(1688) Wilkens

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(1688 ) Wilkens is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on March 3, 1951 by Argentine astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn in La Plata.

The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the astronomers Alexander Wilkens, who has long worked in La Plata mainly in the field of celestial mechanics.

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