(496) Gryphia

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( 496 ) Gryphia is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 25 October 1902 in Heidelberg by the German astronomer Max Wolf.

The name of the asteroid, which was previously thought to be a tribute to the German poet Andreas Gryphius, based recent research by the Heidelberger astronomers Lutz D. Schmadel and the Viennese astronomer Anneliese Quick According to a proposition by Wilhelm Ebert, on a reference to the city of Greifswald.

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