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Discovered 1997 Oct. 6 by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Chinese theoretical physicist Peng Huanwu (b. 1915) made many contributions to theoretical physics and played an important role in the development of scientific research in China, especially in promoting interdisciplinary scientific studies.
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