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Discovered 1979 July 23 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.
Lauri Pesonen (b. 1944) is an emeritus Professor of geophysics at the University of Helsinki. An expert in supercontinents, he also studied terrestrial impact craters. He introduced planetary geophysics at the University and raised public awareness in Finland about asteroid impacts.
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