5809 Kulibin
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5809 Kulibin is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 4, 1987 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is named in honor of Russian engineer Ivan Kulibin
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Asteroid belt
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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 September 4, 1987 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is named in honor of Russian engineer Ivan Kulibin
Ivan Kulibin
Ivan Petrovich Kulibin was a Russian mechanic and inventor. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod in the family of a trader. From childhood, Kulibin displayed an interest in constructing mechanical tools. Soon, clock mechanisms became a special interest of his...
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