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-- (4605) Nikitin --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 1987 Sep 18 from Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, USSR by L. I. Chernykh. Alternate designation(s): 1987 SV17, 1932 BC, 1937 RT, 1977 ST, 1984 YW5. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1932 Jan 27. Permanent number assigned 1990 Oct 04.
Named 1994 Feb 26 for Afanasij Nikitin (-1472) [MPC023136].
Companion discovered 2017 Oct 12 by V. Benishek and D. Pray using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Sugarloaf Mountain Observatory, South Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA. Announced 2017 Oct 31 [P17k].
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