Asteroids named after people called Svetlana
馃懚 Svetlana as a baby name
Svetlana Anatol'evna Biryukova (b. 1967), oldest daughter of the discoverer, graduated from Nizhnij Novgorod University with mathematics and law degrees. She is now a lawyer and is raising two children.Discovered 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
Svetlana Shekhtman (b. 1979) is an American science communicator. Discovering astronomy as an adult opened a door for her love of science. Through her writing, she helped bring the world along on NASA's OSIRIS-REx journey to Bennu and back.Discovered 28 September 2006 by Mt. Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon
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