2279 Barto
Encyclopedia
2279 Barto is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 25, 1968 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj. This asteroid is named after Agniya Barto
, a Soviet
children's writer.
Asteroid belt
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asteroid
Asteroid
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discovered on February 25, 1968 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj. This asteroid is named after Agniya Barto
Agniya Barto
Agniya Lvovna Barto, , was a Soviet Jewish poet and children's writer.-Biography:Agniya was born Getel Leybovna Volova to the jewish family of a Moscow veterinarian named Lev Nikolaevich Volov. She studied at a ballet school. She liked poetry very much and soon started to write her own, trying to...
, a Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
children's writer.