A. Schwassmann

Minor planets discovered: 22 ^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (25 March 1870 – 19 January 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.^[2]

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).^[2]

List of discovered minor planets

435 Ella	11 September 1898	list
436 Patricia	13 September 1898	list
442 Eichsfeldia	15 February 1899	list
443 Photographica	17 February 1899	list
446 Aeternitas	27 October 1899	list
447 Valentine	27 October 1899	list
448 Natalie	27 October 1899	list
449 Hamburga	31 October 1899	list
450 Brigitta	10 October 1899	list
454 Mathesis	28 March 1900	list

455 Bruchsalia	22 May 1900	list
456 Abnoba	4 June 1900	list
457 Alleghenia	15 September 1900	list
458 Hercynia	21 September 1900	list
905 Universitas	30 October 1918	list
906 Repsolda	30 October 1918	list
912 Maritima	27 April 1919	list
947 Monterosa	8 February 1921	list
989 Schwassmannia	18 November 1922	list
1192 Prisma	17 March 1931	list

Co-discovery made with: ^A M. F. Wolf
1303 Luthera	16 March 1928	list
1310 Villigera	28 February 1932	list

References

^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(989) Schwassmannia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (989) Schwassmannia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 86. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_990. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

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[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[springer-2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(989) Schwassmannia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (989) Schwassmannia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 86. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_990. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

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List of discovered minor planets

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