Bella Alekseïevna Bournasheva (Бэлла Алексеевна Бурнашева, b. 1944) is a Soviet–Russian

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...

credited with the discovery of several

asteroids An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

. The minor planet 4427 Burnashev was named in honour of her and her husband

Vladislav Ivanovich Burnashev Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav'' ...

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1944 births Discoverers of asteroids * Place of birth missing (living people) Soviet women scientists Living people Soviet astronomers Women astronomers {{europe-astronomer-stub