Alfred_Bohrmann

Alfred Bohrmann

Alfred Bohrmann

German astronomer

Alfred Bohrmann (February 28, 1904 – January 4, 2000) was a German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.[1]

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He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1927 at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, at the University of Heidelberg.[2] At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid discovery by Max Wolf and Karl Reinmuth and others, and during his time there Bohrmann discovered 9 asteroids.[3] Bohrmann worked there from 1924 to 1969, publishing more than 700 minor planet observations.[1] He left the observatory after a dispute with the higher authority.[citation needed]

The asteroid 1635 Bohrmann is named after him.[1]

Minor planets discovered: 9 [3]
1455 MitchellaJune 5, 1937
1470 CarlaSeptember 17, 1938
1531 HartmutSeptember 17, 1938
1733 SilkeFebruary 19, 1938
1998 TitiusFebruary 24, 1938
2016 HeinemannSeptember 18, 1938
2226 CunitzaAugust 26, 1936
2350 von LüdeFebruary 6, 1938
2665 SchrutkaFebruary 24, 1938

References

  1. [1]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1635) Bohrmann". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1635) Bohrmann. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 130. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1636. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  2. [2]
    List of Dissertations at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Archived 2004-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.


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