(5614) Yakovlev

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1979 VN. Discovered 1979 Nov. 11 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Named in honor of Konstantin Karol’evich Yakovlev (1954– ), director of the St. Petersburg scientific-production firm “Blok”. Yakovlev takes an interest in astronomy and is rendering technical support in the restoration of the Crimean 64-cm telescope and equipping it for the observation of near-earth objects. (M 27330; M 27749)

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