Nikolai Chernykh
2644 Victor Jara, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1973, by Soviet-Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula. It was named after Chilean singer and composer Víctor Jara.