(31665) Veblen

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( 31665 ) Veblen is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 10 May 1999 by the Italian-American astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( observatory code 684) in Arizona.

The asteroid is named after the American mathematician Oswald Veblen (1880-1960), who taught from 1932 at the Institute for Advanced Study and valuable contributions in topology, geometry and projective differential geometry provided. The appointment was made on 28 March 2002.

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