2807 Karl Marx is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh in 1969. It is named after Karl Marx, the German philosopher whose theories comprise the basis of modern communist thought.
Little is known about Karl Marx's nature, but it is known to be a C-type asteroid, meaning that it is dark in colour and carbonaceous in composition.
Most Northerly Declination: − 3°37' on 31-Dec-2003 23 h UT
Most Southerly Declination: −27°26' on 31-Dec-2004 23 h UT
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Famous quotes containing the words karl marx and/or marx:
“While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)