Liisi Oterma


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Liisi Oterma was a Finnish astronomer, the first woman to get a Ph.D. degree in astronomy in Finland.
She discovered or co-discovered several comets, including periodic comets 38P/Stephan-Oterma, 39P/Oterma and 139P/Väisälä–Oterma. She is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 54 minor planets between 1938 and 1953, and ranks 153th on MPC's all-time discovery chart.
The Hildian asteroid 1529 Oterma, discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä in 1938, was named in her honour.

List of discovered minor planets

1504 LappeenrantaMarch 23, 1939
1507 VaasaSeptember 12, 1939
1522 KokkolaNovember 18, 1938
1540 KevolaNovember 16, 1938
1544 VinterhanseniaOctober 15, 1941
1545 ThernöeOctober 15, 1941
1558 JärnefeltJanuary 20, 1942
1559 KustaanheimoJanuary 20, 1942
1679 NevanlinnaMarch 18, 1941
1680 Per BraheFebruary 12, 1942
1695 WalbeckOctober 15, 1941
1705 TapioSeptember 26, 1941
1758 NaantaliFebruary 18, 1942
1882 RaumaOctober 15, 1941
2064 ThomsenSeptember 8, 1942
2107 IlmariNovember 12, 1941
2159 KukkamäkiOctober 16, 1941
2195 TengströmSeptember 27, 1941
2268 SzmytownaNovember 6, 1942
2291 KevoMarch 19, 1941
2332 KalmApril 4, 1940
2501 LohjaApril 14, 1942
2640 HällströmMarch 18, 1941
2717 TellervoNovember 29, 1940
2774 TenojokiOctober 3, 1942
2803 VilhoNovember 29, 1940
2804 YrjöApril 19, 1941