Discovered by K. Reinmuth MPC designation 2572 Annschnell Discovered 17 February 1950 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 17 February 1950 Minor planet category main-belt Absolute magnitude 13.2 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | |
Named after Anneliese Schnell (astronomer) Alternative names 1950 DL · 1969 LE1977 SF · 1980 JN Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 1862 Apollo, Sun, 1419 Danzig, 1056 Azalea, 1635 Bohrmann | ||
2572 Annschnell, provisional designation 1950 DL, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 17, 1950 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in Germany.
Named in honor of Austrian astronomer Anneliese Schnell at the Vienna Observatory. She was the first woman on the board of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, more than one century after its founding (1863).
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