The Committee of Small Objects Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union [1] gave astronomers authorization to name the asteroid identified with the number 1995 SG5 as Qoyllurwasi in honor of Perú.
Qoyllurwasi means house of the stars in Quechua [2] language, where qoyllur means star and wasi is house.
The asteroid was discovered on September 20, 1995 and it has just been named.
On Twitter, Jois Koo (@joiskoo [3]) [es] refered to the asteroid's shape:
@elcomercio [4] #Qoyllurwasi [5] Tiene forma de pan francés :D :P
— Jois Koo (@joiskoo) August 29, 2013 [6]
@elcomercio [4] #Qoyllurwasi [5] Has the shape of a French bread :D :P
The bread known in Peru as French bread has a very particular shape that can be seen here [7].
