(29829) Engels

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( 29829 ) Angel is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 14 March 1999 by the Italian astronomer Matteo Santangelo at Monte Agliale Observatory ( Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Agliale ) (IAU code 159) at Borgo a Mozzano in the province of Lucca.

Was named the asteroid after the German philosopher, social theorist, historian, journalist and communist revolutionary Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), who laid the foundations for the later dialectical materialism and 1848 together with Karl Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto.

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