(7014) Nietzsche

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Asteroid
(7014) Nietzsche
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2555  AU
eccentricity 0.1824
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8442 AU - 2.6669 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.1576 °
Length of the ascending node 188.5379 °
Sidereal period 3.39 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.83 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.0 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery April 3, 1989
Another name 1989 GT 4 , 1949 SR 1 , 1966 TB, 1983 TS 2 , 1986 NT
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(7014) Nietzsche is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 April 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the German classical philologist and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), whose poetic-philosophical work Also Spoke Zarathustra, written between 1883–1885, is considered by most to be his main work.

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