13531 Weizsäcker
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13531 Weizsäcker is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1943.3637932 days (5.32 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 13, 1991. It is named after German physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
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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...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1943.3637932 days (5.32 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 13, 1991. It is named after German physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German physicist and philosopher. He was the longest-living member of the research team which performed nuclear research in Germany during the Second World War, under Werner Heisenberg's leadership...
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