Pelagia

(1930 SL )
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Discovery Chart

20.9.1930 00:00 Simeis 33e60 44n24 observations 1


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Named in honor of the Simeis astronomer Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn (1894–1956), the first woman who discovered a minor planet (planet  (1112)). (RI 895) See also the citation for planet  (1648). _ _.


Discovered on 20-9-1930 in Simeis by Neujmin, G. N.

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