Asteroids named after people called Irina
馃懚 Irina as a baby name
Named in honor of Irina Vladimirovna Galibina (b. 1929), a celestial mechanician known for her research on the motions of long-period comets, minor planets and meteor streams. In recent years, in coauthorship with her husband, G. N. Katterfeld, Galibina published a series of papers devoted to the principal problems in astronomical geology. Name proposed by G. R. Kastel'.Discovered 24 September 1990 by Zhuravleva, L. V., Kastel', G. R., Nauchnyj
Named in honor of Irina N. Belskaya, senior astronomer at the Kharkov Astronomical Observatory and a friend of the discoverer. Her research focuses on the spin and surface properties of main-belt minor planets, in particular, objects of the taxonomic type M. She has made important contributions in this field by combining photometric and polarimetric observations with optical laboratory measurements of the analogous asteroidal materials. Citation prepared by A. Erikson.Discovered 2 September 1978 by C.-I. Lagerkvist, La Silla
Irina San Sebastian (b. 1988) is an Argentinian planetary scientist working on collisional evolution, linking experimental and theoretical studies applied to planetary sciences. She has focused her research on planetary formation and planetesimal fragmentation, and more recently on the physical properties of rubble-pile-type asteroids.Discovered 1 September 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
Irina Vladimirovna Zaitseva (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her materials science project. She attends the Centereach High School, Centereach, New York.Discovered 20 April 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
Irina Konstantinovna Belousova (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry project. She attended the Moscow South-Eastern School Named After V. I. Chuikov, Moscow, Russia.Discovered 24 September 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
Irina Rumyantseva (b. 1969) is a engineer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Irina is a specialist in the processing of observations of space debris. She is the wife of the discoverer.Discovered 18 July 2007 by V. Biryukov V. Rumyantsev, Simeiz
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