Asteroids named after people called Avgustin

(11446) Betankur

Avgustin Avgustinovich Betankur (1758-1824) was a civil engineer who built a gun foundry in Kazan, many bridges and several remarkable buildings, in particular a riding-house in Moscow. In 1810 he founded and headed the institute of communications engineers in St. Petersburg.Discovered 9 October 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj