853 Nansenia is a
minor planet
According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''minor ...
orbiting the
Sun. It is named after the Norwegian polar explorer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Fridtjof Nansen.
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Named minor planets
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