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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 155. Not illustrated. Chapters: 2173 Maresjev, 2997 Cabrera, 2282 Andres Bello, 2055 Dvo ak, 2345 Fu ik, 2074 Shoemaker, 2783 Chernyshevskij, 3771 Alexejtolstoj, 4879 Zykina, 2040 Chalonge, 3232 Brest, 2976 Lautaro, 2266 Tchaikovsky, 1938 Lausanna, 2655 Guangxi, 3118 Claytonsmith, 2130 Evdokiya, 2977 Chivilikhin, 2518 Rutllant, 3051 Nantong, 4918 Rostropovich, 4980 Magomaev, 2283 Bunke, 2950 Rousseau, 3964 Danilevskij, 2050 Francis, 3429 Chuvaev, 5301 Novobranets, 2077 Kiangsu, 2740 Tsoj, 1939 Loretta, 2335 James, 3438 Inarradas, 2386 Nikonov, 2124 Nissen, 2964 Jaschek, 2310 Olshaniya, 4981 Sinyavskaya, 2756 Dzhangar, 2419 Moldavia, 3384 Daliya, 3770 Nizami, 2576 Yesenin, 3109 Machin, 2691 Sersic, 2311 El Leoncito, 4269 Bogado, 2605 Sahade, 2284 San Juan, 3083 Oafa, 2076 Levin, 5077 Favaloro, 5569 Colby, 3681 Boyan, 5300 Sats, (3708) 1974 Fv1, 6573 Magnitskij, 2075 Martinez, 5043 Zadornov, 7726 Olegbykov, 5014 Gorchakov, 5359 Markzakharov, 6753 Fursenko, 5839 Goi, 5042 Colpa, 2374 Vladvysotskij, 2039 Payne-Gaposchkin, 4919 Vishnevskaya, 2073 Jana ek, 3260 Vizbor, 5078 Solovjev-Sedoj, 5929 Manzano. Excerpt: 2173 Maresjev is a Main-belt asteroid that was discovered August 22, 1974 by L. V. Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Its diameter is 17 km. It was named in honor of Alexej Petrovich Maresjev, the protagonist in the novel Story about a True Man (also translated as Story of a Real Man) by Boris Polevoi. The story, which was never substantiated as fact, was an immensely popular Russian book that was eventually made into an opera. It was first published in English in 1952, and was reprinted in 1970. The asteroid was scheduled to occult a 9.5 magnitude star in the Taurus constellation November 27, 2008 for a period of 1.3 seconds. During the event, their combined light was to drop to 16.0 magnitude, which is the m...
