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1976 GM2. Discovered 1976 Apr. 1 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Viktor Kuz’mich Abalakin {1930-#x007D;, leader of the ephemeris group at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy, editor of the Astronomicheskij Ezhegodnik, president of IAU Commission 4 (Ephemerides) during 1976–79, outstanding linguist and friend of astronomers around the world. (M 7785)
See also the citation for minor planet (2721).
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