Russian astronomer
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Russian : Тама́ра Миха́йловна Смирно́ва , Ukrainian : Тама́ра Миха́йлівна Смирно́ва ; December 15, 1935, Henichesk , Soviet Union — September 5, 2001, Saint-Petersburg , Russia ) was a Soviet /Russian /Ukrainian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets .[ 2]
From 1966 to 1988, Tamara 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 [ edit ] List of minor planets
2171 Kiev 28 August 1973 list 2172 Plavsk 31 August 1973 list 2192 Pyatigoriya 18 April 1972 list 2216 Kerch 12 June 1971 list 2217 Eltigen 26 September 1971 list 2250 Stalingrad 18 April 1972 list 2280 Kunikov 26 September 1971 list 2328 Robeson 19 April 1972 list 2342 Lebedev 22 October 1968 list 2345 Fučik 25 July 1974 list
2349 Kurchenko 30 July 1970 list 2360 Volgo-Don 2 November 1975 list 2371 Dimitrov 2 November 1975 list 2400 Derevskaya 17 May 1972 list 2401 Aehlita 2 November 1975 list 2422 Perovskaya 28 April 1968 list 2438 Oleshko 2 November 1975 list 2447 Kronstadt 31 August 1973 list 2469 Tadjikistan 27 April 1970 list 2519 Annagerman 2 November 1975 list
3071 Nesterov 28 March 1973 list 3082 Dzhalil 17 May 1972 list 3093 Bergholz 28 June 1971 list 3119 Dobronravin 30 December 1972 list 3146 Dato 17 May 1972 list 3159 Prokofʹev 26 October 1976 list 3322 Lidiya 1 December 1975 list 3347 Konstantin 2 November 1975 list 3418 Izvekov 31 August 1973 list 3460 Ashkova 31 August 1973 list
3482 Lesnaya 2 November 1975 list 3501 Olegiya 18 August 1971 list 3652 Soros 6 October 1981 list 3813 Fortov 30 August 1970 list 3862 Agekian 18 May 1972 list 3962 Valyaev 8 February 1967 list 4006 Sandler 29 December 1972 list 4049 Noragalʹ 31 August 1973 list 4135 Svetlanov 14 August 1966 list [A] 4136 Artmane 28 March 1968 list
4139 Ulʹyanin 2 November 1975 list 4185 Phystech 4 March 1975 list 4267 Basner 18 August 1971 list 4268 Grebenikov 5 October 1972 list 4302 Markeev 22 April 1968 list 4307 Cherepashchuk 26 October 1976 list 4424 Arkhipova 16 February 1967 list 4427 Burnashev 30 August 1971 list 4467 Kaidanovskij 2 November 1975 list 4513 Louvre 30 August 1971 list
4514 Vilen 19 April 1972 list 4591 Bryantsev 1 November 1975 list 4851 Vodopʹyanova 26 October 1976 list 4962 Vecherka 1 October 1973 list 5015 Litke 1 November 1975 list 5155 Denisyuk 18 April 1972 list 5156 Golant 18 May 1972 list 5410 Spivakov 16 February 1967 list 5453 Zakharchenya 3 November 1975 list 5540 Smirnova 30 August 1971 list
5667 Nakhimovskaya 16 August 1983 list 5930 Zhiganov 2 November 1975 list 6074 Bechtereva 24 August 1968 list 6108 Glebov 18 August 1971 list 6214 Mikhailgrinev 26 September 1971 list 6578 Zapesotskij 13 October 1980 list 6621 Timchuk 2 November 1975 list 6844 Shpak 3 November 1975 list 7153 Vladzakharov 2 December 1975 list 7222 Alekperov 7 October 1981 list
7269 Alprokhorov 2 November 1975 list 7369 Gavrilin 13 January 1975 list 7544 Tipografiyanauka 26 October 1976 list 7856 Viktorbykov 1 November 1975 list 8445 Novotroitskoe 31 August 1973 list 8448 Belyakina 26 October 1976 list 8782 Bakhrakh 26 October 1976 list 8787 Ignatenko 4 October 1978 list 9158 Platè 25 June 1984 list 9262 Bordovitsyna 6 September 1973 list
9297 Marchuk 25 June 1984 list 9545 Petrovedomosti 25 June 1984 list 10004 Igormakarov 2 November 1975 list 10259 Osipovyurij 18 April 1972 list 11253 Mesyats 26 October 1976 list 11438 Zeldovich 29 August 1973 list 12657 Bonch-Bruevich 30 August 1971 list 13474 Vʹyus 29 August 1973 list 14312 Polytech 26 October 1976 list 14790 Beletskij 30 July 1970 list