Biography:Erwin Schwab

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Short description: German amateur astronomer
Minor planets discovered: 87 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Erwin Schwab (born 1964) is a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, who works at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, near Darmstadt, Germany.[2][3][4] He has discovered and co-discovered more than 80 asteroids[1] from the Starkenburg (611), Tzec Maun (D25) and Taunus observatories (B01). As volunteer scientist for the European Space Agency (ESA) he recovered near-Earth objects and comets.[5][6][7] From 2014 to 2021 he recovered 30 lost comets, which equates to about 25% of the worldwide proportion in that timespan.[8][9] Using the Schmidt telescope at Calar Alto Observatory (Z84) to search for a lost comet he discovered in 2019 a unique variable star – the first known eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, cataloged as J1832.4-1627 (VSX-Id of AAVSO: 000-BNG-512)[10][11][12][13]

Biography

Schwab was born in Heppenheim,[3][14] where he started observing minor planets at the Starkenburg Observatory in 1981.[15]

Honors and awards

The Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra in Spain has named the main-belt asteroid 185638 Erwinschwab in his honour.[2][16][17]

Discoveries

One which he discovered is named after his parents, Elfriede and Erwin Schwab.[18] Schwab has discovered asteroids at Starkenburg, Tzec Maun[19] as well as at the Taunus Observatory.[1] Some minor planet are named for German cities such as 204852 Frankfurt, 241418 Darmstadt, and 243440 Colonia (Cologne), while the Jupiter-trojans 192220 Oicles and 221917 Opites are named after figures from Greek mythology. He also co-discovered 2009 DM45, an unnumbered Apollo asteroid and potentially hazardous object.[20]

List of discovered minor planets

192220 Oicles 14 September 2007 list [A]
204852 Frankfurt 15 September 2007 list [A]
204873 FAIR 17 September 2007 list [A]
207687 Senckenberg 12 September 2007 list [A]
207901 Tzecmaun 28 October 2008 list
216390 Binnig 14 February 2008 list [A]
216433 Milianleo 19 February 2009 list
221917 Opites 26 September 2008 list [B]
224831 Neeffisis 27 November 2006 list [A]
241418 Darmstadt 31 October 2008 list
243109 Hansludwig 12 September 2007 list [B]
243440 Colonia 17 March 2009 list [B]
243536 Mannheim 15 March 2010 list
256813 Marburg 11 February 2008 list [A]
(263391) 2008 DA 16 February 2008 list [A]
263932 Speyer 22 April 2009 list
264020 Stuttgart 17 August 2009 list
274020 Skywalker 12 September 2007 list [B]
274835 Aachen 22 August 2009 list
278141 Tatooine 15 February 2007 list [B]
(278417) 2007 RR146 14 September 2007 list [A]
(279037) 2008 VU13 8 November 2008 list
281140 Trier 16 February 2007 list [A]
(281661) 2008 VW13 8 November 2008 list
(283117) 2008 VU 1 November 2008 list
283142 Weena 29 December 2008 list [A]
(284941) 2010 EB21 9 March 2010 list [A]
(295476) 2008 QN23 29 August 2008 list [A]
295565 Hannover 27 September 2008 list [B]
(295987) 2008 YA66 29 December 2008 list [A]
(296362) 2009 FU25 21 March 2009 list [A]
(296530) 2009 OV9 28 July 2009 list
301061 Egelsbach 28 October 2008 list
301394 Bensheim 23 February 2009 list
(301625) 2010 EC21 9 March 2010 list [A]
(309274) 2007 RB133 15 September 2007 list [A]
(309911) 2009 FG2 17 March 2009 list [A]
(312558) 2009 GC 2 April 2009 list [A]
(315251) 2007 SJ11 16 September 2007 list [A]
316042 Tilofranz 19 April 2009 list
(325557) 2009 SK101 22 September 2009 list [A]
325558 Guyane 24 September 2009 list
328477 Eckstein 21 April 2009 list
(332633) 2008 UK4 24 October 2008 list
336698 Melbourne 5 February 2010 list
(342277) 2008 TE10 8 October 2008 list
343000 Ijontichy 29 January 2009 list [C]
(343138) 2009 FG32 28 March 2009 list
(343323) 2010 CP1 8 February 2010 list
343444 Halluzinelle 7 March 2010 list [B]
(343981) 2011 LA27 7 March 2010 list [B]
(346865) 2009 FJ3 17 March 2009 list [C]
(347020) 2010 EV20 7 March 2010 list [B]
(352162) 2007 RV15 12 September 2007 list [A]
(352705) 2008 SC152 28 September 2008 list [A]
(352945) 2009 BL10 21 January 2009 list
(356104) 2009 FC4 18 March 2009 list [B]
(365243) 2009 MV7 25 June 2009 list
367436 Siena 27 September 2008 list [B]
(369134) 2008 RG79 8 September 2008 list [C]
(369297) 2009 SW20 23 September 2009 list [B]
(371868) 2008 CQ21 7 February 2008 list [C]
(375156) 2008 CZ116 11 February 2008 list [A]
(375668) 2009 FW1 17 March 2009 list [A]
376084 Annettepeter 3 November 2010 list
378214 Sauron 14 January 2007 list [A]
(378791) 2008 SQ84 27 September 2008 list [A]
378917 Stefankarge 28 October 2008 list
379155 Volkerheinrich 18 August 2009 list
(384539) 2010 EA21 9 March 2010 list [A]
(389280) 2009 HQ46 20 April 2009 list [A]
389293 Hasubick 19 May 2009 list
(400775) 2010 EK21 9 March 2010 list [A]
(410193) 2007 RG133 15 September 2007 list [A]
(410965) 2009 TG4 13 October 2009 list
(414309) 2008 RF79 8 September 2008 list [A]
(414444) 2009 FC2 17 March 2009 list [A]
(418444) 2008 QM23 29 August 2008 list [A]
418532 Saruman 27 September 2008 list [C]
(435797) 2008 VM4 4 November 2008 list
(450981) 2008 SM84 27 September 2008 list [B]
(457752) 2009 HK68 27 April 2009 list
458063 Gustavomuler 21 December 2009 list
(462765) 2010 EN12 8 March 2010 list [B]
(484791) 2009 DS 18 February 2009 list [A]
(485065) 2010 EH21 9 March 2010 list [A]
(494998) 2010 JR31 5 May 2010 list
Co-discovery made with:
A R. Kling
B S. Karge
C U. Zimmer

Works

  • Kleinplaneten-Entdeckungen in Deutschland (German). Epubli Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN:978-3-741-80915-6.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 28 September 2017. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "185638 Erwinschwab (2008 EU7)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=185638. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Neuer Asteroid entdeckt: Planet Darmstadt" (New asteroid discovered: Planet Darmstadt), Frankfurter Rundschau 4 August 2010 (in German)
  4. ↑ "FAIR Newsletter No.15, April 2010, Page 10". http://www-win.gsi.de/FAIR-Newsletter/Download_Center/NL_No15.pdf. 
  5. ↑ Lost asteroid rediscovered with a little help from ESA, ESA, 12 October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Recovering of comet Catalina with the Schmidt telescope, Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, April 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2018-H30
  8. ↑ recoveries of comets in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), private homepage Erwin Schwab. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  9. ↑ comet recoveries statistic, private homepage Erwin Schwab. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  10. ↑ The first binary star of its kind discovered with the Schmidt telescope, Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, 23 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  11. ↑ J1832.4-1627 is the first eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, study finds, phys.org, 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  12. ↑ J1832.4-1627, the first eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, Beuermann, K., Breitenstein, P. & Schwab, E. 2022, A&A, 657, A101
  13. ↑ The International Variable Star Index, Discovery credit entry. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  14. ↑ Sabine Schiner, "'Darmstadt' schwebt zwischen Mars und Jupiter" ("Darmstadt" orbits between Mars and Jupiter) , Darmstädter Echo 4 August 2010 (in German)
  15. ↑ Letter from International Astronomical Union
  16. ↑ Minor Planet Circular # 66244, published 7 June 2009.
  17. ↑ Names given to LSSS asteroid discoveries: Erwinschwab, Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra, minorplanets.org, 25 February 2010, retrieved 13 August 2010.
  18. ↑ Kleinplaneten-Namen, Starkenburg Observatory, 28 June 2010, retrieved 13 August 2010.
  19. ↑ Asteroid Astrometry and Reporting , Tzec Maun Observatory wiki.
  20. ↑ Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2009-D81

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