(1040) Klumpkea

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( 1040 ) Klumpkea is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on January 20, 1925 in Algiers by the Russian astronomers Beniamin Pavlovich Schechowski.

The asteroid is named after the American astronomer Dorothea Klumpke - Roberts. She was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the Sorbonne in mathematics.

  • Main belt asteroid
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