1681 Steinmetz
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1681 Steinmetz is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 23, 1948 by Marguerite Laugier
at Nice
.
According to a proposal by Otto Kippes
, who verified the discovery, it was named after German amateur astronomer
Julius Steinmetz (1893–1965) from Gerolfingen
.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on November 23, 1948 by Marguerite Laugier
Marguerite Laugier
Marguerite Laugier was a French astronomer active at the Nice Observatory from the 1930s to the 1950s. Contemporary astronomical articles refer to her as "Madame Laugier"....
at Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
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According to a proposal by Otto Kippes
Otto Kippes
Otto Kippes was a German Catholic priest and amateur astronomer. He was acknowledged especially for his work in asteroid orbit calculations, which brought him the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1991. The main belt asteroid 1780 Kippes was named in his honour...
, who verified the discovery, it was named after German amateur astronomer
Amateur astronomy
Amateur astronomy, also called backyard astronomy and stargazing, is a hobby whose participants enjoy watching the night sky , and the plethora of objects found in it, mainly with portable telescopes and binoculars...
Julius Steinmetz (1893–1965) from Gerolfingen
Gerolfingen
Gerolfingen is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany....
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