Tunguska-associated asteroids
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Kulik = 1978 PS3
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Discovered 1978
Aug. 8 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean
Astrophysical Observatory. Named in memory
of Leonid Alekseevich Kulik (1883-1942),
Soviet mineralogist, researcher of meteorites,
and a founder of meteoric research in the
U.S.S.R. He is particularly known for his
investigation of the place and circumstances
of the Tunguska event.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Krinov = 1977 QD5
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Discovered 1977
Aug. 22 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean
Astrophysical Observatory. Named in memory
of Evgenij Leonidovich Krinov (1906-1984),
celebrated Soviet meteoriticist, recipient
of the Leonard medal of the American Meteoritical
Society.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Andreev = 1983 RX2
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Discovered on
1983 September 1, by H. Debehogne at ESO-La
Silla. For all the Andreev's in the world
and particularly for the family of Genadij
(Tamara, Olga and Vica). Genadij is professor
at the University of Tomsk as
a specialist of Celestial Mechanics, Asteroids,
Comets and Meteor Streams. He is one
of the leaders of the Toungouska's missions
performed by the University of Tomsk to
solve the question of the Toungouska's event
which occurred in 1908, in Siberia, destroying
more than 2.200 square kilometers.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Valina = 1982 SQ2
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Discovered 1982
Sept. 18 by H. Debehogne at the European
Southern Observatory. Named in honor of
Valentina Arkadievna Andreichenko (and her
daughter Alina Eduardovna) for her collaboration
with the discoverer in the Tomsk-Observatory-Brussels-Program,
which was created in order to realize observations,
in particular at the European Southern Observatory
at La Silla, as well as orbital improvements
and theoretical works in astrometry and
celestial mechanics. Valentina has participated
in expeditions to the site of the 1908 Tunguska
event.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Yurilvovia = 1973 SC6
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Discovered 1973
Sept. 28 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
Named in memory of Yurij Alekseevich L'vov
(1932-1994), deputy director of the Institute
of Biology and Biophysics at the Tomsk State
University. A prominent geobotanist and
ecologist, L'vov was for 30 years an organizer
of the regular expeditions to Tunguska,
and he made important contributions to the
study of the 1908 impact.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Tomsk = 1983 CN3
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Discovered on
1982 September 18, by H. Debehogne at ESO-La
Silla. For all the Russian collaborators
of the discoverer at the University of Tomsk
in Celestial Mechanics and all the kind
people and distinguished women of this city
of more than 500.000 inhabitants, on the
Tomsk River, at 700 km South-West of the
Toungouska's event in 1908, in Siberia.
This city is more than 3.5 centuries old.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
21609.
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Romanoserra = 1976 YF5
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Discovered 1976
December 18 by N.S. Chernykh at the Crimean
Astrophysical Observatory. Named in honour
of Romano Serra (b. 1954), enthusiastic
president of the amateur observatory of
San Giovanni in Persiceto near Bologna.
A great specialist in meteorites, he has
gathered the largest collection of meteorite
specimens in Italy. He partecipated in two
Tunguska expeditions, in 1991 and 1998,
and built a planetarium, the third largest
in Italy.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Tunguska = 1988 PK1
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Discovered 1988
Aug. 13 by E. W. Elst at Haute Provence.
Named for the site, in Siberia, of the presumed
impact of a 60-meter minor planet on the
85th anniversary of the great explosion
that occurred there on 1908 June 30.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Longo = 1985 JL
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Discovered 1985
May 15 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa
Station of the Lowell Observatory. Named
in honour of Giuseppe Longo, a physicist
at the University of Bologna. For most of
his professionnal life a nuclear physicist,
in the late 1980s Longo became interested
in the Tunguska event. He participated in
an expedition to the site of the explosion
in 1991, at which time microscopic particles,
trapped in the resin of surviving trees,
were collected. Later detailed analysis
showed that the annual distribution of the
particles peaked in 1908, and elements were
identified that probably originated in meteoritic
material. Longo recently organized in Bologna
the first workshop where Russian and other
modelers of the Tunguska event met and compared
their views and results.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Menottigalli = 1983 OD
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Discovered 1983
July 17 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa
Station of Lowell Observatory. Named in
honour of Menotti Galli (b. 1922), a physicist
at the University of Bologna. Galli's research
activity began with the study of cosmic
rays and meteorites and was subsequently
extended to the physics of the Sun and the
heliosphere. He has studied Sun-Earth relationships,
cosmogenic isotopes, and radiocarbon in
tree rings. He suggested searching for microparticles
embedded in the resin of trees surviving
the Tunguska explosion, and he partecipated
in the 1991 expedition to collect the necessary
wood samples, with the result that a group
of elements was identified as possible constituents
of the Tunguska body.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Beregovoj = 1990 WJ3
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Discovered 1990
Nov. 19 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern
Observatory. Named in memory of the Russian
cosmonaut Georgij Beregovoj (1921-1995).
In October 1968 he orbited the earth 64
times in a Soyuz 3 spacecraft and was safely
recovered on land at Karaganda. He also
performed space maneuvers near an unmanned
Soyuz 2 spacecraft. Author of more than
300 scientific articles, he always put an
emphasis on the importance of the role of
the human factor in cosmic flights. Beregovoj
was a member of the organizing committee
for the 1995 international meeting ``Ecological
consequences of the collision of the earth
with small bodies of the solar system''.
His efforts led to the acquisition from
the Russian government of a military airplane
for use in the 37th expedition to Vanavara-Tunguska,
and he hoped to participate in this exploration
of the site of the 1908 impact. Sadly, he
died unexpectedly during medical treatment
shortly beforehand.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Casarini = 1981 ET
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Discovered 1981 Mar. 5 by H. Debehogne and G. De Sanctis at
the European Southern Observatory.
Jeannine Casarini, a French teacher, participated in the
Tunguska99 scientific expedition to Central Siberia, contributing
strongly to the organization and to the success of this difficult
enterprise.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular 55985
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Vanavara = 1991 PS6
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Discovered 1991
Aug. 6 by E.W.Elst at the European Southern
Observatory. Named for the town near the
Podkammenaya (stony) Tunguska river in Siberia.
On 1908 June 30 a large bolide, probably
an asteroidal fragment, exploded in the
atmosphere, about 70 km north of Vanavara.
Almost 2000 square kilometers of the taiga
forest were suddenly flattened. Tungus reindeer
herders, living in the forests, were thrown
to the ground, and many of them lost their
herds and tepees. Several houses in Vanavara
were damaged. On the occasion of the 37-th
expedition to Tunguska, the discoverer was
very warmly received by the people of Vanavara.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Nikolajvasil'ev = 1990 EO4
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Discovered 1990
Mar. 2 by E.W.Elst at the European Southern
Observatory. Named in honour 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. 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.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Roversimonaco = 1981 WE1
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Fabio Roversi
Monaco (b. 1938) has been rector of the
University of Bologna since 1985. He encouraged
and strongly supported the organization
of the first (1991) and second (1999) Italian
scientific expeditions to the site of the
Tunguska event.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular
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Kolesnikov = 1987 QX7
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Discovered 1987 Aug. 21 by E. W. Elst at the European
Southern Observatory.
Evgeniy Kolesnikov (b. 1935) is a Russian scientist who has
conducted research at the Tunguska impact site near Vanavara.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular 55986
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Plekanov = 1994 CQ13
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Discovered 1994 Feb. 8 by E. W. Elst at the European
Southern Observatory.
Gennadiy Plekanov (b. 1926) is a Russian scientist from
Tomsk University who has conducted scientific investigations for
30 years at the Tunguska impact site near Vanara. In July 1995
the discoverer accompanied him on an excursion to the Tunguska
explosion area.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular 55986
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Vladalekseev = 1998 LL2
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Discovered 1998 June 1 by E. W. Elst at the European
Southern Observatory.
Vladmimir Alekseev (b. 1935), a physicist at the Troitsk
Institute in Moscow, has searched the Tunguska site for pieces of
the impacting body. He made radar measurements up to a depth of
80 meters.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular 55986
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Fast = 1989 SR3
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Discovered 1989 Sept. 26 by E. W. Elst at the European
Southern Observatory.
Wilhelm Fast (1936-2005), a mathematician from Tomsk
University, directed a project to measure the azimuths of the
fallen trees due to the impact of the Tunguska body. From these
data theoretical models of the impact were developed. The name
also honors also his daughter Annie (b. 1978), who assisted in
subsequent projects.
Citation Reference: Minor Planet Circular 55987
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