Rainer Kling

Discovered asteroid : 77 (list incomplete)
Number and name	Discovery date
(189398) OEM ring (1)	0May 7, 2008
(192220) Oicles (2)	September 14, 2007
(204852) Frankfurt (2)	September 15, 2007
(204873) FAIR (2)	September 17, 2007
(207687) Senckenberg (2)	September 12, 2007
(207763) Oberursel (3)	0October 6, 2007
(216390) Binnig (2)	February 14, 2008
(224831) Neeffisis (2)	November 27, 2006
(241136) Sandstede (1)	August 25, 2007
(251595) Rudolfböttger (1)	April 20, 2009
(256813) Marburg (2)	February 11, 2008
(266711) Tuttlingen (3)	August 30, 2009
(281140) Trier (2)	February 16, 2007
(283142) Weena (2)	December 29, 2008
(293809) Zugspitze (1)	September 15, 2007
(293909) Matterhorn (1)	September 16, 2007
(378214) Sauron (2)	January 14, 2007
(1)with Stefan Karge (2)with Erwin Schwab (3)with Ute Zimmer

Rainer Kling (* 1952 in Tuttlingen ) is a German amateur astronomer and asteroid discoverer.

Between 2006 and 2010 he discovered a total of 77 asteroids together with Stefan Karge , Erwin Schwab and Ute Zimmer . He is a member of the Physikalischer Verein - Society for Education and Science , which was founded in 1824.

Honors

• The asteroid (185639) Rainerkling was named after him on June 7, 2009.
• Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring Prize 2009
  for: "Astrometry of objects in our planetary system and the discovery of asteroids at the Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Observatory of the Physical Society at the Taunus-Observatory" together with U. Zimmer, S. Karge and E. Schwab

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Minor Planet Discoverers. In: Minor Planet Center . July 10, 2017, accessed July 24, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Minor Planet Circulars # 84383. (PDF) In: Minor Planet Center . July 22, 2013, accessed July 25, 2017 . 
3. ^ Publications and prices by Stefan Karge. Retrieved July 25, 2017 .