1783 Albitskij
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1783 Albitskij is a main belt
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

 asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 discovered on March 24, 1935 by Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory
Simeiz Observatory
Simeiz Observatory was an astronomy research observatory until the mid 1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka, Crimea, Ukraine by the town of Simeiz....

. It is named after Soviet astronomer Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Al'bitskii or Al'bitsky. In the literature, he is sometimes referred to as W. A. Albizkij, however his surname usually appears in the literature as "Albitzky". His...

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