Valentina Mikhajlovna Chepurova, a celestial mechanician at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in Moscow, is known for her research on the dynamics of the small bodies of the solar system by analytical and qualitative methods. As chair of celestial mechanics, she is also much involved with the education of students. (M 43381) _ _.
Discovered on 8-3-1975 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.