703 Noëmi
703 Noëmi is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
Introduction
It is an asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa on October 3, 1910 with an estimated diameter of 13 km. It was named for Baroness Valentine Noémi von Rothschild (1886-1969) to celebrate her engagement to Baron Sigismund von Springer (1873-1927). Noémi von Rothschild's father, Baron Rothschild, had recently donated a stereocomparator to the Vienna Obsevatory.[1]
References
- ^ Dictionary of minor planet names, By Lutz D. Schmadel, International Astronomical Union, page 68
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