Averroes

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NOW @ 14 AQU 43
FOUND @ 4 ARI 25
 
Inclination: 0.517
Eccentricity: 0.162
Period: 5.678 years
AU 3.182
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

29.9.1973 06:04 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named for Averroës (1126–1198), whose Arabian name was Ibn Roschd Abdul Walid and who studied law and medicine in Córdoba. He brought together the philosophy of Aristotle {see planet  (6123)}, Islam and Christianity. Both Islam and the Christian church, especially Thomas Aquinas, condemned him. Most of his publications have been translated into Latin. (M 32792) _ _.


Discovered on 29-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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