10781 Ritter
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10781 Ritter is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 6, 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg
. The asteroid is named for Johann Wilhelm Ritter
, a German chemist and physicist.
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 August 6, 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg
Tautenburg
Tautenburg, a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia in Germany, houses the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory....
. The asteroid is named for Johann Wilhelm Ritter
Johann Wilhelm Ritter
Johann Wilhelm Ritter was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. He was born in Samitz near Haynau in Silesia , and died in Munich.-Life and work:...
, a German chemist and physicist.