1040 Klumpkea
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1040 Klumpkea is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Benjamin Jekhowsky
on January 20, 1925. Its provisional designation was 1925 BD. It was named after Dorothea Klumpke Roberts.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered by Benjamin Jekhowsky
Benjamin Jekhowsky
Benjamin Jekhowsky , died in 1975, Encausse-les-Thermes ) was a Russian-French astronomer, born in Saint-Petersburg in a noble family of a Russian railroad official. After attending Moscow University, he worked at the Paris Observatory beginning in 1912...
on January 20, 1925. Its provisional designation was 1925 BD. It was named after Dorothea Klumpke Roberts.