2807 Karl Marx

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:

    “Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.”
    —Clement Attlee (1883–1967)

    “a big picture of K. Marx with an axe,
    “Where I cut off one it will never grow again.”
    O Karl would it were true
    I’d put my saw to work for you
    & the wicked social tree would fall right down.”
    —Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

    “It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.”
    —Karl Marx (1818–1883)