1014 Semphyra
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1014 Semphyra is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
on January 29, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 PW. It was named after a character in a poem by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer.He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957.His most notable...
on January 29, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 PW. It was named after a character in a poem by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature....
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