Asteroids named after people called Nikita

(14349) Nikitamikhalkov

Russian film director Nikita Sergeevich Mikhalkov (b. 1945) has also acted in more than 40 films. He received awards from Cannes and Venice, and won an Oscar for the Best Foreign Film, Burnt by the Sun (1994). Since Dec. 1997 he has been chairman of the Cinematographers' Union of Russia.Discovered 22 October 1985 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj

(16199) Rozenblyum

Named in honor of Nikita Rozenblyum for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Nikita is a student at the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Discovered 30 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(28531) Nikbogdanov

Nikita Michael Bogdanov (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics and astronomy project. He attends the Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.Discovered 29 February 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(157747) Mandryka

Nikita Mandryka (b. 1940), a native of Bizerte, Tunisia, studied in France, where he became a well-known cartoonist. He contributed to many comic-strip magazines, including L麓Echo des Savanes, Pilote and Pif Gadget. In 1965 he created the character of Concombre Masqu茅.Discovered 2 February 2006 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales