18396 Nellysachs
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18396 Nellysachs is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 21, 1992 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg
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The asteroid was named after Nelly Sachs
(1891–1970) lyric poet and dramatist.
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 September 21, 1992 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg
Tautenburg
Tautenburg, a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia in Germany, houses the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory....
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The asteroid was named after Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs was a Jewish German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews...
(1891–1970) lyric poet and dramatist.