(1559) Kustaanheimo (original) (raw)

1942 BF. Discovered 1942 Jan. 20 by L. Oterma at Turku.

Named in honor of Paul H. Kustaanheimo {1924– }, an astronomer at the Helsinki Observatory who has made important contributions to celestial mechanics and relativity theory. (M 3930)

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(2003). (1559) Kustaanheimo. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7\_1560

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