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Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (December 15, 1935 – September 5, 2001) was a Soviet astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.

Career From 1966 to 1988, Tamara Smirnova was a staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Leningrad. She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 135 numbered minor planets during 1966–1984. She also co-discovered the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh, along with Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh.

The main-belt asteroid 5540 Smirnova, discovered by herself in 1971, was named in her honor following a proposal by the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy. Naming citation was published on 17 March 1995 ().

List of discovered minor planets

1774 Kulikov 22 October 1968 1791 Patsayev 4 September 1967 1793 Zoya 28 February 1968 1804 Chebotarev 6 April 1967 1835 Gajdariya 30 July 1970 1854 Skvortsov 22 October 1968 1857 Parchomenko 30 August 1971 1900 Katyusha 16 December 1971 1902 Shaposhnikov 18 April 1972 1903 Adzhimushkaj 9 May 1972 1904 Massevitch 9 May 1972 1905 Ambartsumian 14 May 1972 1977 Shura 30 August 1970 2002 Euler 29 August 1973 2009 Voloshina 22 October 1968 2011 Veteraniya 30 August 1970 2032 Ethel 30 July 1970 2046 Leningrad 22 October 1968 2071 Nadezhda 18 August 1971 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya 31 August 1973 2093 Genichesk 28 April 1971 2111 Tselina 13 June 1969 2112 Ulyanov 13 July 1972 2120 Tyumenia 9 September 1967 2121 Sevastopol 27 June 1971 2122 Pyatiletka 14 December 1971 2126 Gerasimovich 30 August 1970 2139 Makharadze 30 June 1970 2140 Kemerovo 3 August 1970 2141 Simferopol 30 August 1970 2171 Kiev 28 August 1973 2172 Plavsk 31 August 1973 2192 Pyatigoriya 18 April 1972 2216 Kerch 12 June 1971 2217 Eltigen 26 September 1971 2250 Stalingrad 18 April 1972 2280 Kunikov 26 September 1971 2328 Robeson 19 April 1972 2342 Lebedev 22 October 1968 2345 Fučik 25 July 1974 2349 Kurchenko 30 July 1970 2360 Volgo-Don 2 November 1975 2371 Dimitrov 2 November 1975 2400 Derevskaya 17 May 1972 2401 Aehlita 2 November 1975 2422 Perovskaya 28 April 1968 2438 Oleshko 2 November 1975 2447 Kronstadt 31 August 1973 2469 Tadjikistan 27 April 1970 2519 Annagerman 2 November 1975 2574 Ladoga 22 October 1968 2575 Bulgaria 4 August 1970 2578 Saint-Exupéry 2 November 1975 2583 Fatyanov 3 December 1975 2604 Marshak 13 June 1972 2616 Lesya 28 August 1970 2681 Ostrovskij 2 November 1975 2754 Efimov 13 August 1966 3049 Kuzbass 28 March 1968 3055 Annapavlova 4 October 1978 3071 Nesterov 28 March 1973 3082 Dzhalil 17 May 1972 3093 Bergholz 28 June 1971 3119 Dobronravin 30 December 1972 3146 Dato 17 May 1972 3159 Prokofʹev 26 October 1976 3322 Lidiya 1 December 1975 3347 Konstantin 2 November 1975 3418 Izvekov 31 August 1973 3460 Ashkova 31 August 1973 3482 Lesnaya 2 November 1975 3501 Olegiya 18 August 1971 3652 Soros 6 October 1981 3813 Fortov 30 August 1970 3862 Agekian 18 May 1972 3962 Valyaev 8 February 1967 4006 Sandler 29 December 1972 4049 Noragalʹ 31 August 1973 4135 Svetlanov 14 August 1966 4136 Artmane 28 March 1968 4139 Ulʹyanin 2 November 1975 4185 Phystech 4 March 1975 4267 Basner 18 August 1971 4268 Grebenikov 5 October 1972 4302 Markeev 22 April 1968 4307 Cherepashchuk 26 October 1976 4424 Arkhipova 16 February 1967 4427 Burnashev 30 August 1971 4467 Kaidanovskij 2 November 1975 4513 Louvre 30 August 1971 4514 Vilen 19 April 1972 4591 Bryantsev 1 November 1975 4851 Vodopʹyanova 26 October 1976 4962 Vecherka 1 October 1973 5015 Litke 1 November 1975 5155 Denisyuk 18 April 1972 5156 Golant 18 May 1972 5410 Spivakov 16 February 1967 5453 Zakharchenya 3 November 1975 5540 Smirnova 30 August 1971 5667 Nakhimovskaya 16 August 1983 5930 Zhiganov 2 November 1975 6074 Bechtereva 24 August 1968 6108 Glebov 18 August 1971 6214 Mikhailgrinev 26 September 1971 6578 Zapesotskij 13 October 1980 6621 Timchuk 2 November 1975 6844 Shpak 3 November 1975 7153 Vladzakharov 2 December 1975 7222 Alekperov 7 October 1981 7269 Alprokhorov 2 November 1975 7369 Gavrilin 13 January 1975 7544 Tipografiyanauka 26 October 1976 7856 Viktorbykov 1 November 1975 8445 Novotroitskoe 31 August 1973 8448 Belyakina 26 October 1976 8782 Bakhrakh 26 October 1976 8787 Ignatenko 4 October 1978 9158 Platè 25 June 1984 9262 Bordovitsyna 6 September 1973 9297 Marchuk 25 June 1984 9545 Petrovedomosti 25 June 1984 10004 Igormakarov 2 November 1975 10259 Osipovyurij 18 April 1972 11253 Mesyats 26 October 1976 11438 Zeldovich 29 August 1973 12657 Bonch-Bruevich 30 August 1971 13474 Vʹyus 29 August 1973 14312 Polytech 26 October 1976 14790 Beletskij 30 July 1970 14815 Rutberg 7 October 1981 18288 Nozdrachev 2 November 1975 22250 Konstfrolov 7 September 1978 24609 Evgenij 7 September 1978 58097 Alimov 26 October 1976 Co-discovery made with: L. I. Chernykh

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