The Head of the State Council of Crimea handed Yalta unusual gift - certificate on assignment to the minor planet number 1475 the name of the city of YaltaToday the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov handed acting mayor of Yalta Andrey Roshenko the certificate on assignment to the minor planet number 1475 name of the city of Yalta.
The planet, named in honor of the southern capital of Crimea, was opened on September 21, 1935, by the famous astronomer Pelageya Shine, which has long worked in Simeiz Department of Crimean astrophysical Observatory and was the first woman in the world, who had opened a small planet. Oksana Savenkova, |
