78071 Vicent

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78071 Vicent is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1661.5282367 days (4.55 years).[1]

The asteroid was discovered on June 1, 2002. It is named after the Spanish author Francesch Vicent, who in 1495 wrote Libre dels jochs partits dels schacs en nombre de 100, which established the modern rules of chess.

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  1. ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
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