Regarding black holes, the term "peri/apomelasma" (from the Greek root) was used by physicist Geoffrey A. Landis in 1998 before "peri/aponigricon" (from the Latin) appeared in the scientific literature in 2002.
Odkrila je nekaj kometov, med njimi periodična kometa 38P/Stephan-Oterma in 39P/Oterma, in 54 asteroidov.