1556 Wingolfia
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1556 Wingolfia is an outer main-belt asteroid
discovered on January 14, 1942 by K. Reinmuth
at Heidelberg
. The discoverer named it after the German Studentenverbindung
Heidelberger Wingolf
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on January 14, 1942 by K. Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer.He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957.His most notable...
at Heidelberg
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is an historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany...
. The discoverer named it after the German Studentenverbindung
Studentenverbindung
A Studentenverbindung is a student corporation in a German-speaking country somewhat comparable to fraternities in the US or Canada, but mostly older and going back to other kinds of...
Heidelberger Wingolf
Wingolf
Wingolf is an umbrella organisation of 36 student fraternities at 34 universities in Germany, Austria and Estonia. Founded as early as 1844, it counts as one of the older types of fraternities, the oldest one being the Corps...
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