Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (25 March 1870 – 19 January 1964) was a German astronomer and a discoverer of 22 minor planets and 4 comets, who worked at AOP in Potsdam and at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.[2]
see § List of discovered minor planets |
He was co-discoverer with Arno Arthur Wachmann of the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, and with Arno Arthur Wachmann and Leslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 (Peltier–Schwassmann–Wachmann). The main-belt asteroid 989 Schwassmannia, discovered by himself in 1922, was later named in his honor (H 94).[2]
List of discovered minor planets
435 Ella | 11 September 1898 | list [A] |
436 Patricia | 13 September 1898 | list [A] |
442 Eichsfeldia | 15 February 1899 | list [A] |
443 Photographica | 17 February 1899 | list [A] |
446 Aeternitas | 27 October 1899 | list [A] |
447 Valentine | 27 October 1899 | list [A] |
448 Natalie | 27 October 1899 | list [A] |
449 Hamburga | 31 October 1899 | list [A] |
450 Brigitta | 10 October 1899 | list [A] |
454 Mathesis | 28 March 1900 | list |
455 Bruchsalia | 22 May 1900 | list [A] |
456 Abnoba | 4 June 1900 | list [A] |
457 Alleghenia | 15 September 1900 | list [A] |
458 Hercynia | 21 September 1900 | list [A] |
905 Universitas | 30 October 1918 | list |
906 Repsolda | 30 October 1918 | list |
912 Maritima | 27 April 1919 | list |
947 Monterosa | 8 February 1921 | list |
989 Schwassmannia | 18 November 1922 | list |
1192 Prisma | 17 March 1931 | list |
1303 Luthera | 16 March 1928 | list |
1310 Villigera | 28 February 1932 | list |
Co-discovery made with: A M. F. Wolf |
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References
- "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(989) Schwassmannia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (989) Schwassmannia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 86. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_990. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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