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title: "Olaf Hassel"
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Olaf Hassel (12 May 1898 – 22 August 1972) was a Norwegian amateur astronomer. He was born in Øvre Sandsvær. He is known for his discoveries of the comet Jurlov-Achmarof-Hassel in April 1939 and the nova V446 Herculis on 7 March 1960. Hassel was born deaf.


== References ==


== External links ==
"Comet Discovered by Amateur Astronomers." Popular Science, September 1939, p. 113.