3071 Nesterov
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3071 Nesterov is an outer main-belt asteroid
discovered on March 28, 1973, by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj. It is named for Pyotr Nesterov
, a pilot of the Imperial Russian Air Force
, and the first pilot to perform many classic aerobatic maneuvers.
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...
discovered on March 28, 1973, by T. Smirnova at Nauchnyj. It is named for Pyotr Nesterov
Pyotr Nesterov
Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov was a Russian pilot, an aircraft technical designer and an aerobatics pioneer.-Life and career:The son of a military academy teacher, Pyotr Nesterov decided to choose a military career. In August 1904 he left the military school in Nizhny Novgorod and went to the...
, a pilot of the Imperial Russian Air Force
Imperial Russian Air Force
The Imperial Russian Air Force existed in the Russian Empire between 1910 and 1917....
, and the first pilot to perform many classic aerobatic maneuvers.