48681 Zeilinger
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48681 Zeilinger is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on January 21, 1996 by E. Meyer and E. Obermair at the Davidschlag Observatory, Linz.
2005 the asteroid was named after the Austria
n quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger
, as a present for his 60th birthday.
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 January 21, 1996 by E. Meyer and E. Obermair at the Davidschlag Observatory, Linz.
2005 the asteroid was named after the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger is an Austrian quantum physicist. He is currently professor of physics at the University of Vienna, previously University of Innsbruck. He is also the director of the Vienna branch of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information IQOQI at the Austrian Academy of Sciences...
, as a present for his 60th birthday.