3095 Omarkhayyam
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3095 Omarkhayyam is an outer main-belt asteroid
discovered on September 8, 1980 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. This minor planet was named in honor of the Persian
mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám
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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...
discovered on September 8, 1980 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. This minor planet was named in honor of the Persian
Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám
Omar Khayyám
Omar Khayyám was aPersian polymath: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, climatology and theology....
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