2032 Ethel, provisional designation , is a dark background
asteroid
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from the outer regions of the
asteroid belt
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, approximately 36 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 July 1970, by Soviet astronomer
Tamara Smirnova
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (, ; December 15, 1935, Henichesk, Soviet Union — September 5, 2001, Saint-Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Union, Soviet/Russian/Ukraine, Ukrainian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.
Career
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at the
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO, obs. code: 095) is located at Nauchnij research campus, near the Central Crimean city of Bakhchysarai, on the Crimean peninsula. CrAO is often called simply by its location and campus name ...
in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named after Irish writer
Ethel Voynich
Ethel Lilian Voynich ( Boole; 11 May 1864 – 27 July 1960) was an Irish-born novelist and musician, and a supporter of several revolutionary causes. She was born in Cork, but grew up in Lancashire, England.
Voynich was a significant figure, n ...
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Orbit and classification
''Ethel'' is a non-
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...