Komendantov

(1953 TC )
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NOW @ 18 GEM 21
FOUND @ 11 ARI 37
 
Inclination: 4.825
Eccentricity: 0.21
Period: 3.875 years
AU 2.467
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

10.10.1953 19:45 Simeis 33e60 44n24 observations 1


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Named in memory of Nikolaj Vasil'evich Komendantov (1895-1937), who was an active researcher of minor-planet motion. A staff member of the Astronomical Institute in Leningrad, he was arrested in 1936 on spurious charges, and the date of his death in prison is uncertain. Name suggested and citation prepared by Yu. V. Batrakov.


Discovered on 10-10-1953 in Simeis by Shajn, P. F.

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