90414 Karpov
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90414 Karpov is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on December 19, 2003, by R. Ferrando at Pla D'Arguines. It is named after former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov
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Asteroid belt
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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 December 19, 2003, by R. Ferrando at Pla D'Arguines. It is named after former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...
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