| 30928 Jefferson | Discovered 1993 Oct. 9 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. |
| Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third president of the United States (1801-1809), will be always remembered as the principal author of the 1776 Declaration of Independence. A man of the Enlightenment and of great intellectual power, he is also honored for the Virginian Statute for Religious Freedom (1779). |
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| Reference: 20090409/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2009-04-10 |
