Pelageya Shajn
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 67 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 22,1894 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Solikamskiy Rayon |
| Russia | |
| Died | Moscow |
| Russia | |
| Date of died | August 27,1956 |
| Current partner | Grigory Shajn |
| Discovered | 61P/Shajn–Schaldach |
| 1120 Cannonia | |
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| ID | 4259970 |
Pelageya Shajn Life story
Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn, née Sannikova, 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.