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--(4514) Vilen --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered1972 Apr 19from Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, USSRby T. M. Smirnova.Alternate designation(s):1972 HX, 1972 KA, 1982 BR8, 1986 CE, 1986 ER1.Permanent number assigned 1990 Jul 08.
Named 1997 Aug 18 for Vilen V. Nesterov (1935-) [MPC030475].
Companion discovered2015 Apr 16 by D. Pray, P. Pravec, K. Hornoch, P. Kusnirak, J. Vrastil, H. Kucakova, V. Chiorny, V. Shechenko, V. Reddy, W. Cooney, J. Gross, and D. Terrellusinglightcurve observations from Sugarloaf Mountain Observatory, South Deerfield, MA; Ondrejov Observatory; Kharkiv Observatory; Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ; Sonoita Research Institute, Sonoita, AZ; Southwest Research Institute, USA.Announced2015 May 22 [P15d].
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