observation arc begins at Heidelberg on 8 August 1923, just two days after its official discovery observation.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer, author of the Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch, known for the empirical Titius-Bode law about the sequence of planetary distances. Bode also was the director of the

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