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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | L. V. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Observatory |
| Discovery date | December 3, 1972 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2233 |
| Named after | Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov |
| Alternate name(s) | 1972 XE1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4643440 |
| Peri | 2.0911834 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0819138 |
| Orbital period | 1255.6292738 |
| Mean anomaly | 150.85801 |
| Inclination | 3.41657 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 247.40801 |
| Argument of peri | 159.14396 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.7 |
2233 Kuznetsov (1972 XE1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 3 December 1972 by L. V. Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It was named after Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (1911–44), a Russian intelligence agent, WWII partisan, and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.
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