Karl Marx and Asteroid 2807 Karl Marx
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
N 52° 31.125 E 013° 24.205
33U E 391668 N 5819935
A small asteroid bearing the name of the founder of Communism.
Waymark Code: WMNNFN
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date Posted: 04/08/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 21

With his studies in economics and society, German philosopher Karl Marx (1818–1883) laid the groundwork to the modern theories of socialism.

Main belt astoroid 1969 TH6 was discovered in 1969 by Lyudmila Chernykh at the and was named after the philosopher.

The original location is Berlin's Marx-Engels Forum, one of the few places on earth where one can still see a larger than life statue of the founders of Communism. The statue was created in 1986 by sculptor Ludwig Engelhardt

In 2019, the monument was moved to a new location.

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