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Niklauswirth Discovery and designationDiscovered by L. Sarounová Discovery site Ondrejov Discovery date August 8, 1999 DesignationsMPC designation 21655 Named after Niklaus Wirth Alternate name(s) 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 (H) 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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