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Wichterle

Number: 3899
Provisore: 1982 SN1
Discovery: Discovered by 17.09.1982 by M. Mahrová on Klet observatory
Reference: MPC 22500 (1.09.1993)
Czech pronunciation: Wichterle
Orbit: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3899;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb

Named in honor of Otto Wichterle (1913- ), Czech chemist with a special interest in macromolecular substances. He is well known as the inventor of the hydrophilic gels used for the production of contact lenses.