Goethe: German poet and Asteroid 3047 Goethe - Potsdam, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
N 52° 23.741 E 013° 01.511
33U E 365633 N 5806883
Asteroid 3047 Goethe is named after Germany's most famous poet.
Waymark Code: WM10TG0
Location: Brandenburg, Germany
Date Posted: 06/22/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1759–1805) is generally considered the most famous and most influential German poet.

One of the busts in Potsdam's Dichterhain (Poet's Grove) depicts the famous poet.

Main Belt Asteroid was discovered on September 24, 1960 by by Dutch astronomers C. J. van Houten, and I. van Houten-Groeneveld after investigating photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels.

There is also an impact crater on Mercury named after Goethe.

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