Named in honor of Viktor Kuz’mich Abalakin {1930-#x007D;, leader of the ephemeris group at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy, editor of the Astronomicheskij Ezhegodnik, president of IAU Commission 4 (Ephemerides) during 1976–79, outstanding linguist and friend of astronomers around the world. (M 7785) _ _.
Avastatud: 1-4-1976 Avastamiskoht: Nauchnyj Avastajad: Chernykh, N. S.