2233 Kuznetsov
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2233 Kuznetsov is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on 3 December 1972 by L. V. Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
. It was named after Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov
(1911–44), a Russian intelligence agent, WWII partisan, and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.
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 3 December 1972 by L. V. Zhuravleva 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 was named after Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov
Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov
Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov was a Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in Nazi-occupied Ukraine during World War II. He used several pseudonyms during his intelligence operations: e.g...
(1911–44), a Russian intelligence agent, WWII partisan, and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.