Biography:Arno Arthur Wachmann
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Short description: German astronomer (1902–1990)
| 1465 Autonoma | 20 March 1938 | MPC |
| 1501 Baade | 20 October 1938 | MPC |
| 1586 Thiele | 13 February 1939 | MPC |
Arno Arthur Wachmann (8 March 1902 – 24 July 1990) was a German astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who worked for many years at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.[2][3]
With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 3 asteroids during 1938–1939.[1] He also discovered supernova SN 1938B.
The inner main-belt asteroid 1704 Wachmann was named in his honor (M.P.C. 3933).[3]
Reference Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K. (2007). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. p. 1188. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1434. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1434.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1704) Wachmann". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1704) Wachmann. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 135–136. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1705. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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