Short description: Russian astronomer
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Russian: Тама́ра Миха́йловна Смирно́ва; 1935–2001) was a Soviet/Russia n astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.[2]
Career
From 1966 to 1988, Smirnova was a staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Leningrad.[2] She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 135 numbered minor planets during 1966–1984.[1] She also co-discovered the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh, along with Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh.
The main-belt asteroid 5540 Smirnova, discovered by herself in 1971, was named in her honor following a proposal by the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy.[2] Naming citation was published on 17 March 1995 (M.P.C. 24917).[3]
List of discovered minor planets
List of minor planets
2171 Kiev |
28 August 1973 |
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2172 Plavsk |
31 August 1973 |
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2192 Pyatigoriya |
18 April 1972 |
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2216 Kerch |
12 June 1971 |
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2217 Eltigen |
26 September 1971 |
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2250 Stalingrad |
18 April 1972 |
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2280 Kunikov |
26 September 1971 |
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2328 Robeson |
19 April 1972 |
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2342 Lebedev |
22 October 1968 |
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2345 Fučik |
25 July 1974 |
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2349 Kurchenko |
30 July 1970 |
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2360 Volgo-Don |
2 November 1975 |
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2371 Dimitrov |
2 November 1975 |
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2400 Derevskaya |
17 May 1972 |
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2401 Aehlita |
2 November 1975 |
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2422 Perovskaya |
28 April 1968 |
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2438 Oleshko |
2 November 1975 |
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2447 Kronstadt |
31 August 1973 |
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2469 Tadjikistan |
27 April 1970 |
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2519 Annagerman |
2 November 1975 |
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3071 Nesterov |
28 March 1973 |
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3082 Dzhalil |
17 May 1972 |
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3093 Bergholz |
28 June 1971 |
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3119 Dobronravin |
30 December 1972 |
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3146 Dato |
17 May 1972 |
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3159 Prokofʹev |
26 October 1976 |
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3322 Lidiya |
1 December 1975 |
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3347 Konstantin |
2 November 1975 |
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3418 Izvekov |
31 August 1973 |
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3460 Ashkova |
31 August 1973 |
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3482 Lesnaya |
2 November 1975 |
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3501 Olegiya |
18 August 1971 |
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3652 Soros |
6 October 1981 |
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3813 Fortov |
30 August 1970 |
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3862 Agekian |
18 May 1972 |
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3962 Valyaev |
8 February 1967 |
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4006 Sandler |
29 December 1972 |
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4049 Noragalʹ |
31 August 1973 |
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4135 Svetlanov |
14 August 1966 |
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4136 Artmane |
28 March 1968 |
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4139 Ulʹyanin |
2 November 1975 |
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4185 Phystech |
4 March 1975 |
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4267 Basner |
18 August 1971 |
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4268 Grebenikov |
5 October 1972 |
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4302 Markeev |
22 April 1968 |
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4307 Cherepashchuk |
26 October 1976 |
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4424 Arkhipova |
16 February 1967 |
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4427 Burnashev |
30 August 1971 |
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4467 Kaidanovskij |
2 November 1975 |
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4513 Louvre |
30 August 1971 |
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4514 Vilen |
19 April 1972 |
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4591 Bryantsev |
1 November 1975 |
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4851 Vodopʹyanova |
26 October 1976 |
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4962 Vecherka |
1 October 1973 |
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5015 Litke |
1 November 1975 |
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5155 Denisyuk |
18 April 1972 |
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5156 Golant |
18 May 1972 |
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5410 Spivakov |
16 February 1967 |
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5453 Zakharchenya |
3 November 1975 |
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5540 Smirnova |
30 August 1971 |
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5667 Nakhimovskaya |
16 August 1983 |
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5930 Zhiganov |
2 November 1975 |
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6074 Bechtereva |
24 August 1968 |
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6108 Glebov |
18 August 1971 |
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6214 Mikhailgrinev |
26 September 1971 |
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6578 Zapesotskij |
13 October 1980 |
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6621 Timchuk |
2 November 1975 |
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6844 Shpak |
3 November 1975 |
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7153 Vladzakharov |
2 December 1975 |
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7222 Alekperov |
7 October 1981 |
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7269 Alprokhorov |
2 November 1975 |
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7369 Gavrilin |
13 January 1975 |
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7544 Tipografiyanauka |
26 October 1976 |
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7856 Viktorbykov |
1 November 1975 |
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8445 Novotroitskoe |
31 August 1973 |
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8448 Belyakina |
26 October 1976 |
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8782 Bakhrakh |
26 October 1976 |
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8787 Ignatenko |
4 October 1978 |
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9158 Platè |
25 June 1984 |
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9262 Bordovitsyna |
6 September 1973 |
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9297 Marchuk |
25 June 1984 |
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9545 Petrovedomosti |
25 June 1984 |
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10004 Igormakarov |
2 November 1975 |
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10259 Osipovyurij |
18 April 1972 |
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11253 Mesyats |
26 October 1976 |
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11438 Zeldovich |
29 August 1973 |
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12657 Bonch-Bruevich |
30 August 1971 |
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13474 Vʹyus |
29 August 1973 |
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14312 Polytech |
26 October 1976 |
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14790 Beletskij |
30 July 1970 |
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See also
References
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