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1982 RO1. Discovered 1982 Sept. 14 by A. Mrkos at Kleť.
Named in honor of Edwin Eugene (Buzz) Aldrin Jr. (1930– ), U.S. astronaut, the second man to set foot on the moon. In 1966 he made a record 5.5-hour spacewalk in the course of the Gemini 12 mission. In 1969 he joined Armstrong {see planet (6469)} on the surface of the moon. This minor planet commemorates the thirtieth 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). (6470) Aldrin. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5889
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