Alfred Bohrmann

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Discovered asteroid : 9
(1455) Mitchella June 5, 1937
(1470) Carla September 17, 1938
(1531) Hartmut September 17, 1938
(1733) Silke February 19, 1938
(1998) Titius February 24, 1938
(2016) Heinemann September 18, 1938
(2226) Cunitza August 26, 1936
(2350) From Lüde February 6, 1938
(2665) Schrutka February 24, 1938

Alfred Bohrmann (born February 28, 1904 , † January 4, 2000 ) was a German astronomer .

Life

He received his doctorate in 1927 at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl at the University of Heidelberg .

At that time the observatory was a center of asteroid discovery around Max Wolf and Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth , at that time Bohrmann discovered around nine asteroids .

Bohrmann worked at the observatory from 1924 to 1969. The asteroid 1635 Bohrmann is named after him, the asteroid 1732 Heike after one of his granddaughters ( Heike Neckel ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. List of dissertations from the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( memento from June 23, 2004 in the Internet Archive )