10015 Valenlebedev | Discovered 1978 Sept. 27 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. |
Valentin Vital'evich Lebedev (b. 1942), a Russian cosmonaut who participated in two space missions, is a scientist working in geoinformation. Among his books is Diary of a cosmonaut, published in many countries. He is founder and director of the Scientific Geoinformation Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. |
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