Paul Götz (astronomer)

20 asteroids discovered

(1418) Fayeta	September 22, 1903
(520) Franziska	October 27, 1903 (with Max Wolf )
(538) Friederike	July 18, 1904
(542) Susanna	August 15, 1904 (with August Kopff )
(543) Charlotte	September 11, 1904
(544) Jetta	September 11, 1904
(545) Messalina	October 3, 1904
(546) Herodias	October 10, 1904
(547) Praxedis	October 14, 1904
(548) Kressida	October 14, 1904
(554) Peraga	January 8, 1905
(556) Phyllis	January 8, 1905
(563) Suleika	April 6, 1905
(564) Dudu	May 9, 1905
(566) Stereoscopy	May 28, 1905
(567) Eleutheria	May 28, 1905
(568) Cheruskia	July 26, 1905
(571) Dulcinea	4th September 1905
(572) Rebekah	September 19, 1905
(576) Emanuela	September 22, 1905

Paul Götz (* 1883 ; † 1962 ) was a German astronomer , known for discovering minor planets.

From 1903 to 1905 he was Max Wolf's assistant at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( Königstuhl Observatory) at Heidelberg University , where he received his doctorate in 1907 on "Investigations into the Andromeda Nebula". He named one of the asteroids he discovered in 1905 after his girlfriend. In 1909 he published a new edition of the sky atlas Tabulae caelestes by Richard Schurig (1820-1896), also known as "Schurig-Götz".

The asteroid (2278) Götz was named after him.

Web links

• Publications by P. Götz in the Astrophysics Data System

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Life data according to Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 2, Springer 2012, Google books
2. ↑ List of dissertations from the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ 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.  185 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 4, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Paul Götz”