Olympia

(1906 SO )
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NOW @ 24 CAN 38
FOUND @ 1 VIR 1
 
Inclination: 30.012
Eccentricity: 0.221
Period: 4.225 years
AU 2.613
Type: 0000

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23.1.1906 22:56 Heidelberg 8e43 49n24 observations 1


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Named for the town in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese where Zeus {see planet  (5731)} had a famous temple with a celebrated statue by Phidias {see planet  (4753)}. The statue was reckoned one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. At Olympia the Olympic games originated in 776 B.C. (Z 182) _ _.


Discovered on 23-1-1906 in Heidelberg by Kopff, A.

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