Pelageya Shajn

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.

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Who was born first?

• Pelageya Shajn and Georges Lemaître were born the same year
• Pelageya Shajn and Norbert Wiener were born the same year
• Pelageya Shajn and Oskar Klein were born the same year
• Pelageya Shajn and Alexander Oparin were born the same year
• Pelageya Shajn and Hans Kramers were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alexander OparinMarch 2, 1894 – April 21, 1980
2. Georges LemaîtreJuly 17, 1894 – June 20, 1966
3. Hans KramersDecember 17, 1894 – April 24, 1952
4. Norbert WienerNovember 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964
5. Oskar KleinSeptember 15, 1894 – February 5, 1977
6. Pelageya Shajn (this page)April 19, 1894 – August 27, 1956

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