Liisi Oterma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Liisi Oterma

Finnish astronomer

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1915

Place of Birth: Turku, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 04-Apr-2001

Profession: astronomer, Esperantist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Liisi Oterma (Finnish pronunciation: ['li?si 'oterm?]) (6 January 1915 – 4 April 2001) 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 (MPC) 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.