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323 Brucia323 Brucia was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography. It was also the first of over 200 asteroids discovered by Max Wolf, a pioneer in that method of finding astronomical objects. Discovered in 1891, it was named in honour of Catherine Wolfe Bruce, a noted patroness of the science of astronomy. It it also a Mars-crosser asteroid.
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