Asteroids named after people called Gavriil
馃懚 Gavriil as a baby name
Named in memory of Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875-1960), active on the staff of the Pulkovo Observatory during 1906-1941 and from 1947 head of the astrobotanical department of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences. His principal scientific work was concerned with stellar and planetary photometry and colorimetry and with atmospheric optics. He was also known for his research on the physical nature of Mars.Discovered 19 September 1977 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Gavriil Sergeevich Khromov (1937-2014) was a Russian astronomer and organizer of science. From 1970 to 1991 he was Vice President of the All-Union Astronomical-Geodetic Society of the USSR, while from 1991 to 2014 he was President of the Interregional Astronomical-Geodetic Association.Discovered 24 October 2009 by , Zelenchukskaya Stn 93068 Kryachko, T. V.
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