5224 Abbe
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5224 Abbe is a main belt
asteroid
discovered on February 21, 1982 by Ziener and K. Kirsch at Tautenburg (033).
Named in memory of Ernst Karl Abbe (1840–1905), director of the Jena Observatory from 1877 to 1900. He was known for his fundamental contributions to
optics. These include work on microscopes, the Abbe number and
comparators—the last being very useful for the detection of minor planets.
Abbe, a long-time collaborator and friend of Carl Zeiss, secured
considerable financial support for the University of Jena from the Zeiss
foundation. The minor planet was named on the occasion of the first
meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in the reunited Germany.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
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...
discovered on February 21, 1982 by Ziener and K. Kirsch at Tautenburg (033).
Named in memory of Ernst Karl Abbe (1840–1905), director of the Jena Observatory from 1877 to 1900. He was known for his fundamental contributions to
optics. These include work on microscopes, the Abbe number and
comparators—the last being very useful for the detection of minor planets.
Abbe, a long-time collaborator and friend of Carl Zeiss, secured
considerable financial support for the University of Jena from the Zeiss
foundation. The minor planet was named on the occasion of the first
meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in the reunited Germany.