21655 Niklauswirth

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Niklauswirth
Discovery and designation
Discovered by L. Sarounová
Discovery site Ondrejov
Discovery date August 8, 1999
Designations
MPC designation 21655
Alternative names[1] 1999 PC1
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 3.1143720
Peri 2.1748424
Eccentricity 0.1776312
Orbital period 1570.8697906
Mean anomaly 94.02951
Inclination 13.39498
Longitude of ascending node 293.48840
Argument of peri 6.69322
Absolute magnitude 13.3

21655 Niklauswirth (1999 PC1) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on August 8, 1999 by L. Sarounová at Ondrejov. The name refers to the influential Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth.

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