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1953 TN2. Discovered 1953 Oct. 13 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana.
Named in honor of K. P. Williams, professor of mathematics at Indiana University (1909–58). He was known for his textbookThe calculation of the orbits of asteroids and comets and his detailed analysis of the transits of Mercury from 1723 to 1927. He also wroteLincoln finds a general, a definitive military history of the U.S. Civil War. (M 3143)
Proposed by F. K. Edmondson.
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(2003). (1763) Williams. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1764
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