70679 Urzidil
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70679 Urzidil is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 30, 1999 by J. Ticha and M. Tichy at Kleť Observatory
. The asteroid is named after the Bohemian
poet, writer and journalist Johannes Urzidil
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Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
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 October 30, 1999 by J. Ticha and M. Tichy at Kleť Observatory
Klet Observatory
Kleť Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the Czech Republic. It is situated in South Bohemia, south of the summit of Mount Kleť, near the town of České Budějovice...
. The asteroid is named after the Bohemian
Bohemian
A Bohemian is a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region of Bohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. The word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word...
poet, writer and journalist Johannes Urzidil
Johannes Urzidil
Johannes Urzidil was a Czech-German writer, poet, historian, and journalist. Born in Prague, he died in Rome....
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