"Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, respectively, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. In a 2002 list, Don Quixote was cited as the "best literary work ever written."
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“(3552) Don Quixote is a near-Earth asteroid, or NEA, which also has an orbit that crosses that of Jupiter, and is therefore also classified as an Amor asteroid. It was discovered by Paul Wild on September 26, 1983 from the Bern-Zimmerwald Observatory, Switzerland. Its name refers to Don Quixote, a character from Miguel de Cervantes' novel, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.”
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