# Pelageya Shajn

> Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn, née Sannikova, was a Russian astronomer in the Soviet Union, and the first woman credited with the discovery of a minor planet, at the Simeiz Observatory in 1928. Pelageya also discovered numerous variable stars and co-discovered the periodic, Jupiter-family comet 61P/Shajn–Schaldach. She was married to prominent Soviet astronomer Grigory Shajn.

*Russian astronomer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pelageya-shajn

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1894-04-19
- **Died:** 1956-08-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.6 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 18.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [佩拉格婭·沙因](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%A9%E6%8B%89%E6%A0%BC%E5%A9%AD%C2%B7%E6%B2%99%E5%9B%A0)
- [Pelageja Šajn](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageja_%C5%A0ajn)
- [Pelagueia Xain](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagueia_Xain)
- [Pelageya Shajn](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageya_Shajn)
- [Pelageja Fjodorowna Schain](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageja_Fjodorowna_Schain)
- [Πελαγία Σάιν](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BD)
- [Pelageya Shajn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageya_Shajn)
- [Pelageja Fjodorovna Ŝajn](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageja_Fjodorovna_%C5%9Cajn)
- [Pelagueya Shain](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagueya_Shain)
- [Pelageia Xain](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageia_Xain)
- [Pelagueïa Chaïne](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelague%C3%AFa_Cha%C3%AFne)
- [Pelageya Shajn](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageya_Shajn)
- [Պելագեյա Շայն](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A1_%D5%87%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B6)
- [Pelageya Fyodorovna Shain](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageya_Fyodorovna_Shain)
- [Pelageja Fëdorovna Šajn](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageja_F%C3%ABdorovna_%C5%A0ajn)
- [ペラゲーヤ・シャイン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3)
- [პელაგია შაინი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98)
- [Pelageja Sjajn](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageja_Sjajn)
- [Piełagieja Szajn](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie%C5%82agieja_Szajn)
- [Шайн, Пелагея Фёдоровна](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [Pelageja Sjajn](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelageja_Sjajn)
- [பெலகேயா பெதரோவ்னா சாய்ன்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D)
- [Шайн Пелагея Федорівна](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290437)

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