| 36774 Kuittinen | Discovered 2000 Sept. 5 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Search at the Anderson Mesa Station. |
| Risto Kuittinen (b. 1946) was Director General of the Finnish Geodetic Institute during 1998--2011. He has devised remote-sensing techniques for snow and hydrology, in particular, for measuring the snow-water equivalent. He is a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Name suggested by K. Muinonen and M. Poutanen. |
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