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-- (2171) Kiev --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 1973 Aug 28 from Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, USSR by T. Smirnova. Alternate designation(s): 1973 QD1, 1949 MN, 1949 MQ, 1956 RP, 1969 FK, 1970 XB. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1949 Jun 21. Permanent number assigned 1979.
Named 1982 Feb 08 for the city of Kiev, Ukraine [MPC006647].
Companion discovered 2020 Apr 15 by Romeuf, D., D. Augustin, R. Behrend, V. Benishek, P. Pravec, B. Christmann, J. Michelet, R. Montaigut, E. Barbotin, P. Sogorb, R. Durkee, F. Manzini, and F. Sold using lightcurve observations from Pommier Observatory, France; Deep Sky Chile Observatory, Chile; Sopot Observatory, Serbia; La Souchere Observatory, France; La Grande Vallee Observatory, France; Bastidan Observatory, France; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA; Stazione Astronomica di Sozzago, Italy; Observatorio Amanecer de Arrakis, Sevilla, Spain. Announced 2020 Jun 10 [R20b].
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