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]
Career
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
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 |
2574 Ladoga | 22 October 1968 | list |
2575 Bulgaria | 4 August 1970 | list |
2578 Saint-Exupéry | 2 November 1975 | list |
2583 Fatyanov | 3 December 1975 | list |
2604 Marshak | 13 June 1972 | list |
2616 Lesya | 28 August 1970 | list |
2681 Ostrovskij | 2 November 1975 | list |
2754 Efimov | 13 August 1966 | list |
3049 Kuzbass | 28 March 1968 | list |
3055 Annapavlova | 4 October 1978 | 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 |
14815 Rutberg | 7 October 1981 | list |
18288 Nozdrachev | 2 November 1975 | list |
22250 Konstfrolov | 7 September 1978 | list |
24609 Evgenij | 7 September 1978 | list |
58097 Alimov | 26 October 1976 | list |
Co-discovery made with: A L. I. Chernykh |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(5540) Smirnova". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5540) Smirnova. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 472. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5282. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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