Lapko


Asteroid 3215, Lapko, was discovered on January 23, 1980 by Lyudmila G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj, Ukraine. It has a period of 5 years, 195 days.

It was named after a Soviet-era Ukrainian surgeon, Konstantin Lapko, who treated the discoverer.

The meaning of asteroid Lapko seems to be: to take advantage of, to have an edge on (Damien Foor); dog-eat-dog, ruthless, competitive, "carpe diem."



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