Discovered by N. Chernykh MPC designation 1836 Komarov Discovered 26 July 1971 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 26 July 1971 Minor planet category main-belt · (middle) Absolute magnitude 11.3 | |
Alternative names 1971 OT · 1952 KA11952 MT · 1961 JG1962 SG Discovery site | ||
1836 Komarov, provisional designation 1971 OT, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 July 1971, by Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij on the Crimean peninsula.
It is named in honor of Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967), Soviet cosmonaut who headed the manned flight on the Voskhod spacecraft. He was killed when the Soyuz 1 space capsule crashed after re-entry on 24 April 1967 due to a parachute failure. Naming citation was published before November 1977 (M.P.C. 3825).
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