Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova
Astronomer
1918 – 2001
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Who was Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova?
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova was a Russian astronomer.
From 1966 to 1988 she was a staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Leningrad. She co-discovered the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh, along with Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh. She has also discovered over 100 asteroids. The asteroid 5540 Smirnova was named in her honor.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1918
Soviet Union - Also known as
- T. M. Smirnova
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Died
- 2001
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on July 23, 2013
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