3508 Pasternak
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3508 Pasternak is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 25, 1980 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj. It is named after Boris Pasternak
, Nobel Prize
-winning Russian poet and writer.
Asteroid belt
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asteroid
Asteroid
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discovered on February 25, 1980 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj. It is named after Boris Pasternak
Boris Pasternak
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian language poet, novelist, and literary translator. In his native Russia, Pasternak's anthology My Sister Life, is one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language...
, Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
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-winning Russian poet and writer.