37556 Svyaztie
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37556 Svyaztie is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 28, 1982 by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
and Brian G. Marsden
at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
.
Named with combination of Russian word “svyaz” and English word “tie” meaning “connection”. Honors astronomical friendships and collaborations irrespective of ideologies, politics, and countries.
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 August 28, 1982 by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
Nikolay Stepanovich Chernykh was a Soviet and Russian astronomer.Chernykh was born in the city of Usman' in Voronezh Oblast...
and Brian G. Marsden
Brian G. Marsden
Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr...
at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is located in Ukraine. CrAO has been publishing the Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory since 1947, in English since 1977. The observatory facilities are located near the settlement of Nauchny since the mid-1950s; before that, they were further...
.
Named with combination of Russian word “svyaz” and English word “tie” meaning “connection”. Honors astronomical friendships and collaborations irrespective of ideologies, politics, and countries.