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The 20th century

1,560 inventions and discoveries

Invention or discovery	Date	Inventor or discoverer	Type
17358 Lozino-Lozinskij	September 27, 1978	Lyudmila Chernykh	asteroid
4685 Karetnikov	September 27, 1978	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
5544 Kazakov	October 2, 1978	Lyudmila Zhuravlyova	asteroid
5303 Parijskij	October 3, 1978	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
3969 Rossi	October 9, 1978	Lyudmila Zhuravlyova	asteroid
5045 Hoyin	October 29, 1978	Purple Mountain Observatory	asteroid
10675 Kharlamov	November 1978	Lyudmila Zhuravlyova	asteroid
3926 Ramirez	November 7, 1978	Schelte J. Bus	asteroid
4656 Huchra	November 7, 1978	Schelte J. Bus	asteroid
4984 Patrickmiller	November 7, 1978	Schelte J. Bus	asteroid
Ketef Hinnom scrolls	1979	Gabriel Barkay	inscription
Libet experiment	1979	Benjamin Libet	experiment
5936 Khadzhinov	March 29, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
3885 Bogorodskij	April 25, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
5456 Merman	April 25, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
10676 Jamesmcdanell	June 25, 1979	Schelte J. Bus	asteroid
3756 Ruscannon	June 25, 1979	Schelte J. Bus	asteroid
3817 Lencarter	June 25, 1979	Schelte J. Bus	asteroid
7630 Yidumduma	June 25, 1979	Schelte J. Bus	asteroid
3970 Herran	June 28, 1979	Carlos Torres	asteroid
4853 Marielukac	June 28, 1979	Carlos Torres	asteroid
4964 Kourovka	July 21, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
4621 Tambov	August 27, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
3242 Bakhchisaraj	September 22, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
3601 Velikhov	September 22, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
4986 Osipovia	September 23, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
3306 Byron	September 24, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
4687 Brunsandrej	September 24, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
11003 Andronov	October 14, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
4727 Ravel	October 24, 1979	K. Kirsch	asteroid
4728 Lyapidevskij	November 11, 1979	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
3971 Voronikhin	December 23, 1979	Lyudmila Zhuravlyova	asteroid
E-graph	1980	Charles Gregory Nelson	—
Quantum Hall effect	1980	Klaus von Klitzing	—
4522 Britastra	January 22, 1980	Edward L. G. Bowell	asteroid
5090 Wyeth	February 9, 1980	Oak Ridge Observatory	asteroid
3715 Štohl	February 19, 1980	Antonín Mrkos	asteroid
3633 Mira	March 13, 1980	Félix Aguilar Observatory	asteroid
10270 Skoglöv	March 16, 1980	Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist	asteroid
5221 Fabribudweis	March 16, 1980	Ladislav Brožek	asteroid
5498 Gustafsson	March 16, 1980	Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist	asteroid
4987 Flamsteed	March 20, 1980	Perth Observatory	asteroid
3411 Debetencourt	June 2, 1980	Henri Debehogne	asteroid
4885 Grange	June 10, 1980	Carolyn S. Shoemaker	asteroid
3696 Herald	July 17, 1980	Edward L. G. Bowell	asteroid
4563 Kahnia	July 17, 1980	Edward L. G. Bowell	asteroid
8991 Solidarity	August 6, 1980	European Southern Observatory	asteroid
4729 Mikhailmilʹ	September 8, 1980	Lyudmila Zhuravlyova	asteroid
2629 Rudra	September 13, 1980	Charles T. Kowal	asteroid
4921 Volonté	September 29, 1980	Zdeňka Vávrová	asteroid
3716 Petzval	October 2, 1980	Antonín Mrkos	asteroid
4781 Sládkovič	October 3, 1980	Zdeňka Vávrová	asteroid
24626 Astrowizard	October 9, 1980	Eugene Merle Shoemaker	asteroid
5161 Wightman	October 9, 1980	Carolyn S. Shoemaker	asteroid
5457 Queen's	October 9, 1980	Carolyn S. Shoemaker	asteroid
3764 Holmesacourt	October 10, 1980	Perth Observatory	asteroid
5222 Ioffe	October 11, 1980	Nikolai Chernykh	asteroid
7735 Scorzelli	October 31, 1980	Schelte J. Bus	asteroid
8994 Kashkashian	November 6, 1980	Brian A. Skiff	asteroid
3168 Lomnický Štít	December 1980	Antonín Mrkos	asteroid