Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth

Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (born April 4, 1892 at the Kohlhof near Heidelberg; † May 6, 1979 in Heidelberg ) was a German astronomer who worked at the observatory on the Königstuhl near Heidelberg.

Life

Reinmuth attended secondary school and then studied at Heidelberg University . Already as a student he worked under Max Wolf at the observatory, in 1916 he received his doctorate with the thesis Photographic Position Determination of 356 Schultz's Nebulae . Until his retirement in 1957, only interrupted by temporary military service in the First World War , he worked at the Königstuhl observatory, since 1914 as an assistant, since 1926 as an observer and since 1937 as a senior observer.

In 1928 he married Lina, b. Alstede, the couple had three sons.

Discoveries

Reinmuth discovered two short-period comets , namely 30P / Reinmuth and 44P / Reinmuth as well as 396 asteroids (see list of asteroids ), including (1862) Apollo , the namesake of a group of asteroids ( Apollo type ) whose orbits can cross the earth's orbit . Reinmuth's discoveries of asteroids date from 1914 to 1957.

His discovery of the asteroid (69230) Hermes in 1937, which was only found again in 2003 by the LONEOS program, was particularly spectacular . The German astronomer Friedrich Gondolatsch made calculations for its orbit .

The asteroid (1111) Reinmuthia  , discovered by him in 1927, was named after him.

Asteroids Discovered : 396

designation	date	designation	date	designation	date	designation	date	designation	date
(796) Sarita	October 15, 1914	(799) Gudula	March 9, 1915	(864) Carrion	September 30, 1921	(909) Ulla	February 7, 1919	(910) Anneliese	March 1, 1919
(911) Agamemnon	March 19, 1919	(913) Otila	May 19, 1919	(918) Itha	August 22, 1919	(920) Rogeria	September 1, 1919	(921) Jovita	September 4, 1919
(922) Schlutia	September 18, 1919	(923) Herluga	September 30, 1919	(924) Toni	October 20, 1919	(926) Imhilde	February 15, 1920	(928) Hildrun	February 23, 1920
(929) Algunde	March 10, 1920	(933) Susi	February 10, 1927	(935) Clivia	September 7, 1920	(936) Kunigunde	September 8, 1920	(937) Bethgea	September 12, 1920
(938) Chlosinde	September 9, 1920	(939) Isberga	4th October 1920	(940) Cordula	October 10, 1920	(942) Romilda	October 11, 1920	(943) Begonia	October 20, 1920
(948) Jucunda	March 3, 1921	(950) Ahrensa	April 1, 1921	(954) Li	4th August 1921	(955) Alstede	August 5, 1921	(956) Elisha	August 8, 1921
(957) Camelia	September 7, 1921	(958) Asplinda	September 28, 1921	(959) Arne	September 30, 1921	(960) Birgit	October 1, 1921	(961) Gunnie	October 10, 1921
(962) Aslög	October 25, 1921	(963) Iduberga	October 26, 1921	(968) Petunia	November 24, 1921	(970) Primula	November 29, 1921	(973) Aralia	March 18, 1922
(974) Lioba	March 18, 1922	(979) Ilsewa	June 29, 1922	(983) Gunila	July 30, 1922	(984) Gretia	August 27, 1922	(985) Rosina	October 14, 1922
(987) Wallia	October 23, 1922	(994) Otthild	March 18, 1923	(997) Priska	July 12, 1923	(998) Bodea	August 6, 1923	(999) Zachia	August 9, 1923
(1000) Piazzia	August 12, 1923	(1003) Lilofee	September 13, 1923	(1009) siren	October 31, 1923	(1010) Marlene	November 12, 1923	(1011) Laodamia	January 5, 1924
(1012) Sarema	January 12, 1924	(1014) Semphyra	January 29, 1924	(1015) Christa	January 31, 1924	(1016) Anitra	January 31, 1924	(1018) Arnolda	March 3, 1924
(1019) Strackea	March 3, 1924	(1020) Arcadia	March 7, 1924	(1023) Thomana	June 25, 1924	(1025) Riema	August 12, 1923	(1026) Ingrid	August 13, 1923
(1035) Amata	September 29, 1924	(1041) Asta	March 22, 1925	(1042) Amazon	April 22, 1925	(1043) Beate	April 22, 1925	(1044) Teutonia	May 10, 1924
(1047) Geisha	November 17, 1924	(1048) Feodosia	November 29, 1924	(1049) Gotho	September 14, 1925	(1050) Meta	September 14, 1925	(1051) Merope	September 16, 1925
(1051) Merope	September 16, 1925	(1054) Forsytia	November 20, 1925	(1056) Azalea	January 31, 1924	(1060) Magnolia	August 13, 1925	(1061) Paeonia	October 10, 1925
(1063) Aquilegia	December 16, 1925	(1064) Aethusa	August 2, 1926	(1066) Lobelia	September 1, 1926	(1067) Lunaria	September 9, 1926	(1070) Tunica	September 1, 1926
(1072) Malva	October 4, 1926	(1076) Viola	October 5, 1926	(1077) Campanula	October 6, 1926	(1078) Mentha	December 7, 1926	(1080) Orchis	August 30, 1927
(1081) Reseda	August 31, 1927	(1082) Pirola	October 28, 1927	(1083) Salvia	January 26, 1928	(1085) Amaryllis	August 31, 1927	(1087) Arabis	September 2, 1927
(1091) Spiraea	February 26, 1928	(1092) Lilium	January 12, 1924	(1095) Tulipa	April 14, 1926	(1097) Vicia	August 11, 1928	(1100) Arnica	September 22, 1928
(1101) Clematis	September 22, 1928	(1104) Syringa	December 9, 1928	(1105) Fragaria	January 1, 1929	(1106) Cydonia	February 5, 1929	(1108) Demeter	May 31, 1929
(1109) Tata	February 5, 1929	(1111) Reinmuthia	February 11, 1927	(1119) Euboea	October 27, 1927	(1126) Otero	January 11, 1929	(1130) Skuld	September 2, 1929
(1131) Porzia	September 10, 1929	(1138) Attica	November 22, 1929	(1142) Aetolia	January 24, 1930	(1143) Odysseus	January 28, 1930	(1144) Oda	January 28, 1930
(1150) Achaia	September 2, 1929	(1151) Ithaca	September 8, 1929	(1152) Pawona	January 8, 1930	(1154) Astronomia	February 8, 1927	(1155) Aënna	January 26, 1928
(1156) Kira	February 22, 1928	(1157) Arabia	August 31, 1929	(1159) Granada	September 2, 1929	(1160) Illyria	September 9, 1929	(1161) Thessalia	September 29, 1929
(1162) Larissa	5th January 1930	(1163) saga	January 20, 1930	(1164) Kobolda	March 19, 1930	(1172) Aeneas	17th October 1930	(1173) Anchises	17th October 1930
(1174) Marmara	17th October 1930	(1175) Margo	17th October 1930	(1180) Rita	April 9, 1931	(1182) Ilona	March 3, 1927	(1183) Jutta	February 22, 1930
(1184) Gaea	September 5, 1926	(1187) Afra	December 6, 1929	(1198) Atlantis	September 7, 1931	(1200) Imperatrix	September 14, 1931	(1201) Strenua	September 14, 1931
(1204) Renzia	October 6, 1931	(1205) Ebella	October 6, 1931	(1206) Numerowia	October 18, 1931	(1207) Ostenia	November 15, 1931	(1208) Troilus	December 31, 1931
(1209) Pumma	April 22, 1927	(1216) Askania	January 29, 1932	(1218) Aster	January 29, 1932	(1220) Crocus	February 11, 1932	(1223) Neckar	October 6, 1931
(1227) Geranium	October 5, 1931	(1228) Scabiosa	October 5, 1931	(1229) Tilia	October 9, 1931	(1230) Riceia	October 9, 1931	(1231) Auricula	October 10, 1931
(1232) Cortusa	October 10, 1931	(1233) Kobresia	October 10, 1931	(1234) Elyna	October 18, 1931	(1235) Schorria	October 18, 1931	(1249) Rutherfordia	November 4, 1932
(1250) Galanthus	January 25, 1933	(1251) Hedera	January 25, 1933	(1253) Frisia	October 9, 1931	(1256) Normannia	August 8, 1932	(1257) Móra	August 8, 1932
(1258) Sicilia	August 8, 1932	(1259) Ógyalla	January 29, 1933	(1260) Valhalla	January 29, 1933	(1272) Gefion	October 10, 1931	(1273) Helma	August 8, 1932
(1275) Cimbria	November 30, 1932	(1284) Latvia	July 27, 1933	(1297) Quadea	January 7, 1934	(1298) Nocturna	January 7, 1934	(1302) Werra	September 28, 1924
(1304) Arosa	May 21, 1928	(1308) Halleria	March 12, 1931	(1311) Knopfia	March 24, 1933	(1317) Silvretta	September 1, 1935	(1322) Coppernicus	June 15, 1934
(1334) Lundmarka	July 16, 1934	(1335) Demoulina	September 7, 1934	(1346) Gotha	February 15, 1929	(1370) Hella	August 31, 1935	(1371) Resi	August 31, 1935
(1372) Haremari	August 31, 1935	(1382) Gerti	January 21, 1925	(1395) Aribeda	July 16, 1936	(1399) Tenerife	August 23, 1936	(1402) Eri	July 16, 1936
(1404) Ajax	17th August 1936	(1408) Trusanda	November 23, 1936	(1409) Isko	January 8, 1937	(1410) Margret	January 8, 1937	(1411) Brauna	January 8, 1937
(1417) Walinskia	April 1, 1937	(1419) Danzig	September 5, 1929	(1420) Radcliffe	September 14, 1931	(1422) Strömgrenia	August 23, 1936	(1435) Garlena	November 23, 1936
(1437) Diomedes	August 3, 1937	(1438) Wendeline	October 11, 1937	(1439) Vogtia	October 11, 1937	(1440) Rostia	October 11, 1937	(1443) Ruppina	December 29, 1937
(1457) Ankara	August 3, 1937	(1466) Mündleria	May 31, 1938	(1469) Linzia	August 19, 1938	(1481) Tubingia	February 7, 1938	(1482) Sebastiana	February 20, 1938
(1485) Isa	July 28, 1938	(1487) Boda	November 17, 1938	(1502) Arenda	November 17, 1938	(1528) Conrada	February 10, 1940	(1553) Bauersfelda	January 13, 1940
(1556) Wingolfia	January 14, 1942	(1557) Roehla	January 14, 1942	(1561) Fricke	February 15, 1941	(1562) Gondolatsch	March 9, 1943	(1587) Kahrstedt	March 25, 1933
(1611) Beyer	17th February 1950	(1612) Hirose	January 23, 1950	(1624) raven	October 9, 1931	(1628) Strobel	September 11, 1923	(1632) Sieböhme	February 26, 1941
(1635) Bohrmann	March 7, 1924	(1636) Porter	January 23, 1950	(1642) Hill	4th September 1951	(1643) Brown	4th September 1951	(1645) Waterfield	July 24, 1933
(1650) Heckmann	October 11, 1937	(1662) Hoffmann	September 11, 1923	(1665) Gaby	February 27, 1930	(1668) Hanna	July 24, 1933	(1669) Dagmar	September 7, 1934
(1673) van Houten	October 11, 1937	(1674) Groeneveld	February 7, 1938	(1682) Karel	August 2, 1949	(1691) Oort	September 9, 1956	(1704) security guard	March 7, 1924
(1706) Dieckvoss	October 5, 1931	(1716) Peter	April 4, 1934	(1719) Jens	17th February 1950	(1720) Niels	February 7, 1935	(1726) Hoffmeister	July 24, 1933
(1732) Heike	March 9, 1943	(1739) Meyermann	August 15, 1939	(1742) Schaifers	September 7, 1934	(1749) Telamon	September 23, 1949	(1750) Eckert	July 15, 1950
(1759) Kienle	September 11, 1942	(1782) Faster	October 6, 1931	(1785) worm	February 15, 1941	(1814) Bach	October 9, 1931	(1815) Beethoven	January 27, 1932
(1818) Brahms	August 15, 1939	(1820) Lohmann	August 2, 1949	(1823) Gliese	4th September 1951	(1825) Clear	August 31, 1954	(1849) Kresák	January 14, 1942
(1850) Kohoutek	March 23, 1942	(1862) Apollo	April 24, 1932	(1880) McCrosky	January 13, 1940	(1881) Shao	August 3, 1940	(1913) Sekanina	September 22, 1928
(1941) Wild	October 6, 1931	(1944) Günter	September 14, 1925	(1950) Wempe	March 23, 1942	(1968) Flour Savers	January 29, 1932	(1985) Hopmann	January 13, 1929
(1990) Pilcher	March 9, 1956	(2018) Schuster	October 17, 1931	(2022) West	February 7, 1938	(2057) Rosemary	September 7, 1934	(2097) Bile	August 11, 1953
(2136) Jugta	July 24, 1933	(2137) Priscilla	August 24, 1936	(2157) Ashbrook	March 7, 1924	(2158) Tietjen	July 24, 1933	(2181) Fogelin	December 28, 1942
(2214) Carol	April 7, 1953	(2235) Vittore	April 5, 1924	(2236) Austrasia	March 23, 1933	(2248) Kanda	February 27, 1933	(2249) Yamamoto	April 6, 1942
(2278) Götz	April 7, 1953	(2290) Helffrich	February 14, 1932	(2306) Bauschinger	August 15, 1939	(2346) Lilio	February 5, 1934	(2358) Bahner	September 2, 1929
(2359) Debehogne	October 5, 1931	(2391) Tomita	January 9, 1957	(2414) Vibeke	October 18, 1931	(2444) Lederle	February 5, 1934	(2453) Wabash	September 30, 1921
(2465) Wilson	August 2, 1949	(2485) Scheffler	January 29, 1932	(2500) Alascattalo	April 2, 1926	(2537) Gilmore	4th September 1951	(2560) Siegma	February 14, 1932
(2572) Ann	17th February 1950	(2591) Dvoretsky	August 2, 1949	(2615) Saito	4th September 1951	(2623) Zech	September 22, 1919	(2637) Bobrovnikoff	September 22, 1919
(2652) Yabuuti	April 7, 1953	(2664) Everhart	September 7, 1934	(2676) Aarhus	August 25, 1933	(2749) Walterhorn	October 11, 1937	(2806) Graz	April 7, 1953
(2824) Franke	February 4, 1934	(2855) Bastian	October 10, 1931	(2856) Röser	April 14, 1933	(2879) Shimizu	February 14, 1932	(2896) Price	September 15, 1931
(2897) Ole Römer	February 5, 1932	(2942) Cordie	January 29, 1932	(2943) Heinrich	August 25, 1933	(2944) Peyo	August 31, 1935	(2957) Tatsuo	February 5, 1934
(3008) Nojiri	November 17, 1938	(3020) Naudts	August 2, 1949	(3035) Chambers	March 7, 1924	(3144) Brooch	October 10, 1931	(3183) Franz Emperor	August 2, 1949
(3219) Komaki	February 4, 1934	(3227) Hasegawa	February 24, 1928	(3263) Bligh	February 5, 1932	(3264) Bounty	January 7, 1934	(3265) Fletcher	November 9, 1953
(3289) Mitani	September 7, 1934	(3295) Murakami	17th February 1950	(3370) Kohsai	February 4, 1934	(3379) Oishi	October 6, 1931	(3383) Koyama	January 9, 1951
(3404) Hinderer	February 4, 1934	(3415) Danby	September 22, 1928	(3416) Dorrit	November 8, 1931	(3417) Tamblyn	April 1, 1937	(3425) Hurukawa	January 29, 1929
(3426) Seki	February 5, 1932	(3440) rammer	17th February 1950	(3446) Combes	March 12, 1942	(3473) Sapporo	March 7, 1924	(3500) Kobayashi	September 18, 1919
(3555) Miyasaka	October 6, 1931	(3569) Kumon	February 20, 1938	(3644) Kojitaku	October 5, 1931	(3682) Welther	July 12, 1923	(3707) Schroter	February 5, 1934
(3722) Urata	October 29, 1927	(3745) Petaev	September 23, 1949	(3790) Raywilson	October 26, 1937	(3911) Otomo	August 31, 1940	(3937) Bretagnon	March 14, 1932
(3938) Chapront	August 2, 1949	(3939) Huruhata	April 7, 1953	(3957) Sugie	July 24, 1933	(4001) Ptolemy	August 2, 1949	(4002) Shinagawa	May 14, 1950
(4417) Lecar	April 8, 1931	(4418) Fredfranklin	October 9, 1931	(4419) Allancook	April 24, 1932	(4421) Kayor	January 14, 1942	(4589) McDowell	July 24, 1933
(4615) Tin	September 13, 1923	(4647) Syuji	October 9, 1931	(4648) Tirion	October 18, 1931	(4650) Mori	5th October 1950	(4723) Wolfgang Mattig	October 11, 1937
(4808) Ballaero	January 21, 1925	(4849) Ardenne	17th August 1936	(4910) Kawasato	August 11, 1953	(4979) Otawara	August 2, 1949	(5072) Hioki	October 9, 1931
(5152) Labs	October 18, 1931	(5494) Johanmohr	October 9, 1933	(5532) Ichinohe	February 14, 1932	(5535) Annefrank	March 23, 1942	(5657) Groombridge	August 28, 1936
(5658) Clausbaader	17th February 1950	(5703) Hevelius	November 15, 1931	(5704) Schumacher	17th February 1950	(6260) Kelsey	August 2, 1949	(6808) Plantin	February 5, 1932
(6809) Sakuma	February 20, 1938	(7042) Carver	March 24, 1933	(7103) Wichmann	April 7, 1953	(7449) Döllen	August 21, 1949	(7542) Johnpond	April 7, 1953
(11434) Wages	October 10, 1931	(11435) 1931 UB	October 17, 1931	(13473) Hokema	April 7, 1953	(30717) 1937 UD	October 26, 1937	(32730) 1951 RX	4th September 1951
(69230) Hermes	October 28, 1937

Works

• The Herschel Nebula , De Gruyter, Berlin 1926
• Catalog of 6,500 exact photographic positions of small planets , Braun, Karlsruhe 1953

literature

• Robert D. McGown: Reinmuth, Karl Wilhelm. In: Thomas Hockey et al. (Ed.): Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers , Springer, New York 2014, ISBN 978-1-4419-9916-0 , pp. 1816-1817. doi : 10.1007 / 978-1-4419-9917-7_9114
• J. Schubart: Karl Reinmuth †. Mitteilungen der Astronomische Gesellschaft, Vol. 50 (1980), p. 7. bibcode : 1980MitAG..50 .... 7S (obituary)
• Dr. Karl Reinmuth. The Minor Planet Bulletin, Volume 7 (1979), p. 10. bibcode : 1979MPBu .... 7 ... 10R (short obituary, English)

Web links

• Publications by K. Reinmuth in the Astrophysics Data System

Individual evidence

1. ^ J. Schubart, Karl Reinmuth, April 4, 1892–6. May 1979 , in: Mitteilungen der Astronomische Gesellschaft 50, 1980, p. 7 f.