Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova

Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova (Тамара Михайловна Смирнова; b. 1935; d. 2001) 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 various asteroids. The asteroid 5540 Smirnova was named in her honor.

Asteroids discovered

Asteroids discovered: 135
1774 Kulikov October 22, 1968
1791 Patsayev September 4, 1967
1793 Zoya February 28, 1968
1804 Chebotarev April 6, 1967
1835 Gajdariya July 30, 1970
1854 Skvortsov October 22, 1968
1857 Parchomenko August 30, 1971
1900 Katyusha December 16, 1971
1902 Shaposhnikov April 18, 1972
1903 Adzhimushkaj May 9, 1972
1904 Massevitch May 9, 1972
1905 Ambartsumian May 14, 1972
1977 Shura August 30, 1970
2002 Euler August 29, 1973
2009 Voloshina October 22, 1968
2011 Veteraniya August 30, 1970
2032 Ethel July 30, 1970
2046 Leningrad October 22, 1968
2071 Nadezhda August 18, 1971
2072 Kosmodemyanskaya August 31, 1973
2093 Genichesk April 28, 1971
2111 Tselina June 13, 1969
2112 Ulyanov July 13, 1972
2120 Tyumenia September 9, 1967
2121 Sevastopol June 27, 1971
2122 Pyatiletka December 14, 1971
2126 Gerasimovich August 30, 1970
2139 Makharadze June 30, 1970
2140 Kemerovo August 3, 1970
2141 Simferopol August 30, 1970
2171 Kiev August 28, 1973
2172 Plavsk August 31, 1973
2192 Pyatigoriya April 18, 1972
2216 Kerch June 12, 1971
2217 Eltigen September 26, 1971
2250 Stalingrad April 18, 1972
2280 Kunikov September 26, 1971
2328 Robeson April 19, 1972
2342 Lebedev October 22, 1968
2345 Fučik July 25, 1974
2349 Kurchenko July 30, 1970
2360 Volgo-Don November 2, 1975
2371 Dimitrov November 2, 1975
2400 Derevskaya May 17, 1972
2401 Aehlita November 2, 1975
2422 Perovskaya April 28, 1968
2438 Oleshko November 2, 1975
2447 Kronstadt August 31, 1973
2469 Tadjikistan April 27, 1970
2519 Annagerman November 2, 1975
2574 Ladoga October 22, 1968
2575 Bulgaria August 4, 1970
2578 Saint-Exupéry November 2, 1975
2583 Fatyanov December 3, 1975
2604 Marshak June 13, 1972
2616 Lesya August 28, 1970
2681 Ostrovskij November 2, 1975
2754 Efimov August 13, 1966
3049 Kuzbass March 28, 1968
3055 Annapavlova October 4, 1978
3071 Nesterov March 28, 1973
3082 Dzhalil May 17, 1972
3093 Bergholz June 28, 1971
3119 Dobronravin December 30, 1972
3146 Dato May 17, 1972
3159 Prokof'ev October 26, 1976
3322 Lidiya December 1, 1975
3347 Konstantin November 2, 1975
3418 Izvekov August 31, 1973
3460 Ashkova August 31, 1973
3482 Lesnaya November 2, 1975
3501 Olegiya August 18, 1971
3652 Soros October 6, 1981
3813 Fortov August 30, 1970
3862 Agekian May 18, 1972
3962 Valyaev February 8, 1967
4006 Sandler December 29, 1972
4049 Noragal' August 31, 1973
4135 Svetlanov August 14, 1966 (with L. I. Chernykh)
4136 Artmane March 28, 1968
4139 Ul'yanin November 2, 1975
4185 Phystech March 4, 1975
4267 Basner August 18, 1971
4268 Grebenikov October 5, 1972
4302 Markeev April 22, 1968
4307 Cherepashchuk October 26, 1976
4424 Arkhipova February 16, 1967
4427 Burnashev August 30, 1971
4467 Kaidanovskij November 2, 1975
4513 Louvre August 30, 1971
4514 Vilen April 19, 1972
4591 Bryantsev November 1, 1975
4851 Vodop'yanova October 26, 1976
4962 Vecherka October 1, 1973
5015 Litke November 1, 1975
5155 Denisyuk April 18, 1972
5156 Golant May 18, 1972
5410 Spivakov February 16, 1967
5453 Zakharchenya November 3, 1975
5540 Smirnova August 30, 1971
5667 Nakhimovskaya August 16, 1983
5930 Zhiganov November 2, 1975
6074 Bechtereva August 24, 1968
6108 Glebov August 18, 1971
6214 Mikhailgrinev September 26, 1971
6578 Zapesotskij October 13, 1980
6621 Timchuk November 2, 1975
6844 Shpak November 3, 1975
7153 Vladzakharov December 2, 1975
7222 Alekperov October 7, 1981
7269 Alprokhorov November 2, 1975
7369 Gavrilin January 13, 1975
7544 Tipografiyanauka October 26, 1976
7856 Viktorbykov November 1, 1975
8445 Novotroitskoe August 31, 1973
8448 Belyakina October 26, 1976
8782 Bakhrakh October 26, 1976
8787 Ignatenko October 4, 1978
9158 Platè June 25, 1984
9262 Bordovitsyna September 6, 1973
9297 Marchuk June 25, 1984
9545 Petrovedomosti June 25, 1984
10004 Igormakarov November 2, 1975
10259 Osipovyurij April 18, 1972
11253 Mesyats October 26, 1976
11438 Zel'dovich August 29, 1973
12657 Bonch-Bruevich August 30, 1971 (after Bonch-Bruevich)
13474 V'yus August 29, 1973
14312 Polytech October 26, 1976
14790 Beletskij July 30, 1970
14815 Rutberg October 7, 1981
18288 Nozdrachev November 2, 1975
22250 Konstfrolov September 7, 1978
24609 Evgenij September 7, 1978
58097 Alimov October 26, 1976

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