461 Saskia
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461 Saskia is a Themistian asteroid
discovered by Max Wolf
on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FP.
Themis family
The Themis or Themistian Asteroid Family is a Hirayama family of asteroids found in the outer portion of the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. At a mean distance of 3.13 AU from the Sun, it is one of the more populous asteroid families...
discovered by Max Wolf
Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography...
on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FP.