476 Hedwig
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476 Hedwig is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 17, 1901, by Luigi Carnera
at Heidelberg
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Luigi Carnera
Luigi Carnera was an Italian astronomer.In his early career he worked as Max Wolf's assistant at Heidelberg, Germany and discovered a number of asteroids...
at Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
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See also
- List of Solar System objects by size