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96747 Crespodasilva is a main-belt asteroid discovered by Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva. While making observations at the Wallace Astrophysical Observatory August 16 1999 she sighted this new asteroid.Crespo da Silva was working toward an undergraduate degree in earth atmospheric and planetary sciences at MIT and was to have graduated in December 2000. She took her own life in November 2000. Her area of specialization was observing light curves of minor planets.