Pelageya Shajn
| Asteroids discovered: 19 | |
|---|---|
| 1112 Polonia | August 15, 1928 |
| 1113 Katja | August 15, 1928 |
| 1120 Cannonia | September 11, 1928 |
| 1121 Natascha | September 11, 1928 |
| 1369 Ostanina | August 27, 1935 |
| 1387 Kama | August 27, 1935 |
| 1390 Abastumani | October 3, 1935 |
| 1475 Yalta | September 21, 1935 |
| 1610 Mirnaya | September 11, 1928 |
| 1648 Shajna | September 5, 1935 |
| 1654 Bojeva | October 8, 1931 |
| 1735 ITA | September 10, 1948 |
| 1954 Kukarkin | August 15, 1952 |
| 1987 Kaplan | September 11, 1952 |
| 2108 Otto Schmidt | October 4, 1948 |
| 2445 Blazhko | October 3, 1935 |
| 3080 Moisseiev | October 3, 1935 |
| 3958 Komendantov | October 10, 1953 |
| 5533 Bagrov | September 21, 1935 |
Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn née Sannikova (Пелагея Фёдоровна Шайн) (1894 – August 27, 1956) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. 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.[1]
She was the wife of Grigory Abramovich Shajn (Григорий Абрамович Шайн), who was also a Russian astronomer. Her maiden name was Sannikova (Санникова).
She co-discovered the periodic comet 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 asteroids and about 150 variable stars.