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Discovered 1923 Aug. 8 by S. I. Belyavskij at Simeis.
Named in honor of Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), director of the Göttingen Observatory. With his new computing method F. X. von Zach {see planet (999)} rediscovered (1) Ceres. (H 96)
Named by B. Asplind.
Gauss is also honored by a lunar crater.
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(2003). (1001) Gaussia. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1002
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