1006 Lagrangea
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1006 Langrangea is an asteroid
discovered by Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky
on September 12, 1923. Its provisional designation was 1923 OU. It is named after mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange
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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 by Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky
Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky
Sergey Ivanovich Belyavsky – October 13, 1953) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer.His last name is also alternatively spelled Beljavskij or Beljawskij. His first name is occasionally given as "Sergius".He was born in St. Petersburg and was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet...
on September 12, 1923. Its provisional designation was 1923 OU. It is named after mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange
Joseph Louis Lagrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange , born Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia, was a mathematician and astronomer, who was born in Turin, Piedmont, lived part of his life in Prussia and part in France, making significant contributions to all fields of analysis, to number theory, and to classical and celestial mechanics...
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