Asteroids named after people called Selma
馃懚 Selma as a baby name馃惗 Selma as a dog name馃惐 Selma as a cat name
(11061) Lagerlof
Swedish novelist Selma Lagerl枚f (1858-1940) wrote beautiful stories, using popular tales of her Vaermlandian homeland. She dealt with social problems, questions of fault and responsibility from a religious-ethical point of view. Awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1909, she was the first female member of the Swedish Academy.Discovered 10 September 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(12943) Selmademink
Selma de Mink (b. 1983) is a Dutch astronomer, specializing in the study of giant stars. Since 2021, she has been a scientific director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching near Munich, Germany.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(20222) Benseguane
Selma Benseguane (b. 1994) is an Algerian astronomer, working on the link between cometary activity and surface morphology, showing that pits at the surface of comets cannot be formed on their current orbit but might result from processing in the giant planet region when they were Centaurs.Discovered 30 April 1997 by LINEAR, Socorro
(26748) Targovnik
Selma Targovnik (b. 1936) is a long-time member of Lowell Observatory's Advisory Board. She retired from her dermatology practice where she served helping members of the U.S. military. Selma gives selflessly of her time and talent to Lowell Observatory and to her dance group.Discovered 23 April 2001 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa