(17038) Wake

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( 17038 ) Wake is one of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered at his private observatory, the Reedy Creek Observatory ( IAU code 428), in Queensland, Australia on 26 March 1999 by Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton.

The asteroid was named after the New Zealand-born British saboteur and resistance fighter Nancy Wake (1912-2011) named, who worked as a coordinator and leader of a French resistance group during World War II.

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