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323 Brucia

 

323 Brucia

323 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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