Nikolajvasil'ev

(1990 EO4 )
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NOW @ 9 AQU 15
FOUND @ 25 VIR 46
 
Inclination: 5.323
Eccentricity: 0.152
Period: 4.066 years
AU 2.547
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

2.3.1990 05:44 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1


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Named in honor of Nikolaj Vasil’ev, scientific director of the Interdisciplinary Independent Tunguska Expeditions. A professor of medicine and a well-known oncologist at the Institute for Microbiology in Kharkov, he has for many years been interested in the history and scientific investigation of the Tunguska event {see planet  (5471)}. In his capacity as IITE director he and other members of the group succeeded in having 4000 square kilometers of the Tunguska region set aside as a national reserve for the next 20 years. (M 26425) _ _.


Discovered on 2-3-1990 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.

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