2072 Kosmodemyanskaya
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2072 Kosmodemyanskaya (2072 Космодемьянская in Russian) is an asteroid discovered in 1973 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova. It is named after Lubov' Timofeevna Kosmodemyanskaya, mother of Soviet heroes Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Alexander Kosmodemyansky.[1]
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- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th, New York: Springer Verlag, p. 168. ISBN 3540002383.
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