CITATION FROM THE PERIODICAL OF THE MPC (MINOR PLANET CENTER) 46013 FROM THE 24TH OF JUNE, 2002, IN WHICH THE NAMING WAS PUBLISHED

(29471) SPEJBL = 1997 UT7

DISCOVERED 1997 OCT. 27 BY L. SAROUNOVÁ AT ONDŘEJOV.
THE CZECH MARIONETTE SPEJBL REPRESENTS THE FATHER OF MISCHIEVOUS HURVÍNEK. THEY DEMONSTRATE THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS OF TWO GENERATIONS IN PERFORMANCES OF THE THEATRE OF SPEJBL AND HURVÍNEK IN PRAGUE. SPEJBL HAS AMUSED CHILDREN AS WELL AS ADULTS IN 31 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD SINCE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1920.

CITATION WAS PREPARED BY RADEK GABCAN.

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