Schiller: German poet and Asteroid 3079 Schiller - 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 3079 Schiller is named after a famous German poet.
Waymark Code: WM10TG2
Location: Brandenburg, Germany
Date Posted: 06/22/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Friedrich_Schiller (1759–1805) is considered one of the two most famous and most influential German poets.

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

Main Belt Asteroid 3079 Schiller was discovered on September 24, 1960 by Dutch astronomers C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld after investigating photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels and named after the poet.

Please note that the lunar crater Schiller is NOT named after the poet but after astronomer Julius Schiller.

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