Charles Darwin – Asteroid 1991 Darwin
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N 53° 55.225 W 001° 49.390
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1991 Darwin is a main-belt asteroid named after Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882), naturalist and the author of the Origin of Species.
Waymark Code: WMD097
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/01/2011
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This relief carving of the head of Charles Darwin was erected as part of the Millenium celebrations in memory of the fact that he took water treatments at a nearby spa in 1859 whilst his book was being prepared for publication. It stands at the entrance to the Darwin Gardens in Ilkley, UK.
The following details are taken from Wikipedia...
“1991 Darwin (1967 JL) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1967 by C. U. Cesco and A. R. Klemola at the Yale-Columbia Southern Station, El Leoncito. It is named after the famous English naturalist Charles Darwin.”
El Leoncito is in Argentina, a country where Darwin did much of his research. He crossed the Andes at a pass located some 100 km south of El Leoncito
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