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1982 RA. Discovered 1982 Sept. 13 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Named for the beautiful consort of the revolutionary pharaoh Akhenaten of the seventeenth dynasty in Egypt. She is generally believed to have had a major influence on radical changes that occurred in the court and religion of Egypt during the reign of Akhenaten. (M 10311)
The name Nefertiti is only a different spelling of Nofretete {see planet (1068)}.
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(2003). (3199) Nefertiti. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3200
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