Asteroids named after people called Irja
馃懚 Irja as a baby name
Named in honor of Irja Klemola, formerly rector of a school in Turku, one of the founders and for many years secretary of the society Torun Ursa for amateur astronomers; she also frequently participated in the minor planet program at the Turku Observatory. This planet also honors Arnold R. Klemola, currently in charge of the proper-motion program at the Lick Observatory, also well known for his astrometric observations of comets and minor planets.Discovered 18 March 1936 by Y. Vaisala, Turku
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