461 Saskia is a Themistian asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FP. It is named after Saskia van Uylenburgh, the wife of Rembrandt.
Famous quotes containing the word saskia:
“We watched her jug a hare, once, on television, years ago.... The hare had been half rotted, then cremated, then consumed. If there is a god and she is of the rabbit family, then Saskia will be in deep doo- doo on Judgment Day.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)