457 Alleghenia
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457 Alleghenia is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Max Wolf
and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
on September 15, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FJ.
It is named in honor of the northside neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and its scientific and industrial heritage. It produced some of the finest astronomy equipment of the early 20th century.
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 Max Wolf
Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography...
and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann was a German astronomer.He was co-discoverer with Arno Arthur Wachmann of the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, and with Arno Arthur Wachmann and Leslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 ....
on September 15, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FJ.
It is named in honor of the northside neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
and its scientific and industrial heritage. It produced some of the finest astronomy equipment of the early 20th century.