Carl W. Hergenrother
| (6533) Giuseppina | February 24, 1995 |
| (6613) Williamcarl | June 2, 1994 |
| (7488) Robert Paul | May 27, 1995 |
| (7489) Oribe | June 26, 1995 |
| (7707) Yes | April 17, 1993 |
| (7887) Roast Festival | September 18, 1993 |
| (7959) Alysecherri | 2nd August 1994 |
| (12789) Salvador Aguirre | October 14, 1995 |
Carl W. Hergenrother (* 1973 ) is an American astronomer and asteroid explorer.
He works at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at Tucson . Together with the astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey discovered a total of 29 asteroids from 1993 to January 2010 .
He is also the discoverer of several comets such as C / 1996 R1 (Hergenrother-Spahr) , 168P / Hergenrother , 175P / Hergenrother and P / 1999 V1 (Catalina) .
Honors
The asteroid (3099) Hergenrother was named after him.
source
- Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed.Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English, preview on Google Book Search )
Individual evidence
- ^ John Keith Davies: Beyond Pluto: Exploring the outer limits of the solar system . Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-521-80019-8 , p. 217 (accessed June 16, 2011).
- ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
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| SURNAME | Hergenrother, Carl W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |