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1973 WA. Discovered 1973 Nov. 19 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.
Named in memory of Henri Dufour (1787–1875), citizen of Geneva, who as a general in 1847 swiftly and with almost no bloodshed, subdued the catholic Sonderbund, and who later as an engineer, initiated and directed the first complete geodetic survey of Switzerland. (M 4157)
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(2003). (1961) Dufour. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1962
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