(1681) Steinmetz

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( 1681) Steinmetz is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 23 November 1948 by the French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at Nice.

The name of the asteroid, was elected on the proposal of O. Kippes, who was involved in the revision of this discovery in memory of Julius Steinmetz. Steinmetz (1893-1965) was a pastor in Gerolfingen and calculated orbits of comets and asteroids.

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