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Pelageya Shajn
Russian astronomer
Died aged 62AriesSoviet Union
Biography
Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn, née Sannikova (Пелагея Фёдоровна Шайн) (22 September 1894 – 27 August 1956), was a Russian astronomer in the Soviet Union, and the first woman credited with the discovery of a minor planet, at the Simeiz Observatory in 1928. Pelageya also discovered numerous variable stars and co-discovered the periodic, Jupiter-family comet 61P/Shajn–Schaldach. She was married to prominent Soviet astronomer Grigory Shajn.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Grigory Abramovich Shajn
Awards & honours (1)
- Order of Lenin
Quick answers about Pelageya Shajn
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- Pelageya Shajn died on August 27, 1956 at the age of 62.
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- Pelageya Shajn was born on April 19, 1894.
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- Pelageya Shajn's zodiac sign is Aries.
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- Pelageya Shajn is a citizen of Soviet Union.
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- Pelageya Shajn is known as astronomer.
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- According to Wikidata, Pelageya Shajn's spouse is or was Grigory Abramovich Shajn.
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