Walter Augustin Villiger
Walter Augustin Villiger (born December 25, 1872 in Lenzburg , Switzerland ; † February 5, 1938 in Jena , Germany ) was a German-Swiss astronomer and engineer at Carl Zeiss . Among other things, he discovered the asteroid (428) Monachia on November 18, 1897 while he was working in Munich.
The asteroid (1310) Villigera is named after him.
Web links
- S. Mauderli: Nekrolog auf Walter Villiger . In: Vierteljahrsschrift der Astronomische Gesellschaft 73 (1938), pp. 202–210. ( PDF ; 239 kB)
- Gary W. Kronk's Cometography.com: Who's Who in Comet History
- Query Results from the Astronomy Database for "Villiger, W"
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Brüggenthies, Wolfgang R. Dick: Biographischer Index der Astronomie · Biographical Index of Astronomy. Acta Historica Astronomiae Vol. 60, 2nd edition, AVA - Akademische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3-944913-54-4 , p. 1058.
- ^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 in the Google Book Search
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| SURNAME | Villiger, Walter Augustin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swiss astronomer and engineer at Carl Zeiss |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lenzburg , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1938 |
| Place of death | Jena |