Asteroids named after people called Catarina

👶 Catarina as a baby name

(10665) Ortigao

Catarina Ortigão (b. 1974) is a person of rare inner beauty, to whom Pedro Lacerda, a colleague of the discoverers, would like to pay tribute. She is a Portuguese-born scientist working in the field of medical physics.Discovered 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar

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