Citation for (118178)

The following citation is from MPC 56963:

(118178) Rinckart = 1992 SJ26
     The author, composer and theologian Martin Rinckart (1586-1649) underwent
the horrors of the Thirty Years' War.  In 1648, when the Peace of Westphalia
was negotiated, all Europe began to sing his composition Nun danket
alle Gott ("Now thank we all our God").  This became an international
ecumenical hymn.


A complete set of naming citations of the numbered minor planets is available in the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, edited by Lutz Schmadel.


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