Asteroids named after people called Margarita
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(6753) Fursenko
Named in honor of Margarita Aleksandrovna Fursenko (b. 1931), staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy during 1955-1997 and a well-known expert on ephemeris astronomy. She made a major contribution to the calculation and publication of 40 volumes of the annual Astronomicheskij Ezhegodnik, as well as to the development of special ephemerides for space missions, lunar laser ranging and radioastronomical observations with RATAN-600. Name suggested by ITA and supported by the discoverer.Discovered 14 September 1974 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(7382) Bozhenkova
The Russian writer Margarita Ivanovna Bozhenkova (b. 1941) is a member of the Writers' Union of Russia, vice-president of the Writers' Naval Association in St. Petersburg and laureate of the “Gold Pen” prize.Discovered 8 September 1981 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
(12191) Vorontsova
Margarita Alekseevna Vorontsova (b. 1923) is a pediatrician at the Simferopol children's hospital who has treated children for more than 50 years.Discovered 9 October 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
(300821) Margaritasalas
Margarita Salas Falgueras (1938–2019) was a prominent Spanish biochemist and molecular geneticist. She discovered the φ29 DNA polymerase, a revolutionary tool for DNA amplification used worldwide in biotechnology and forensics. A pioneer for women in science, she was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.Discovered 30 November 2007 by OAM, La Sagra