Discovered 1974 Sept. 14 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
Named in honor of Margarita Aleksandrovna Fursenko (b. 1931), staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy during 1955—1997 and a well-known expert on ephemeris astronomy. She made a major contribution to the calculation and publication of 40 volumes of the annual Astronomicheskij Ezhegodnik, as well as to the development of special ephemerides for space missions, lunar laser ranging and radioastronomical observations with RATAN-600. Name suggested by ITA and supported by the discoverer.
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