Name Friedrich Arnold | Role Astronomer | |
Died January 19, 1964, Hamburg, Germany Discovered 443 Photographica, 1310 Villigera, 1303 Luthera People also search for Arno Arthur Wachmann, Max Wolf, Walter Augustin Villiger, Johann Georg Repsold | ||
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (March 25, 1870 – January 19, 1964) was a German astronomer and a discoverer of 22 minor planets and 4 comets, who worked at AOP in Potsdam and at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.
He was co-discoverer with Arno Arthur Wachmann of the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, and with Arno Arthur Wachmann and Leslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 (Peltier–Schwassmann–Wachmann).
The main-belt asteroid 989 Schwassmannia, discovered by himself in 1922, was later named in his honor (H 94).
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