobe, Japan
Big Ginkgo tree in Kobe, Japan. Said to be 500 years old, height 36 m, girth 11.2 m. Natural monument.
Mizuho, Iiyama-shi, Nagano Prefecture.
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Ginkgo trees at Deoksu Palace, Seoul
Ginkgo trees in fall colours in a street - commonly known as stonewall street - close to Deoksugung (Deoksu Palace), one of the "Five Grand Palaces" in Seoul, Korea.
This street, less than 1 kilometer, is lined with Gingko trees on both sides.
Photo: Chosun news.
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Ladybird on Ginkgo leaf
Ladybird on Ginkgo leaf.
This wonderful picture was taken at a water reservoir close to the castle in Herrenhausen Gardens near Hanover, Germany.
Photo sent to me by Ginkgo-friend Wieland Haak, thanks!
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