1289 Kutaïssi

1289 Kutaïssi, provisional designation 1933 QR, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 26 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Soviet–Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula on 19 August 1933. The asteroid was independently discovered in Belgium and South Africa by the astronomers Eugène Delporte and Cyril Jackson on August 25 and September 11, respectively. The minor planet was named after the city of Kutaisi, now the legislative capital of Georgia, and its second largest city, after the capital Tbilisi.

1289 Kutaïssi

1289 Kutaïssi, provisional designation 1933 QR, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 26 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Soviet–Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula on 19 August 1933. The asteroid was independently discovered in Belgium and South Africa by the astronomers Eugène Delporte and Cyril Jackson on August 25 and September 11, respectively. The minor planet was named after the city of Kutaisi, now the legislative capital of Georgia, and its second largest city, after the capital Tbilisi.