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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]
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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See also
- List of minor planet discoverers § A. Schwassmann
References
- ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ a b 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.