Quote:It doesn't help that the listing that has been provided is in no particular order (at least from what I've seen).They're in numerical order as assigned by the IAU.
Quote:Now if only I can figure out which rock would be best suited...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalante_(asteroid)]36 Atalante (named after http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalanta]the only female in the Argonauts, and a very fast runner), maybe? It's 105.6 km in "diameter", which should be plenty big enough for a military base and the assorted camp followers.
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Rob Kelk
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