Asteroids discovered: 3 [1]
1465 Autonoma20 March 1938MPC
1501 Baade20 October 1938MPC
1586 Thiele13 February 1939MPC

Arno Arthur Wachmann (8 March 1902 – 24 July 1990) was a German astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who worked for many years at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.[2][3]

With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 3 asteroids during 1938–1939.[1]

The inner main-belt asteroid 1704 Wachmann was named in his honor (M.P.C. 3933).[3]

Reference Notes

  1. 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ “Wachmann, Arno Arthur,” Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers Springer Link, Sept. 2007, p. 1188.
  3. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1704) Wachmann". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1704) Wachmann. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 135–136. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1705. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.


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