Strahlenberg

(1993 BD13 )
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NOW @ 11 PIS 22

Discovery Chart

22.1.1993 00:00 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1


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Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676-1747), a Swedish officer and geographer, was kept prisoner in 1709 at Poltawa and during 1711-1721 sent to Tobolsk, where he investigated the geography and nature of Siberia. He also studied the languages of the Tatars and Mongols.


Discovered on 22-1-1993 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.

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