3544 Borodino
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3544 Borodino is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 7, 1977 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj. It is named after the village of Borodino
, commemorating the battle that took place there in 1812.
Asteroid belt
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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 September 7, 1977 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj. It is named after the village of Borodino
Borodino
Borodino is a rural locality in Mozhaysky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located west of Mozhaysk.The village is famous as the location of the Battle of Borodino, which occurred in what is now known as the "Borodino Battlefield" . The State Borodino War and History Museum and Reserve is...
, commemorating the battle that took place there in 1812.