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| | Carl Friedrich Gauss Summary |
 | | His name has been honored twice: first with the standard unit of magnetic influence, which the metric system has since replaced with the tesla in honor of another eccentric genius, Nicola Tesla (1856-1943), and second with asteroid number 1,001, which is known as Gaussia. |
 | | His name was honored when the standard unit of measurement of magnetic influence, which he and Weber had established, was named the gauss. |
 | | When asteroid number 1,001 was discovered it was christened Gaussia. |
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