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1981 QJ1. Discovered 1981 Aug. 30 by A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin at Lake Tekapo.
Named in memory of Beatrice Muriel Tinsley (1941–1981), a graduate of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a professor at Yale University, well known for her work on the evolution of galaxies. (M 9479)
Obituary published in Phys. Today, Vol. 34, No. 9, p. 110, 112 (1981); Q.J.R. Astron. Soc., Vol. 23, p. 162–165 (1982).
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(2003). (3087) Beatrice Tinsley. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3088
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