A.S. Popov - 3074 Popov
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member small oaks
N 60° 27.998 E 026° 56.944
35V E 497199 N 6703381
Russian physicist and radio pioneer Alexander Stepanovich Popov has an asteroid named after him. Statue is found on Isopuisto park in Kotka.
Waymark Code: WMA2GR
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 11/06/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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"3074 Popov (1979 YE9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 24, 1979 by Lyudmila Zhuravlyova at Nauchnyj. It is named after Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov." From wikipedia
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