99949 Miepgies (1972 FD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16 2007 by T. Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Miep Gies – a Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II and who discovered and preserved Anne’s diary after Anne Frank’s arrest and deportation.
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