Amelia Fay Wehlau (1930-2021) was an American-Canadian astronomer who obtained her Ph.D. in Astronomy from UC Berkeley in 1953. She worked at the University of Western Ontario from 1955 until her retirement in 1995. Known for her research on variable stars in globular clusters, she was the first person to discover a nova in a star-cluster photograph.
Orbit type: Main Belt
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Name:
Ameliawehlau
Number:
304122
Designation:
2006 JY73
Disc. Date:
2006-05-01
Discoverer:
Paul Wiegert
Disc. Place:
Mauna Kea