33179 Arsenewenger

33179 Arsenewenger

BASEPAGENAME is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1544.2942189 days (4.23 years).cite web | url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=33179 | title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | accessdate = 2008-06-25 | publisher = NASA] The asteroid was discovered on March 29, 1998 by Ian P. Griffin, who is a fan of Arsenal Football Club.cite web | url=http://web.mac.com/i_griffin/Ian_Griffins_Website/Arsenewenger.html | title=Arsenewenger | author=Griffin, Ian ] The asteroid was named after the Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger, and is believed to be the only asteroid named after a football manager. The naming citation is as follows:

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