1121 Natascha
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1121 Natascha is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun
. It was discovered by Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn
on September 11, 1928 at Simeis. Its provisional designation was 1928 RZ. It was named for hydrogeologist Natasha Tichomirova, daughter of Simeis astronomer Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
. It was discovered by Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn
Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn
Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn née Sannikova was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, her surname would be given as Shayn, but her astronomical discoveries are credited under the name P. F. Shajn...
on September 11, 1928 at Simeis. Its provisional designation was 1928 RZ. It was named for hydrogeologist Natasha Tichomirova, daughter of Simeis astronomer Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin
Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin
Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin was a Soviet/Russian astronomer.He is credited with the discovery of 74 asteroids, and notably 951 Gaspra and 762 Pulcova. The Minor Planet Center credits his discoveries under the name G. N. Neujmin, and his surname appears this way in the literature...
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