10004 Igormakarov
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10004 Igormakarov is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 2, 1975 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
. It is named after Igor Mikhajlovich Makarov, chief scientific secretary of the Russian Academy of Sciences
between 1988 and 1996.
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 November 2, 1975 by T. M. Smirnova 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...
. It is named after Igor Mikhajlovich Makarov, chief scientific secretary of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
between 1988 and 1996.