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The asteroid ( 133 243 ) Food was discovered on 2 September 2003 at the Essen Walter Hohmann Observatory and reported in the following night, after a further observation, the Minor Planet Center. He was then given the provisional designation 2003 RT1. After numerous other observations were carried out by many observatories in the following years, the train finally could be calculated with great accuracy. After the discovery was given the right to propose a name.

Then the name proposal was submitted in summer 2009, which was accepted unchanged; the official name is now ( 133 243 ) food. The grounds of the name candidate:

Food, in the German agglomeration " Ruhrgebiet ", is the former center of German heavy industry. It has emerged as a modern city with various cultural activities scientificand. Food is the location of the observatory where this minor planet what Discovered. (Food, located in the German metropolitan area " Ruhrgebiet ", the former center of German heavy industry., It has developed into a modern city with various scientific and cultural activities. Eating is the location of the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered. )

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