Tamara Smirnova Explained
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Russian: Тама́ра Миха́йловна Смирно́ва, 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.
Career
From 1966 to 1988, Tamara Smirnova was a staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Leningrad. She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 135 numbered minor planets during 1966–1984. 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. Naming citation was published on 17 March 1995 .
List of discovered minor planets
| 2171 Kiev | 28 August 1973 | |
| 2172 Plavsk | 31 August 1973 | |
| 2192 Pyatigoriya | 18 April 1972 | |
| 2216 Kerch | 12 June 1971 | |
| 2217 Eltigen | 26 September 1971 | |
| 2250 Stalingrad | 18 April 1972 | |
| 2280 Kunikov | 26 September 1971 | |
| 2328 Robeson | 19 April 1972 | |
| 2342 Lebedev | 22 October 1968 | |
| 2345 Fučik | 25 July 1974 | | |
| 2349 Kurchenko | 30 July 1970 | |
| 2360 Volgo-Don | 2 November 1975 | |
| 2371 Dimitrov | 2 November 1975 | |
| 2400 Derevskaya | 17 May 1972 | |
| 2401 Aehlita | 2 November 1975 | |
| 2422 Perovskaya | 28 April 1968 | |
| 2438 Oleshko | 2 November 1975 | |
| 2447 Kronstadt | 31 August 1973 | |
| 2469 Tadjikistan | 27 April 1970 | |
| 2519 Annagerman | 2 November 1975 | | |
| 2574 Ladoga | 22 October 1968 | |
| 2575 Bulgaria | 4 August 1970 | |
| 2578 Saint-Exupéry | 2 November 1975 | |
| 2583 Fatyanov | 3 December 1975 | |
| 2604 Marshak | 13 June 1972 | |
| 2616 Lesya | 28 August 1970 | |
| 2681 Ostrovskij | 2 November 1975 | |
| 2754 Efimov | 13 August 1966 | |
| 3049 Kuzbass | 28 March 1968 | |
| 3055 Annapavlova | 4 October 1978 | | |
| 3071 Nesterov | 28 March 1973 | |
| 3082 Dzhalil | 17 May 1972 | |
| 3093 Bergholz | 28 June 1971 | |
| 3119 Dobronravin | 30 December 1972 | |
| 3146 Dato | 17 May 1972 | |
| 3159 Prokofʹev | 26 October 1976 | |
| 3322 Lidiya | 1 December 1975 | |
| 3347 Konstantin | 2 November 1975 | |
| 3418 Izvekov | 31 August 1973 | |
| 3460 Ashkova | 31 August 1973 | | |
| 3482 Lesnaya | 2 November 1975 | |
| 3501 Olegiya | 18 August 1971 | |
| 3652 Soros | 6 October 1981 | |
| 3813 Fortov | 30 August 1970 | |
| 3862 Agekian | 18 May 1972 | |
| 3962 Valyaev | 8 February 1967 | |
| 4006 Sandler | 29 December 1972 | |
| 4049 Noragalʹ | 31 August 1973 | |
| 4135 Svetlanov | 14 August 1966 |   |
| 4136 Artmane | 28 March 1968 | | |
| 4139 Ulʹyanin | 2 November 1975 | |
| 4185 Phystech | 4 March 1975 | |
| 4267 Basner | 18 August 1971 | |
| 4268 Grebenikov | 5 October 1972 | |
| 4302 Markeev | 22 April 1968 | |
| 4307 Cherepashchuk | 26 October 1976 | |
| 4424 Arkhipova | 16 February 1967 | |
| 4427 Burnashev | 30 August 1971 | |
| 4467 Kaidanovskij | 2 November 1975 | |
| 4513 Louvre | 30 August 1971 | | |
| 4514 Vilen | 19 April 1972 | |
| 4591 Bryantsev | 1 November 1975 | |
| 4851 Vodopʹyanova | 26 October 1976 | |
| 4962 Vecherka | 1 October 1973 | |
| 5015 Litke | 1 November 1975 | |
| 5155 Denisyuk | 18 April 1972 | |
| 5156 Golant | 18 May 1972 | |
| 5410 Spivakov | 16 February 1967 | |
| 5453 Zakharchenya | 3 November 1975 | |
| 5540 Smirnova | 30 August 1971 | | |
| 5667 Nakhimovskaya | 16 August 1983 | |
| 5930 Zhiganov | 2 November 1975 | |
| 6074 Bechtereva | 24 August 1968 | |
| 6108 Glebov | 18 August 1971 | |
| 6214 Mikhailgrinev | 26 September 1971 | |
| 6578 Zapesotskij | 13 October 1980 | |
| 6621 Timchuk | 2 November 1975 | |
| 6844 Shpak | 3 November 1975 | |
| 7153 Vladzakharov | 2 December 1975 | |
| 7222 Alekperov | 7 October 1981 | | |
| 7269 Alprokhorov | 2 November 1975 | |
| 7369 Gavrilin | 13 January 1975 | |
| 7544 Tipografiyanauka | 26 October 1976 | |
| 7856 Viktorbykov | 1 November 1975 | |
| 8445 Novotroitskoe | 31 August 1973 | |
| 8448 Belyakina | 26 October 1976 | |
| 8782 Bakhrakh | 26 October 1976 | |
| 8787 Ignatenko | 4 October 1978 | |
| 9158 Platè | 25 June 1984 | |
| 9262 Bordovitsyna | 6 September 1973 | | |
| 9297 Marchuk | 25 June 1984 | |
| 9545 Petrovedomosti | 25 June 1984 | |
| 10004 Igormakarov | 2 November 1975 | |
| 10259 Osipovyurij | 18 April 1972 | |
| 11253 Mesyats | 26 October 1976 | |
| 11438 Zeldovich | 29 August 1973 | |
| 12657 Bonch-Bruevich | 30 August 1971 | |
| 13474 Vʹyus | 29 August 1973 | |
| 14312 Polytech | 26 October 1976 | |
| 14790 Beletskij | 30 July 1970 | | |
| 14815 Rutberg | 7 October 1981 | |
| 18288 Nozdrachev | 2 November 1975 | |
| 22250 Konstfrolov | 7 September 1978 | |
| 24609 Evgenij | 7 September 1978 | |
| 58097 Alimov | 26 October 1976 | |
Co-discovery made with:
L. I. Chernykh | |
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