6123 Aristoteles
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6123 Aristoteles is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 19, 1987 by Eric Walter Elst
at Rozhen
. The asteroid was named in honor of the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle
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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 19, 1987 by Eric Walter Elst
Eric Walter Elst
Eric Walter Elst is a Belgian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, with over 3,000 discovered so far ....
at Rozhen
Rozhen
Rozhen may refer to:* Rozhen, Bulgaria, a village in Sandanski municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria** the Rozhen Monastery, located nearby* Rozhen, an area in the Rhodope Mountains, in Smolyan municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria...
. The asteroid was named in honor of the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
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