Michael Geffert

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Discovered asteroids : 5
Number and name Discovery date
(4611) Vulkaneifel April 5, 1989
(6553) Lake House April 5, 1989
(13028) Klaustschira April 5, 1989
(23457) Beiderbecke April 5, 1989
(118172) promontory April 5, 1989

Michael Geffert (born June 5, 1953 in Bonn ) is a German astronomer and worked at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . After his retirement he founded the Birtzberg Observatory in Bornheim, a non-commercial initiative to popularize visual, astronomical observation with posts on YouTube and Instagram. In 1989 he discovered a total of 5 asteroids at the La Silla Observatory in Chile .

The asteroid (12747) Michageffert was named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
  2. Homeland Yearbook
  3. Kölner Stadtanzeiger
  4. [1]
  5. https://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/region/voreifel-und-vorgebirge/bornheim/bornheim-ausstellung-ueber-geschichte-der-bonner-astronomie_aid-47201695

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