3710 Bogoslovskij
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3710 Bogoslovskij 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
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 discovered on September 13, 1978 by Nikolai Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

It was named in honor of Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovskij
Nikita Bogoslovsky
Nikita Bogoslovsky Nikita Bogoslovsky Nikita Bogoslovsky (Ники′та Влади′мирович Богосло′вский, (May 22, 1913, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Empire, – April 4, 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a prominent Soviet/Russian composer, author of more than 200 songs (many of which, like Shalanda and Dark Night were...

on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.

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