(1449) Virtanen

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( 1449 ) Virtanen is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 20 February 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku.

The asteroid is named after the Finnish biochemist and Nobel laureate Artturi Ilmari Virtanen.

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