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1979 SG9. Discovered 1979 Sept. 22 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named for a town in Crimea, the center of the district in which the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is located. The name is widely known, thanks to Pushkin’s {see planet (2208)} poem The Bakhchisaraj Fountain. (M 12015)
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(2003). (3242) Bakhchisaraj. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3243
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