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Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin (; – 17 December 1946) was a Georgian–Russian astronomer, native of Tbilisi in Georgia, and a discoverer of numerous minor planets as well as 6 periodic and a hyperbolic comet at the Pulkovo and Simeiz Observatories during the first half of the 20th century.
Discoveries
The Minor Planet Center credits his discoveries under the name "G. N. Neujmin", and his surname appears this way in the literature. However, the modern English transliteration of his name would be Neuymin.
Neujmin is credited with the discovery of 74 asteroids, and notably 951 Gaspra and 762 Pulcova.
He also discovered and co-discovered 6 Jupiter-family comets, namely 25D/Neujmin, 28P/Neujmin, 42P/Neujmin, 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte (including fragment A) and 58P/Jackson–Neujmin, as well as C/1914 M1 (Neujmin), a hyperbolic comet.
Awards and honors
He received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour on 10 June 1945. The lunar crater Neujmin is named in his honour, as is 1129 Neujmina, a main-belt asteroid of the Eos family discovered by Praskovjya Parkhomenko at Simeiz Observatory in 1929.
List of discovered minor planets 748 Simeïsa 14 March 1913 751 Faïna 28 April 1913 752 Sulamitis 30 April 1913 753 Tiflis 30 April 1913 762 Pulcova 3 September 1913 768 Struveana 4 October 1913 769 Tatjana 6 October 1913 779 Nina 25 January 1914 780 Armenia 25 January 1914 781 Kartvelia 25 January 1914 787 Moskva 20 April 1914 789 Lena 24 June 1914 791 Ani 29 June 1914 814 Tauris 2 January 1916 824 Anastasia 25 March 1916 825 Tanina 27 March 1916 829 Academia 25 August 1916 830 Petropolitana 25 August 1916 847 Agnia 2 September 1915 848 Inna 5 September 1915 877 Walküre 13 September 1915 882 Swetlana 15 August 1917 916 America 7 August 1915 917 Lyka 5 September 1915 951 Gaspra 30 July 1916 952 Caia 27 October 1916 1075 Helina 29 September 1926 1099 Figneria 13 September 1928 1110 Jaroslawa 10 August 1928 1123 Shapleya 21 September 1928 1135 Colchis 3 October 1929 1137 Raïssa 27 October 1929 1140 Crimea 30 December 1929 1146 Biarmia 7 May 1929 1147 Stavropolis 11 June 1929 1158 Luda 31 August 1929 1189 Terentia 17 September 1930 1190 Pelagia 20 September 1930 1202 Marina 13 September 1931 1210 Morosovia 6 June 1931 1236 Thaïs 6 November 1931 1255 Schilowa 8 July 1932 1269 Rollandia 20 September 1930 1271 Isergina 10 October 1931 1277 Dolores 18 April 1933 1289 Kutaïssi 19 August 1933 1306 Scythia 22 July 1930 1307 Cimmeria 17 October 1930 1309 Hyperborea 11 October 1931 1316 Kasan 17 November 1933 1331 Solvejg 25 August 1933 1347 Patria 6 November 1931 1351 Uzbekistania 5 October 1934 1379 Lomonosowa 19 March 1936 1386 Storeria 28 July 1935 1403 Idelsonia 13 August 1936 1434 Margot 19 March 1936 1459 Magnya 4 November 1937 1484 Postrema 29 April 1938 1590 Tsiolkovskaja 1 July 1933 1603 Neva 4 November 1926 1653 Yakhontovia 30 August 1937 1671 Chaika 3 October 1934 1692 Subbotina 16 August 1936 1725 CrAO 20 September 1930 1734 Zhongolovich 11 October 1928 1783 Albitskij 24 March 1935 2166 Handahl 13 August 1936 2237 Melnikov 2 October 1938 2484 Parenago 7 October 1928 2536 Kozyrev 15 August 1939 3036 Krat 11 October 1937 3761 Romanskaya 25 July 1936 4420 Alandreev 15 August 1936
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