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Discovered 1916 Mar. 27 by S. I. Belyavskij at Simeis.
Named for the German city on the Elbe river near Hamburg. Altona is the home-town of W. Struve, founder of the Pulkovo Observatory. (H 83)
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(2003). (850) Altona. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_851
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