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Lutz Schmadel | |
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Born | 2 July 1942 |
Died | 21 October 2016 |
Spouse | Anna Theresia Schmadel |
see § List of discovered minor planets |
Lutz Dieter Schmadel (2 July 1942, in Berlin – 21 October 2016)[2][3][4] was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI) of the University of Heidelberg.[5]
His special interest was the astrometry of minor planets. Among his numerous discoveries were the three main-belt asteroids 8661 Ratzinger, 10114 Greifswald and 11508 Stolte.[6][7][8]
He was the author of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, a reference book containing information about the discovery and naming of 12,804 asteroids (March 2006). One asteroid 2234 Schmadel, discovered in 1977, was named in his honor.[5] The asteroid 8811 Waltherschmadel was named for his father, Walther Schmadel (1902–1944), who died at the Eastern Front near Stalingrad during WWII.[9]
Discoveries
Lutz Schmadel is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 245 minor planets made between 1960 and 1993.[1]
List of discovered minor planets
5628 Preussen | 13 September 1991 | list |
5689 Rhön | 9 September 1991 | list |
6044 Hammer-Purgstall | 13 September 1991 | list |
6068 Brandenburg | 10 October 1990 | list |
6157 Prey | 9 September 1991 | list |
6209 Schwaben | 12 October 1990 | list |
6457 Kremsmünster | 2 September 1992 | list |
6717 Antal | 10 October 1990 | list |
6718 Beiglböck | 14 October 1990 | list |
6864 Starkenburg | 12 September 1991 | list |
6966 Vietoris | 13 September 1991 | list |
7127 Stifter | 9 September 1991 | list |
7414 Bosch | 13 October 1990 | list |
7580 Schwabhausen | 13 October 1990 | list |
7586 Bismarck | 13 September 1991 | list |
7700 Rote Kapelle | 13 October 1990 | list |
7767 Tomatic | 13 September 1991 | list |
7945 Kreisau | 13 September 1991 | list |
8019 Karachkina | 14 October 1990 | list |
8020 Erzgebirge | 14 October 1990 | list |
8089 Yukar | 13 October 1990 | list |
8171 Stauffenberg | 5 September 1991 | list A |
8501 Wachholz | 13 October 1990 | list A |
8502 Bauhaus | 14 October 1990 | list A |
8661 Ratzinger | 14 October 1990 | list A |
8847 Huch | 12 October 1990 | list A |
8860 Rohloff | 5 October 1991 | list A |
8861 Jenskandler | 3 October 1991 | list A |
9187 Walterkröll | 12 September 1991 | list A |
9344 Klopstock | 12 September 1991 | list A |
9351 Neumayer | 2 October 1991 | list A |
9610 Vischer | 2 September 1992 | list A |
9761 Krautter | 13 September 1991 | list A |
9762 Hermannhesse | 13 September 1991 | list A |
9861 Jahreiss | 9 September 1991 | list A |
9863 Reichardt | 13 September 1991 | list A |
9956 Castellaz | 5 October 1991 | list A |
10095 Carlloewe | 9 September 1991 | list A |
10114 Greifswald | 4 September 1992 | list A |
10116 Robertfranz | 21 September 1992 | list A |
10761 Lyubimets | 12 October 1990 | list A |
10762 von Laue | 12 October 1990 | list A |
10763 Hlawka | 12 October 1990 | list A |
10764 Rübezahl | 12 October 1990 | list A |
10782 Hittmair | 12 September 1991 | list A |
10786 Robertmayer | 7 October 1991 | list A |
10787 Ottoburkard | 4 October 1991 | list A |
11050 Messiaën | 13 October 1990 | list A |
11508 Stolte | 12 October 1990 | list A |
11573 Helmholtz | 20 September 1993 | list A |
11886 Kraske | 10 October 1990 | list A |
11887 Echemmon | 14 October 1990 | list A |
11916 Wiesloch | 24 September 1992 | list A |
12323 Haeckel | 4 September 1992 | list A |
12327 Terbrüggen | 21 September 1992 | list A |
12729 Berger | 13 September 1991 | list A |
13055 Kreppein | 14 October 1990 | list A |
13092 Schrödinger | 24 September 1992 | list A |
13530 Ninnemann | 9 September 1991 | list A |
13531 Weizsäcker | 13 September 1991 | list A |
13559 Werth | 4 September 1992 | list A |
13954 Born | 13 October 1990 | list A |
14412 Wolflojewski | 9 September 1991 | list A |
14413 Geiger | 5 September 1991 | list A |
14871 Pyramus | 13 October 1990 | list A |
15262 Abderhalden | 12 October 1990 | list A |
15263 Erwingroten | 13 October 1990 | list A |
15264 Delbrück | 11 October 1990 | list A |
15265 Ernsting | 12 October 1990 | list A |
15282 Franzmarc | 13 September 1991 | list A |
15301 Marutesser | 21 September 1992 | list A |
15724 Zille | 12 October 1990 | list A |
15727 Ianmorison | 10 October 1990 | list A |
15728 Karlmay | 11 October 1990 | list A |
15761 Schumi | 24 September 1992 | list A |
16505 Sulzer | 12 October 1990 | list A |
16544 Hochlehnert | 9 September 1991 | list A |
16590 Brunowalter | 21 September 1992 | list A |
17458 Dick | 13 October 1990 | list A |
17459 Andreashofer | 13 October 1990 | list A |
17460 Mang | 10 October 1990 | list A |
17484 Ganghofer | 13 September 1991 | list A |
17488 Mantl | 2 October 1991 | list A |
17489 Trenker | 2 October 1991 | list A |
18359 Jakobstaude | 13 October 1990 | list A |
18360 Sachs | 10 October 1990 | list A |
18395 Schmiedmayer | 21 September 1992 | list A |
18396 Nellysachs | 21 September 1992 | list A |
19162 Wambsganss | 10 October 1990 | list A |
19178 Walterbothe | 9 September 1991 | list A |
19182 Pitz | 7 October 1991 | list A |
19183 Amati | 5 October 1991 | list A |
19208 Starrfield | 2 September 1992 | list A |
19992 Schönbein | 10 October 1990 | list A |
19993 Günterseeber | 10 October 1990 | list A |
20012 Ranke | 13 September 1991 | list A |
21050 Beck | 10 October 1990 | list A |
21074 Rügen | 12 September 1991 | list A |
21075 Heussinger | 12 September 1991 | list A |
21076 Kokoschka | 12 September 1991 | list A |
21109 Sünkel | 4 September 1992 | list A |
21110 Karlvalentin | 4 September 1992 | list A |
21118 Hezimmermann | 24 September 1992 | list A |
22322 Bodensee | 13 September 1991 | list A |
22348 Schmeidler | 24 September 1992 | list A |
22369 Klinger | 18 September 1993 | list A |
23472 Rolfriekher | 10 October 1990 | list A |
23473 Voss | 11 October 1990 | list A |
23490 Monikohl | 12 September 1991 | list A |
23514 Schneider | 2 September 1992 | list A |
24699 Schwekendiek | 13 October 1990 | list A |
24712 Boltzmann | 12 September 1991 | list A |
24713 Ekrutt | 12 September 1991 | list A |
24748 Nernst | 26 September 1992 | list A |
24749 Grebel | 24 September 1992 | list A |
24750 Ohm | 24 September 1992 | list A |
26842 Hefele | 2 October 1991 | list A |
27758 Michelson | 12 September 1991 | list A |
29185 Reich | 13 October 1990 | list A |
29208 Halorentz | 9 September 1991 | list A |
29214 Apitzsch | 2 October 1991 | list A |
29246 Clausius | 2 September 1992 | list A |
29250 Helmutmoritz | 24 September 1992 | list A |
30826 Coulomb | 10 October 1990 | list A |
30827 Lautenschläger | 10 October 1990 | list A |
30828 Bethe | 12 October 1990 | list A |
30829 Wolfwacker | 10 October 1990 | list A |
30830 Jahn | 14 October 1990 | list A |
30847 Lampert | 13 September 1991 | list A |
30850 Vonsiemens | 7 October 1991 | list A |
30851 Reißfelder | 2 October 1991 | list A |
30852 Debye | 2 October 1991 | list A |
30882 Tomhenning | 21 September 1992 | list A |
30883 de Broglie | 24 September 1992 | list A |
32808 Bischoff | 10 October 1990 | list A |
32809 Sommerfeld | 10 October 1990 | list A |
32810 Steinbach | 10 October 1990 | list A |
32811 Apisaon | 14 October 1990 | list A |
32821 Posch | 9 September 1991 | list A |
32853 Döbereiner | 21 September 1992 | list A |
32855 Zollitsch | 24 September 1992 | list A |
37582 Faraday | 12 October 1990 | list A |
37583 Ramonkhanna | 13 October 1990 | list A |
37584 Schleiden | 10 October 1990 | list A |
37592 Pauljackson | 3 October 1991 | list A |
37608 Löns | 24 September 1992 | list A |
39536 Lenhof | 10 October 1990 | list A |
42487 Ångström | 9 September 1991 | list A |
42492 Brüggenthies | 3 October 1991 | list A |
43790 Ferdinandbraun | 12 October 1990 | list A |