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1949 QD. Discovered 1949 Aug. 28 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg.
Named by F. N. Bowman, who found the key identification involving this planet, in honor of Karen S. Mayer, his sister-in-law, and also Karen S. Franz, a fellow physics major at the University of Cincinnati. (M 7158)
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(2003). (2651) Karen. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2652
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