Hans Scholl (astronomer)

Hans Scholl (born November 14, 1942 in Heidelberg ) is a German astronomer and co-discoverer of numerous irregular moons of the planets Saturn and Uranus .

Life

He is currently working at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in Nice . In 1999 and 2000 he was a member of three different teams of astronomers (Gladman et al., Holman et al. And Kavelaars et al.) That discovered the following irregular moons :

the Saturn moons XIX Ymir , XX Paaliaq , XXI Tarvos , XXII Ijiraq , XXIII Suttungr , XXIV Kiviuq , XXV Mundilfari , XXVI Albiorix , XXVII Skathi , XXVIII Erriapus , XXIX Siarnaq and XXX Thrymr

such as

the Uranus moons XVIII Prospero , XIX Setebos and XX Stephano .

Trivia

The asteroid (2959) Scholl was named after him.

Web link

Nice observatory

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 25, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1983 RE ₂ . Discovered 1983 Sept. 4 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "

personal data
SURNAME	Scholl, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 14, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heidelberg

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 25, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1983 RE ₂ . Discovered 1983 Sept. 4 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "