Tamara Smirnova
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Russian: Тама́ра Миха́йловна Смирно́ва; 1935–2001) was a Russian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.[2]
From 1966 to 1988 she 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
| 1774 Kulikov | October 22, 1968 |
| 1791 Patsayev | September 4, 1967 |
| 1793 Zoya | February 28, 1968 |
| 1804 Chebotarev | April 6, 1967 |
| 1835 Gajdariya | July 30, 1970 |
| 1854 Skvortsov | October 22, 1968 |
| 1857 Parchomenko | August 30, 1971 |
| 1900 Katyusha | December 16, 1971 |
| 1902 Shaposhnikov | April 18, 1972 |
| 1903 Adzhimushkaj | May 9, 1972 |
| 1904 Massevitch | May 9, 1972 |
| 1905 Ambartsumian | May 14, 1972 |
| 1977 Shura | August 30, 1970 |
| 2002 Euler | August 29, 1973 |
| 2009 Voloshina | October 22, 1968 |
| 2011 Veteraniya | August 30, 1970 |
| 2032 Ethel | July 30, 1970 |
| 2046 Leningrad | October 22, 1968 |
| 2071 Nadezhda | August 18, 1971 |
| 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya | August 31, 1973 |
| 2093 Genichesk | April 28, 1971 |
| 2111 Tselina | June 13, 1969 |
| 2112 Ulyanov | July 13, 1972 |
| 2120 Tyumenia | September 9, 1967 |
| 2121 Sevastopol | June 27, 1971 |
| 2122 Pyatiletka | December 14, 1971 |
| 2126 Gerasimovich | August 30, 1970 |
| 2139 Makharadze | June 30, 1970 |
| 2140 Kemerovo | August 3, 1970 |
| 2141 Simferopol | August 30, 1970 |
| 2171 Kiev | August 28, 1973 |
| 2172 Plavsk | August 31, 1973 |
| 2192 Pyatigoriya | April 18, 1972 |
| 2216 Kerch | June 12, 1971 |
| 2217 Eltigen | September 26, 1971 |
| 2250 Stalingrad | April 18, 1972 |
| 2280 Kunikov | September 26, 1971 |
| 2328 Robeson | April 19, 1972 |
| 2342 Lebedev | October 22, 1968 |
| 2345 Fučik | July 25, 1974 |
| 2349 Kurchenko | July 30, 1970 |
| 2360 Volgo-Don | November 2, 1975 |
| 2371 Dimitrov | November 2, 1975 |
| 2400 Derevskaya | May 17, 1972 |
| 2401 Aehlita | November 2, 1975 |
| 2422 Perovskaya | April 28, 1968 |
| 2438 Oleshko | November 2, 1975 |
| 2447 Kronstadt | August 31, 1973 |
| 2469 Tadjikistan | April 27, 1970 |
| 2519 Annagerman | November 2, 1975 |
| 2574 Ladoga | October 22, 1968 |
| 2575 Bulgaria | August 4, 1970 |
| 2578 Saint-Exupéry | November 2, 1975 |
| 2583 Fatyanov | December 3, 1975 |
| 2604 Marshak | June 13, 1972 |
| 2616 Lesya | August 28, 1970 |
| 2681 Ostrovskij | November 2, 1975 |
| 2754 Efimov | August 13, 1966 |
| 3049 Kuzbass | March 28, 1968 |
| 3055 Annapavlova | October 4, 1978 |
| 3071 Nesterov | March 28, 1973 |
| 3082 Dzhalil | May 17, 1972 |
| 3093 Bergholz | June 28, 1971 |
| 3119 Dobronravin | December 30, 1972 |
| 3146 Dato | May 17, 1972 |
| 3159 Prokof'ev | October 26, 1976 |
| 3322 Lidiya | December 1, 1975 |
| 3347 Konstantin | November 2, 1975 |
| 3418 Izvekov | August 31, 1973 |
| 3460 Ashkova | August 31, 1973 |
| 3482 Lesnaya | November 2, 1975 |
| 3501 Olegiya | August 18, 1971 |
| 3652 Soros | October 6, 1981 |
| 3813 Fortov | August 30, 1970 |
| 3862 Agekian | May 18, 1972 |
| 3962 Valyaev | February 8, 1967 |
| 4006 Sandler | December 29, 1972 |
| 4049 Noragal' | August 31, 1973 |
| 4135 Svetlanov | August 14, 1966 |
| 4136 Artmane | March 28, 1968 |
| 4139 Ul'yanin | November 2, 1975 |
| 4185 Phystech | March 4, 1975 |
| 4267 Basner | August 18, 1971 |
| 4268 Grebenikov | October 5, 1972 |
| 4302 Markeev | April 22, 1968 |
| 4307 Cherepashchuk | October 26, 1976 |
| 4424 Arkhipova | February 16, 1967 |
| 4427 Burnashev | August 30, 1971 |
| 4467 Kaidanovskij | November 2, 1975 |
| 4513 Louvre | August 30, 1971 |
| 4514 Vilen | April 19, 1972 |
| 4591 Bryantsev | November 1, 1975 |
| 4851 Vodop'yanova | October 26, 1976 |
| 4962 Vecherka | October 1, 1973 |
| 5015 Litke | November 1, 1975 |
| 5155 Denisyuk | April 18, 1972 |
| 5156 Golant | May 18, 1972 |
| 5410 Spivakov | February 16, 1967 |
| 5453 Zakharchenya | November 3, 1975 |
| 5540 Smirnova | August 30, 1971 |
| 5667 Nakhimovskaya | August 16, 1983 |
| 5930 Zhiganov | November 2, 1975 |
| 6074 Bechtereva | August 24, 1968 |
| 6108 Glebov | August 18, 1971 |
| 6214 Mikhailgrinev | September 26, 1971 |
| 6578 Zapesotskij | October 13, 1980 |
| 6621 Timchuk | November 2, 1975 |
| 6844 Shpak | November 3, 1975 |
| 7153 Vladzakharov | December 2, 1975 |
| 7222 Alekperov | October 7, 1981 |
| 7269 Alprokhorov | November 2, 1975 |
| 7369 Gavrilin | January 13, 1975 |
| 7544 Tipografiyanauka | October 26, 1976 |
| 7856 Viktorbykov | November 1, 1975 |
| 8445 Novotroitskoe | August 31, 1973 |
| 8448 Belyakina | October 26, 1976 |
| 8782 Bakhrakh | October 26, 1976 |
| 8787 Ignatenko | October 4, 1978 |
| 9158 Platè | June 25, 1984 |
| 9262 Bordovitsyna | September 6, 1973 |
| 9297 Marchuk | June 25, 1984 |
| 9545 Petrovedomosti | June 25, 1984 |
| 10004 Igormakarov | November 2, 1975 |
| 10259 Osipovyurij | April 18, 1972 |
| 11253 Mesyats | October 26, 1976 |
| 11438 Zel'dovich | August 29, 1973 |
| 12657 Bonch-Bruevich | August 30, 1971 |
| 13474 V'yus | August 29, 1973 |
| 14312 Polytech | October 26, 1976 |
| 14790 Beletskij | July 30, 1970 |
| 14815 Rutberg | October 7, 1981 |
| 18288 Nozdrachev | November 2, 1975 |
| 24609 Evgenij | September 7, 1978 |
| 22250 Konstfrolov | September 7, 1978 |
| 58097 Alimov | October 26, 1976 |
References