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, karl and/or marx:
“The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“Those people upstairs think that Karl Marx was somebody who wrote a good anti-trust law.”
—Warren Beatty (b. 1937)
“The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)