Tamara Smirnova


Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.

Career

From 1966 to 1988, Smirnova was a staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Leningrad. She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 135 numbered minor planets during 1966–1984. She also co-discovered the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh, along with Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh.
The main-belt asteroid 5540 Smirnova, discovered by herself in 1971, was named in her honor following a proposal by the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy. Naming citation was published on 17 March 1995.

List of discovered minor planets

1774 Kulikov22 October 1968
1791 Patsayev4 September 1967
1793 Zoya28 February 1968
1804 Chebotarev6 April 1967
1835 Gajdariya30 July 1970
1854 Skvortsov22 October 1968
1857 Parchomenko30 August 1971
1900 Katyusha16 December 1971
1902 Shaposhnikov18 April 1972
1903 Adzhimushkaj9 May 1972

2093 Genichesk28 April 1971
2111 Tselina13 June 1969
2112 Ulyanov13 July 1972
2120 Tyumenia9 September 1967
2121 Sevastopol27 June 1971
2122 Pyatiletka14 December 1971
2126 Gerasimovich30 August 1970
2139 Makharadze30 June 1970
2140 Kemerovo3 August 1970
2141 Simferopol30 August 1970

2349 Kurchenko30 July 1970
2360 Volgo-Don2 November 1975
2371 Dimitrov2 November 1975
2400 Derevskaya17 May 1972
2401 Aehlita2 November 1975
2422 Perovskaya28 April 1968
2438 Oleshko2 November 1975
2447 Kronstadt31 August 1973
2469 Tadjikistan27 April 1970
2519 Annagerman2 November 1975

3071 Nesterov28 March 1973
3082 Dzhalil17 May 1972
3093 Bergholz28 June 1971
3119 Dobronravin30 December 1972
3146 Dato17 May 1972
3159 Prokof'ev26 October 1976
3322 Lidiya1 December 1975
3347 Konstantin2 November 1975
3418 Izvekov31 August 1973
3460 Ashkova31 August 1973

4139 Ul'yanin2 November 1975
4185 Phystech4 March 1975
4267 Basner18 August 1971
4268 Grebenikov5 October 1972
4302 Markeev22 April 1968
4307 Cherepashchuk26 October 1976
4424 Arkhipova16 February 1967
4427 Burnashev30 August 1971
4467 Kaidanovskij2 November 1975
4513 Louvre30 August 1971

5667 Nakhimovskaya16 August 1983
5930 Zhiganov2 November 1975
6074 Bechtereva24 August 1968
6108 Glebov18 August 1971
6214 Mikhailgrinev26 September 1971
6578 Zapesotskij13 October 1980
6621 Timchuk2 November 1975
6844 Shpak3 November 1975
7153 Vladzakharov2 December 1975
7222 Alekperov7 October 1981

9297 Marchuk25 June 1984
9545 Petrovedomosti25 June 1984
10004 Igormakarov2 November 1975
10259 Osipovyurij18 April 1972
11253 Mesyats26 October 1976
11438 Zeldovich29 August 1973
12657 Bonch-Bruevich30 August 1971
13474 V'yus29 August 1973
14312 Polytech26 October 1976
14790 Beletskij30 July 1970