Bivoj


Asteroid 5797, Bivoj, an Amor asteroid, was discovered on January 13, 1980 by Antonin Mrkos at Klet Observatory near Ceske Budejovice,South Bohemia, Czech Republic. It has a period of 2 years, 221 days and is about one quarter of a mile (0.4 kilometers) in diameter.

It is named for the ancient Bohemian mythological hero Bivoj. (Bohemia is a region in what is now the Czech Republic.) With his bare hands, Bivoj fought and defeated a huge wild boar that was ravaging his people and destroying their crops. He later married Kazi, the oldest daughter of Prince Krok.

Bivoj


The influence of asteroid Bivoj seems to be: heroic, terrible, awful, swaggering.



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