1968 AA. Discovered 1968 Jan. 1 by C. U. Cesco and A. G. Samuel at El Leoncito.

Named in honor of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, which operated the observatory at El Leoncito {see planet (2311)} in association with Yale and Columbia Universities. The name is also that of the region formed by three provinces in western Argentina, namely, Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis. (M 3828)