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... s discovered: 1
3176 Paolicchi 3176 Paolicchi 3176 Paolicchi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1980 by Z. Knezevic at Piszkesteto.- External links :*...	November 13, 1980

Zoran Knežević (Serbian

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 Cyrillic: Зоран Кнежевић, born 23 August 1949 in Osijek

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) is a Serbia

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n astronomer

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, who has been publishing since 1982. His major scientific contributions are in the field of movement of small celestial bodies. As of 2002, he is the director of Astronomic Observatory of Belgrade

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 and the president of Serbian National Astronomy Committee.

Asteroid 3900 Knežević

3900 Kneževic

3900 Knežević is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1333.5870606 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 14, 1985.-References:...

, discovered by Edward Bowell, is named after him.