Johann Elert Bode
998 Bodea ("prov. designation": "or" ) is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 6 August 1923, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany. The presumed C-type asteroid with an irregular shape has a rotation period of 8.6 hours. It was named after German astronomer Johann Elert Bode (1747–1826).