1039 Sonneberga
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1039 Sonneberga is an asteroid
. It was discovered by Max Wolf
on November 24, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 TL. It was named after Sonneberg Observatory
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered by Max Wolf
Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography...
on November 24, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 TL. It was named after Sonneberg Observatory
Sonneberg Observatory
Sternwarte Sonneberg is an astronomical observatory and was formerly an institute of the Academy of Science in the German Democratic Republic. It was founded in 1925 by Cuno Hoffmeister and is located in Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany. Sonnenberg Observatory has one of the world's largest...
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