2002 Euler
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2002 Euler is an asteroid
named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler
. The asteroid was discovered on August 29, 1973, by Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova.
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...
named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...
. The asteroid was discovered on August 29, 1973, by Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova.