Biography:Anton Staus

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Short description: German astronomer
Asteroids discovered: 1 [1]
335 Roberta 1 September 1892

Anton Staus (5 September 1872 – 21 July 1955) was a German astronomer.

As a young man, he discovered the inner main-belt asteroid 335 Roberta at Heidelberg Observatory in 1892.[2] It was the 12th asteroid that was discovered using photography.[3]

References

  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 20 June 2016. 
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(335) Roberta". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (335) Roberta. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 43. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_336. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. 
  3. Kutter, A. (December 1957). "Nachruf auf Anton Staus (Obituary)" (in German). Mitteilungen der Astronomischen Gesellschaft 9: 5. Bibcode1958MitAG...9....5K. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=1958MitAG...9....5K. Retrieved 6 July 2016. 

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