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1983 SA. Discovered 1983 Sept. 26 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.
Named for the hero of Cervantes’ {1547–1616} great romance, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance, the noble-minded eccentric who tries, in strange ways and in vain, to bring back the Age of Chivalry. The naming of this object is rather obvious, given the long-term erratic nature of the extended orbit, comparable to that of (944) Hidalgo. (M 17466)
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(2003). (3552) Don Quixote. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3551
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