Minor planets discovered: 135 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

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

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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

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List of minor planets
1774 Kulikov 22 October 1968 list
1791 Patsayev 4 September 1967 list
1793 Zoya 28 February 1968 list
1804 Chebotarev 6 April 1967 list
1835 Gajdariya 30 July 1970 list
1854 Skvortsov 22 October 1968 list
1857 Parchomenko 30 August 1971 list
1900 Katyusha 16 December 1971 list
1902 Shaposhnikov 18 April 1972 list
1903 Adzhimushkaj 9 May 1972 list
1904 Massevitch 9 May 1972 list
1905 Ambartsumian 14 May 1972 list
1977 Shura 30 August 1970 list
2002 Euler 29 August 1973 list
2009 Voloshina 22 October 1968 list
2011 Veteraniya 30 August 1970 list
2032 Ethel 30 July 1970 list
2046 Leningrad 22 October 1968 list
2071 Nadezhda 18 August 1971 list
2072 Kosmodemyanskaya 31 August 1973 list
2093 Genichesk 28 April 1971 list
2111 Tselina 13 June 1969 list
2112 Ulyanov 13 July 1972 list
2120 Tyumenia 9 September 1967 list
2121 Sevastopol 27 June 1971 list
2122 Pyatiletka 14 December 1971 list
2126 Gerasimovich 30 August 1970 list
2139 Makharadze 30 June 1970 list
2140 Kemerovo 3 August 1970 list
2141 Simferopol 30 August 1970 list
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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 August 2016.