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589 Croatia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun discovered by Dr. August Kopff from Königstuhl-Heidelberg Observatory with the use of the photographic method. In the moment of the discovery the asteroid was 12.5mv and was in the constellation of Virgo. The object was named Croatia after the suggestion made by professor Max Wolf to honor the foundation of the Astronomical Observatory of the Croatian Natural Sciences Society in Zagreb.