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Discovered 1923 Sept. 5 by S. I. Belyavskij at Simeis.
Named in honor of Françcois Arago (1786–1853), since 1843 director of the Paris Observatory, life-secretary of the Academy of Sciences, politician and author of the four volumeAstronomie Populaire (1854–1857). (H 96)
Arago is also honored by craters on Mars and the Moon.
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(2003). (1005) Arago. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1006
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