Named for the Soviet cosmodrome, where the world’s first artificial satellite was launched just 25 years ago {1957}. (M 7474)
Discovered on 20-12-1976 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S. | ||
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30-04-2001 | American tourist Dennis Tito traveled in Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur launch station to International Space Station. Asteroid Baikonur opposite asteroid Tito. |