Erwin Schwab

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List of discovered asteroids (selection):
Surname Discovered on
(12057) Alfred Tower February 18, 1998 (0)
(17855) Geffert May 19, 1998 (0)
(33863) Elfriederwin 0May 5, 2000 (0)
(40764) Gerhardiser October 13, 1999 (0)
(56561) Jaimenomen 0May 5, 2000 (0)
(60006) Holgermandel October 13, 1999 (0)
(192220) Oicles September 14, 2007 (1)
(204852) Frankfurt September 15, 2007 (1)
(204873) FAIR September 17, 2007 (1)
(207687) Senckenberg September 12, 2007 (1)
(207901) Tzecmaun October 28, 2008
(216390) Binnig February 14, 2008 (1)
(216433) Milianleo February 19, 2009
(216624) Buyer 0December 9, 2002 (0)
(224831) Neeffisis November 27, 2006 (1)
(241418) Darmstadt October 31, 2008
(243109) Hansludwig September 12, 2007 (2)
(243440) Colonia March 17, 2009 (2)
(243536) Mannheim March 15, 2010
(256813) Marburg February 11, 2008 (1)
(263932) Speyer April 22, 2009
(264020) Stuttgart 17th August 2009
(274020) Skywalker September 12, 2007 (2)
(274835) Aachen August 22, 2009
(278141) Tatooine February 15, 2007 (2)
(283142) Weena December 29, 2008
(295565) Hanover September 27, 2008 (2)
(301061) Egelsbach October 28, 2008
(301394) Bensheim February 23, 2009
(316042) Tilofranz April 19, 2009
(325558) Guyane September 24, 2009
(328477) Eckstein April 21, 2009
(336698) Melbourne 0February 5, 2010
(343000) Iontichy January 29, 2009 (3)
(343444) Hallucinelle 0March 7, 2010 (2)
(367436) Siena September 27, 2008 (2)
(378917) Stefankarge October 28, 2008
(379155) Volkerheinrich August 18, 2009
(458063) Gustavomuler December 21, 2009

Erwin Schwab (born September 16, 1964 in Heppenheim ) is a German amateur astronomer and works at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research .

Schwab specializes in observing asteroids and comets . He discovered numerous asteroids in different observatories. He discovered the minor planets (204852) Frankfurt and (243440) Colonia at the Taunus observatory of the Frankfurt Physical Society . He discovered the minor planets (241418) Darmstadt , (263932) Speyer and (243536) Mannheim through the Tzec Maun observatories in Mayhill ( USA ) and Moorook ( Australia ).

In 1986 Schwab came second in the German Boomerang Championship.

At the suggestion of the Spanish Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra , the asteroid was named after Erwin Schwab in 185638 .

Publications (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
  2. ↑ a b Frankfurter Rundschau Online, accessed on August 9, 2010
  3. ↑ Kleinplant bears the name “Speyer”: the asteroid discovered by stargazer Erwin Schwab orbits around 202 million kilometers between Mars and Jupiter. In: Speyer Aktuell Medien KG. July 9, 2011, accessed September 23, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Official Journal Mannheim from January 6, 2011 (PDF; 4.4 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Schwab, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German amateur astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Heppenheim (Bergstrasse)