Asteroid 2126 Gerasimovich
Taken by Odd Trondal on October 16, 2026 @ Norway
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It is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 August 1970 by Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named after Boris Gerasimovich

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2126_Gerasimovich

Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (1935 – 2001) was a Soviet astronomer and discovered 135 asteroids (1966–1984) and the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Smirnova

Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich (1889 - 1937) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He graduated from Kharkiv University in 1914 having studied under Aristarkh Belopolsky.From 1917 until 1933 he worked at the Kharkiv University observatory. He became the director of the Pulkovo Observatory in 1933, but was arrested and executed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Gerasimovich

Sun distance (au): 2,18 Magnitude: 17,3

Time: 02:19UT 2026-10-16 Exp. 8 x 120sec. IR filter
Tel: C14 @ f/6.6 Camera ASI 174 MM Mini Mono @ +11°C 1"/pix Paramount GT-1100S
Odd Trondal Obs.code 238 (Uranium). Oslo Norway

Software used: TheSky6,CCDSoft 5, MSB Astroart 2.0 8.0, Paint
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