1982 PC. Discovered 1982 Aug. 14 by A. Mrkos at Kleť.
Named in honor of Neil Alden Armstrong (1930– ), U.S. astronaut, the first man to set foot on the moon. In 1966 he and David Scott aboard Gemini 8 conducted the first docking in space. In 1969, along with Aldrin and Collins {see planets (6470) and (6471)}, he blasted off in Apollo 11 toward the moon, and on July 20 the Eagle module landed on a plain near the southwestern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. This minor planet commemorates the 30th anniversary of the first manned lunar-landing mission. (M 34623)
Name suggested by J. Tichá, M. Tichý and Z. Moravec, who observed this minor planet at its 1995 opposition, just prior to numbering.
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(2003). (6469) Armstrong. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5888
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