Asteroid 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... s discovered: 19
1112 Polonia 1112 Polonia 1112 Polonia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn on August 15, 1928 at Simeis. It was independently discovered on the same day by Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin. Its provisional designation was 1928 PE. It was named for the country of Poland; Polonia...	August 15, 1928
1113 Katja 1113 Katja 1113 Katja is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn on August 15, 1928 at Simeis. It was independently discovered on August 24 by M.F. Wolf in Heidelberg, Germany. Its provisional designation was 1928 QC. It was named in honor of calculator and...	August 15, 1928
1120 Cannonia 1120 Cannonia 1120 Cannonia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn on September 11, 1928 at Simeis. Its provisional designation was 1928 RV. It was independently discovered by Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin at Simeis two days later, and ten days later by Eugène...	September 11, 1928
1121 Natascha 1121 Natascha 1121 Natascha is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn on September 11, 1928 at Simeis. Its provisional designation was 1928 RZ. It was named for hydrogeologist Natasha Tichomirova, daughter of Simeis astronomer Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin.-References:...	September 11, 1928
1369 Ostanina 1369 Ostanina 1369 Ostanina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1935 by P. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	August 27, 1935
1387 Kama 1387 Kama 1387 Kama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1935 by P. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	August 27, 1935
1390 Abastumani 1390 Abastumani 1390 Abastumani is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1935 by Shajn, P. at Simeis . It is named after the spa town of Abastumani, Georgia.-Notes:...	October 3, 1935
1475 Yalta 1475 Yalta 1475 Yalta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1935 by P. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	September 21, 1935
1610 Mirnaya 1610 Mirnaya 1610 Mirnaya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1928 by P. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	September 11, 1928
1648 Shajna 1648 Shajna 1648 Shajna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1935 by P. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	September 5, 1935
1654 Bojeva 1654 Bojeva 1654 Bojeva is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1931 by Shajn, P. at Simeis.- External links :*...	October 8, 1931
1735 ITA 1735 ITA 1735 ITA is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 10, 1948 by P. F. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	September 10, 1948
1954 Kukarkin 1954 Kukarkin 1954 Kukarkin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1952 by P. F. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	August 15, 1952
1987 Kaplan 1987 Kaplan 1987 Kaplan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1952 by P. F. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	September 11, 1952
2108 Otto Schmidt 2108 Otto Schmidt 2108 Otto Schmidt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1948 by P. F. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	October 4, 1948
2445 Blazhko 2445 Blazhko 2445 Blazhko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1935 by Shajn, P. at Simeis.- External links :*...	October 3, 1935
3080 Moisseiev 3080 Moisseiev 3080 Moisseiev is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1935 by P. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	October 3, 1935
3958 Komendantov 3958 Komendantov 3958 Komendantov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1953 by P. F. Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	October 10, 1953
5533 Bagrov 5533 Bagrov 5533 Bagrov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1935 by Pelageya Shajn at Simeis.- External links :*...	September 21, 1935

Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn née Sannikova (Пелагея Фёдоровна Шайн) (1894–August 27, 1956) was a Soviet

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n astronomer

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. In modern English transliteration, her surname would be given as Shayn, but her astronomical discoveries are credited under the name P. F. Shajn. Nonetheless, her last name is sometimes given as Schajn, and her first name sometimes as Pelageja.

She was the wife of Grigory Abramovich Shajn

Grigory Abramovich Shajn

Grigory Abramovich Shajn was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Shayn, but his astronomical discoveries are credited under the name G. Shajn...

 (Григорий Абрамович Шайн), who was also a Russian astronomer. Her maiden name was Sannikova (Санникова).

She co-discovered the periodic comet

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 61P/Shajn-Schaldach. However, the non-periodic comet C/1925 F1 (Shajn-Comas Solá), also known as Comet 1925 VI or Comet 1925a, was co-discovered by her husband rather than by her.

She also discovered numerous asteroid

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s and about 150 variable star

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