Max Wolf
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Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 – October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography
Astrophotography
Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography that entails recording images of astronomical objects and large areas of the night sky. The first photographs of an astronomical object were taken in the 1840s, but it was not until the late 19th century that advances in technology allowed for...
. He was Chairman of Astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and Director of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is an historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany...
observatory from 1902 to 1932.
Early life
He was born in HeidelbergHeidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
on June 21, 1863, the son of a popular medical doctor, Dr. Franz Wolf. His father encouraged an interest in science and built an observatory for his son in the garden of the family home. It is from here that Wolf is credited with his first astronomical discovery, comet 14P/Wolf
14P/Wolf
14P/Wolf is a periodic comet in our solar system.Max Wolf discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It was later discovered, but not credited to, Ralph Copeland on September 23....
, in 1884.
Life at the university
He attended the town's world famous university and, in 1888, at the age of 25, he was awarded a Ph.D.Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
by the University of Heidelberg. He spent one year of post-graduate study in Stockholm, the only significant time he would spend outside of Heidelberg in his life. He returned to the University of Heidelberg and accepted the position of privat-docent in 1890. A popular lecturer in astronomy, he declined offers of positions from other institutions. In 1902 he was appointed Chair of Astronomy and Director of the new Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is an historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany...
observatory. Positions he would hold until his death in 1932.
Astrophysics
Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties of celestial objects, as well as their interactions and behavior...
half of the observatory. He proved to be a not only a capable supervisor but also a successful money raiser. When sent to America to study the construction of the large new telescopes being built there he returned not only with telescope plans but also with a grant of $10,000 from the American philanthropist Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Catherine Wolfe Bruce was a noted American philanthropist and patroness of astronomy.She was the daughter of the famous type founder George Bruce and Catherine Wolfe...
. Wolf immediately designed and ordered a double refractor telescope from American astronomer and instrument builder, John Brashear
John Brashear
Dr. John Alfred Brashear was an American astronomer and instrument builder.- Life and work :Brashear was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, a town 35 miles south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. His father, Basil Brown Brashear, was a saddler, and his mother, Julia Smith Brashear, was a...
. This instrument, known as the Bruce double-astrograph
Astrograph
An astrograph is a telescope designed for the sole purpose of astrophotography. Astrographs are usually used in wide field surveys of the night sky as well as detection of objects such as asteroids, meteors, and comets.-Design:...
, with parallel 16 in (40.6 cm) lenses and a fast f/5 focal ratio, became the observatory's primary research telescope. He also raised money for a 28 in (71.1 cm) reflector telescope, the first for the observatory, used for spectroscopy.
In 1910 Wolf proposed to the Carl Zeiss optics firm the creation of a new instrument, now known as the planetarium
Planetarium
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...
. World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
intervened before this could be developed, but the Carl Zeiss company resumed this project after peace was restored. The first official public showing was at the Deutsches Museum
Deutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of technology and science, with approximately 1.5 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology. The museum was founded on June 28, 1903, at a meeting of the Association...
in Munich, Germany on October 21, 1923.
During his trip to America he was interested in learning more about the relatively new field of astrophotography
Astrophotography
Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography that entails recording images of astronomical objects and large areas of the night sky. The first photographs of an astronomical object were taken in the 1840s, but it was not until the late 19th century that advances in technology allowed for...
and so he met the famous American astronomer and astrophotographer E.E. Barnard. The two would become life long correspondents, competitors, collaborators and friends. Wolf was clearly moved by the death of his friend in 1923 and wrote a long obituary.
Later life and death
The University, already world renowned in many other fields, became well known for astronomy, due primarily to Wolf's leadership. Wolf himself was an active researcher, contributing numerous papers in many areas of astronomy up to the end of his life, which must have been sudden and unexpected. Like his friend, E. E. Barnard, he died rather young for an astronomer. He died in Heidelberg on October 3, 1932, at the age of 69. He was survived by his widow and three sons.Comets and novae
Wolf started his career as a comet hunter and continued to discover them throughout his life. He discovered or co-discovered several cometComet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
s, including 14P/Wolf
14P/Wolf
14P/Wolf is a periodic comet in our solar system.Max Wolf discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It was later discovered, but not credited to, Ralph Copeland on September 23....
and 43P/Wolf-Harrington
43P/Wolf-Harrington
43P/Wolf–Harrington is a periodic comet discovered on December 22, 1924, by Max Wolf in Heidelberg, Germany.During the 1997 apparition the comet reached an apparent magnitude a little bit brighter than 12....
. He won a competition with E. E. Barnard on who would be the first to observe the return of Halley's Comet (P1/Halley) in April, 1910.
He discovered or co-discovered four supernovae: SN 1895A (a.k.a. VW Vir), SN 1909A (a.k.a. SS UMa), SN 1920A, and, with Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer.He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957.His most notable...
, SN 1926A.
Dark nebulae
One of the many significant contributions Wolf made was in the determination of the nature of dark nebulaDark nebula
A dark nebula is a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures the light from the background emission or reflection nebula or that it blocks out background stars . The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains located in the coldest, densest parts of larger...
e. These areas of the sky, thought since William Herschel's
William Herschel
Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19...
time to be "holes in the sky", were a puzzle to astronomers. In these areas no stars could be seen, only featureless black. In collaboration with E. E. Barnard, he proved, by careful photographic analysis, that these dark nebulae were actually huge clouds of fine opaque dust.
Star catalog
Along with E. E. Barnard, Wolf applied astrophotographyAstrophotography
Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography that entails recording images of astronomical objects and large areas of the night sky. The first photographs of an astronomical object were taken in the 1840s, but it was not until the late 19th century that advances in technology allowed for...
to the observation of stars. The Bruce double-astrograph was originally designed to hunt dim asteroids but it was found to be ideally suited for the study of the proper motion
Proper motion
The proper motion of a star is its angular change in position over time as seen from the center of mass of the solar system. It is measured in seconds of arc per year, arcsec/yr, where 3600 arcseconds equal one degree. This contrasts with radial velocity, which is the time rate of change in...
of low luminosity stars using much the same technique. In 1919 Wolf published a catalog of the locations of over one thousand stars along with their measured proper motion
Proper motion
The proper motion of a star is its angular change in position over time as seen from the center of mass of the solar system. It is measured in seconds of arc per year, arcsec/yr, where 3600 arcseconds equal one degree. This contrasts with radial velocity, which is the time rate of change in...
. These stars are still commonly identified by his name and catalog number. Among the stars he discovered is Wolf 359, a dim red dwarf
Red dwarf
According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool star, of the main sequence, either late K or M spectral type....
that was later found to be one of the nearest stars to our solar system. He continued to add proper motion
Proper motion
The proper motion of a star is its angular change in position over time as seen from the center of mass of the solar system. It is measured in seconds of arc per year, arcsec/yr, where 3600 arcseconds equal one degree. This contrasts with radial velocity, which is the time rate of change in...
star discoveries to this catalog throughout his life, with the catalog eventually totaling over 1500 stars, many more than all of his competitors combined. These stars are significant because stars with low luminosity and high proper motion
Proper motion
The proper motion of a star is its angular change in position over time as seen from the center of mass of the solar system. It is measured in seconds of arc per year, arcsec/yr, where 3600 arcseconds equal one degree. This contrasts with radial velocity, which is the time rate of change in...
, such as Barnard's Star
Barnard's star
Barnard's Star, also known occasionally as Barnard's "Runaway" Star, is a very low-mass red dwarf star approximately six light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus . In 1916, the American astronomer E.E...
and Wolf 359, are usually relatively close to the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
and thus the stars in Wolf's catalog remain popular subjects for astronomical research to this day. The methods used successfully by E. E. Barnard and Wolf were continued with success by Frank Elmore Ross
Frank Elmore Ross
Frank Elmore Ross was an American astronomer and physicist. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Altadena, California. In 1901 he received his doctorate from the University of California. In 1905 he became director of the International Latitude Observatory station at Gaithersburg,...
and George Van Biesbroeck
George Van Biesbroeck
George A. Van Biesbroeck was a Belgian-American astronomer. He worked at observatories in Belgium, Germany and the United States. He specialized in the observation of double stars, asteroids and comets...
up through the mid 20th century. Since that time photographic plates have been gradually replaced with more sensitive electronic photodetectors for astronomical surveys.
Asteroids
The first asteroidAsteroid
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 with the Bruce double-astrograph was 323 Brucia
323 Brucia
323 Brucia was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography. It was also the first of over 200 asteroids discovered by Max Wolf, a pioneer in that method of finding astronomical objects...
, in 1891. Wolf named it after the American philanthropist Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Catherine Wolfe Bruce was a noted American philanthropist and patroness of astronomy.She was the daughter of the famous type founder George Bruce and Catherine Wolfe...
, who had donated the $10,000 used for the construction of this telescope. He pioneered the use of astrophotographic techniques to automate the discovery of asteroids, as opposed to older visual methods, as a result of which asteroid discovery rates sharply increased. In time-exposure photographs, asteroids appear as short streaks due to their planetary motion with respect to fixed stars.since He discovered more than 200 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...
s in his lifetime.
Among his many discoveries was 588 Achilles
588 Achilles
588 Achilles is an asteroid discovered on February 22, 1906, by the German astronomer Max Wolf. It was the first of the trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after Achilles, the fictional hero from the Iliad. It orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system...
(the first Trojan asteroid
Trojan asteroid
The Jupiter Trojans, commonly called Trojans or Trojan asteroids, are a large group of objects that share the orbit of the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Relative to Jupiter, each Trojan librates around one of the planet's two Lagrangian points of stability, and , that respectively lie 60° ahead...
) in 1906, as well as two other Trojans: 659 Nestor
659 Nestor
659 Nestor is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid orbiting the Sun. Along with the other Jupiter Trojans in the Greek Camp, it orbits along Jupiter's path, about 60 degrees ahead of the planet....
and 884 Priamus
884 Priamus
884 Priamus is a Trojan asteroid that orbits the Sun at the same distance as the planet Jupiter. It is located in the trailing Lagrangian point.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 22 1917 in Heidelberg, Germany.-External links:*...
. He also discovered 887 Alinda
887 Alinda
887 Alinda is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was originally discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf in 1918. It lies within the main asteroid belt and is the namesake for the Alinda family group of asteroids, although it is also classified as an Amor III asteroid...
in 1918, which is now recognized as an Earth-crossing Amor asteroid
Amor asteroid
The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. They approach the orbit of the Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. Most Amors do cross the orbit of Mars...
(or sometimes classified as the namesake of its own Alinda family
Alinda family
The Alinda asteroids are a group of asteroids with a semi-major axis of about 2.5 AU and an orbital eccentricity approximately between 0.4 and 0.65. The namesake is 887 Alinda, discovered by Max Wolf in 1918....
). Shortly after his last discovery (on February 6, 1932), his record 248 discoveries were beaten by his pupil Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer.He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957.His most notable...
, on July 24, 1933.
| 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... s discovered: 248 |
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| 323 Brucia 323 Brucia 323 Brucia was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography. It was also the first of over 200 asteroids discovered by Max Wolf, a pioneer in that method of finding astronomical objects... |
December 22, 1891 |
| 325 Heidelberga 325 Heidelberga 325 Heidelberga is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 4, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
March 4, 1892 |
| 328 Gudrun 328 Gudrun 328 Gudrun is a main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 18, 1892, in Heidelberg.... |
March 18, 1892 |
| 329 Svea 329 Svea 329 Svea is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
March 21, 1892 |
| 330 Adalberta 330 Adalberta 330 Adalberta is a small main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 2, 1910, in Heidelberg.An object discovered March 18, 1892, by Max Wolf with provisional designation "1892 X" was named 330 Adalberta, but was lost and never recovered. In 1982, it was determined that the... |
February 2, 1910 |
| 332 Siri 332 Siri 332 Siri is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 19, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
March 19, 1892 |
| 333 Badenia 333 Badenia 333 Badenia is a large C-type asteroid in the outer asteroid belt.It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 22, 1892 in Heidelberg.-References:###... |
August 22, 1892 |
| 334 Chicago 334 Chicago 334 Chicago is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 23, 1892, in Heidelberg.... |
August 23, 1892 |
| 339 Dorothea 339 Dorothea 339 Dorothea is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg, Germany.... |
September 25, 1892 |
| 340 Eduarda 340 Eduarda 340 Eduarda is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
September 25, 1892 |
| 341 California 341 California 341 California is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt, that has an unusually high albedo.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.-References:... |
September 25, 1892 |
| 342 Endymion 342 Endymion 342 Endymion is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 17, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
October 17, 1892 |
| 343 Ostara 343 Ostara 343 Ostara is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 15, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
November 15, 1892 |
| 351 Yrsa 351 Yrsa 351 Yrsa is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on December 16, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
December 16, 1892 |
| 352 Gisela 352 Gisela 352 Gisela is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt that has an unusually high albedo.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 12, 1893 in Heidelberg.-External links:... |
January 12, 1893 |
| 353 Ruperto-Carola 353 Ruperto-Carola 353 Ruperto-Carola is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 16, 1893 in Heidelberg. It is named after the University of Heidelberg, whose Latin name is Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis.... |
January 16, 1893 |
| 385 Ilmatar 385 Ilmatar 385 Ilmatar is a large Main Belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 1, 1894, in Heidelberg.... |
March 1, 1894 |
| 386 Siegena 386 Siegena 386 Siegena is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 1, 1894, in Heidelberg.... |
March 1, 1894 |
| 391 Ingeborg 391 Ingeborg 391 Ingeborg is a Mars-crossing asteroid that was discovered by Max Wolf on November 1, 1894 at Heidelberg observatory.-References:* * telnet://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov:6775 telnet for JPL Horizons, easier and more comprehensive than web version... |
November 1, 1894 |
| 392 Wilhelmina 392 Wilhelmina 392 Wilhelmina is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 4, 1894 in Heidelberg, Germany.... |
November 4, 1894 |
| 393 Lampetia 393 Lampetia 393 Lampetia is a fairly large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 4, 1894 in Heidelberg.... |
November 4, 1894 |
| 399 Persephone 399 Persephone 399 Persephone is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 23, 1895 in Heidelberg.-External links:... |
February 23, 1895 |
| 401 Ottilia 401 Ottilia 401 Ottilia is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 16, 1895, in Heidelberg.... |
March 16, 1895 |
| 407 Arachne 407 Arachne 407 Arachne is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 13, 1895 in Heidelberg.... |
October 13, 1895 |
| 408 Fama 408 Fama 408 Fama is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 13, 1895 in Heidelberg.... |
October 13, 1895 |
| 412 Elisabetha 412 Elisabetha 412 Elisabetha is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 7, 1896 in Heidelberg.... |
January 7, 1896 |
| 413 Edburga 413 Edburga 413 Edburga is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 7, 1896 in Heidelberg.... |
January 7, 1896 |
| 415 Palatia 415 Palatia 415 Palatia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 7, 1896 in Heidelberg.... |
February 7, 1896 |
| 417 Suevia 417 Suevia 417 Suevia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a K-type/S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on May 6, 1896 in Heidelberg.... |
May 6, 1896 |
| 418 Alemannia 418 Alemannia 418 Alemannia is a typical main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896 in Heidelberg.... |
September 7, 1896 |
| 419 Aurelia 419 Aurelia 419 Aurelia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an F-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg.... |
September 7, 1896 |
| 420 Bertholda 420 Bertholda 420 Bertholda is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a P-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg.... |
September 7, 1896 |
| 421 Zähringia 421 Zähringia 421 Zähringia is a small main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg.... |
September 7, 1896 |
| 434 Hungaria 434 Hungaria 434 Hungaria is a relatively small inner Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an E-type asteroid. It is the namesake for Hungaria asteroids which orbit the sun on the inside of the 1:4 Kirkwood gap, standing out of the core of the main belt.... |
September 11, 1898 |
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| 436 Patricia
436 Patricia
436 Patricia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on September 13, 1898 in Heidelberg....
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| 442 Eichsfeldia
442 Eichsfeldia
442 Eichsfeldia is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A...
|| February 15, 1899
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| 443 Photographica
443 Photographica
443 Photographica is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on February 17, 1899 in Heidelberg....
|| February 17, 1899
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| 446 Aeternitas
446 Aeternitas
446 Aeternitas is a main belt asteroid. It is classified as an A-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....
|| October 27, 1899
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| 447 Valentine
447 Valentine
447 Valentine is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....
|| October 27, 1899
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| 448 Natalie
448 Natalie
448 Natalie is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....
|| October 27, 1899
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| 449 Hamburga
449 Hamburga
449 Hamburga is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 31, 1899 in Heidelberg....
|| October 31, 1899
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| 450 Brigitta
450 Brigitta
450 Brigitta is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 10, 1899 in Heidelberg....
|| October 10, 1899
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| 455 Bruchsalia
455 Bruchsalia
455 Bruchsalia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on May 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FG....
|| May 22, 1900
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| 456 Abnoba
456 Abnoba
456 Abnoba is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on June 4, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FH....
|| June 4, 1900
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| 457 Alleghenia
457 Alleghenia
457 Alleghenia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on September 15, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FJ....
|| September 15, 1900
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| 458 Hercynia
458 Hercynia
458 Hercynia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on September 21, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FK....
|| September 21, 1900
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| 459 Signe
459 Signe
459 Signe is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FM....
|| October 22, 1900
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| 460 Scania
460 Scania
460 Scania is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on 22 October 1900 and given the provisional name 1900 FN. It was named at a meeting in Lund, Scania, in 1904.-References:...
|| October 22, 1900
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| 461 Saskia
461 Saskia
461 Saskia is a Themistian asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FP....
|| October 22, 1900
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| 462 Eriphyla
462 Eriphyla
462 Eriphyla is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FQ....
|| October 22, 1900
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| 463 Lola
463 Lola
463 Lola is Main-belt asteroid discovered on October 31, 1900 Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| October 31, 1900
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| 464 Megaira
464 Megaira
464 Megaira is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 9, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 FV. It lies close to the Gefion family, but is not a member....
|| January 9, 1901
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| 465 Alekto
465 Alekto
465 Alekto is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 FW....
|| January 13, 1901
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| 466 Tisiphone
466 Tisiphone
466 Tisiphone is an asteroid which orbits among the Cybele family of asteroids.-Discovery:It was discovered by Max Wolf and Luigi Carnera on January 17, 1901, and was assigned the provisional designation 1901 FX...
|| January 17, 1901
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| 467 Laura
467 Laura
467 Laura is Main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| January 9, 1901
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| 468 Lina
468 Lina
468 Lina is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 18, 1901 at Heidelberg. Its provisional name was 1901 FZ. This asteroid was named Lina after the housemaid of Max Wolf's family. It is a core member of the Themis family of asteroids....
|| January 18, 1901
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| 471 Papagena
471 Papagena
471 Papagena is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on June 7, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 GN.Papagena comes to a favorable near-opposition apparent magnitude of better than magnitude 9.8 every five years...
|| June 7, 1901
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| 473 Nolli
473 Nolli
473 Nolli is a rather small asteroid that may be in the Eunomia family. It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 13, 1901, but unusually it remained a "lost asteroid" for many decades, until it was recovered finally in 1987 , 86 years later. Almost nothing is known about its...
|| February 13, 1901
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| 474 Prudentia
474 Prudentia
474 Prudentia is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :...
|| February 13, 1901
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| 480 Hansa || May 21, 1901
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| 482 Petrina
482 Petrina
482 Petrina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| March 3, 1902
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| 483 Seppina
483 Seppina
483 Seppina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| March 4, 1902
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| 484 Pittsburghia
484 Pittsburghia
Pittsburghia is an asteroid that is in orbit around the Sun 150 million miles from Earth. It is named in honor of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its scientific and industrial heritage that produced some of the finest astronomy equipment of the day ....
|| April 29, 1902
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| 488 Kreusa || June 26, 1902
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| 490 Veritas
490 Veritas
490 Veritas is a large asteroid, which may have been involved in one of the more massive asteroid-asteroid collisions of the past 100 million years....
|| September 3, 1902
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| 491 Carina
491 Carina
491 Carina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| September 3, 1902
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| 492 Gismonda
492 Gismonda
492 Gismonda is a Themistian asteroid....
|| September 3, 1902
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| 493 Griseldis
493 Griseldis
493 Griseldis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| September 7, 1902
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| 494 Virtus
494 Virtus
494 Virtus is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was found by Max Wolf in 1902. Its provisional name was 1902 JV....
|| October 7, 1902
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| 495 Eulalia
495 Eulalia
495 Eulalia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| October 25, 1902
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| 496 Gryphia
496 Gryphia
496 Gryphia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 15 km and it has an albedo of 0.168 ....
|| October 25, 1902
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| 499 Venusia
499 Venusia
499 Venusia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| December 24, 1902
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| 500 Selinur
500 Selinur
500 Selinur is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| January 16, 1903
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| 501 Urhixidur
501 Urhixidur
501 Urhixidur is a relatively large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Dr. Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf , at the Königstuhl Observatory in Heidelberg, Germany on January 18, 1903. It is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer....
|| January 18, 1903
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| 502 Sigune
502 Sigune
502 Sigune is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| January 19, 1903
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| 509 Iolanda
509 Iolanda
509 Iolanda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| April 28, 1903
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| 512 Taurinensis
512 Taurinensis
512 Taurinensis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is an S-type asteroid, with a rotation period of 5.59 hours.-References:*...
|| June 23, 1903
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| 513 Centesima
513 Centesima
513 Centesima is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| August 24, 1903
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| 514 Armida
514 Armida
514 Armida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| August 24, 1903
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| 515 Athalia
515 Athalia
515 Athalia is a Themistian asteroid....
|| September 20, 1903
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| 520 Franziska || October 27, 1903
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| 522 Helga
522 Helga
522 Helga is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is notable for being the first such object to be shown to be in a stable but chaotic orbit in resonance with Jupiter, its Lyapunov time being relatively short, at 6,900 yr. Despite this, its orbit appears to be stable, as the eccentricity and...
|| January 10, 1904
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| 524 Fidelio
524 Fidelio
524 Fidelio is a large minor planet with a diameter of 71 km, orbiting the Sun near the center of the main asteroid belt. Fidelio contains both metals and carbon ....
|| March 14, 1904
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| 526 Jena
526 Jena
526 Jena is a Themistian asteroid. It was discovered in Heidelberg by the German astronomer Max Wolf on March 14, 1904 and named after the city of Jena....
|| March 14, 1904
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| 527 Euryanthe
527 Euryanthe
527 Euryanthe is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1904 by Max Wolf and named after the heroine of an opera by the German composer Carl Maria von Weber....
|| March 20, 1904
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| 528 Rezia
528 Rezia
528 Rezia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| March 20, 1904
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| 529 Preziosa
529 Preziosa
529 Preziosa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| March 20, 1904
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| 530 Turandot
530 Turandot
530 Turandot is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| April 11, 1904
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| 531 Zerlina
531 Zerlina
531 Zerlina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| April 12, 1904
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| 532 Herculina
532 Herculina
- Discovery :It was discovered on April 20, 1904, by Max Wolf in Heidelberg, and initially catalogued as 1904 NY. The origin of its name is not known; it may be named after the mythical Hercules, or after an unknown woman of that name...
|| April 20, 1904
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| 539 Pamina
539 Pamina
539 Pamina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| August 2, 1904
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| 540 Rosamunde
540 Rosamunde
540 Rosamunde is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 19 km and it has an albedo of 0.243 . Its rotation period is 9.336 hours....
|| August 3, 1904
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| 541 Deborah
541 Deborah
541 Deborah is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 4, 1904....
|| August 4, 1904
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| 549 Jessonda
549 Jessonda
549 Jessonda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| November 15, 1904
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| 550 Senta
550 Senta
550 Senta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....
|| November 16, 1904
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| 551 Ortrud
551 Ortrud
551 Ortrud is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is located in the Main Belt....
|| November 16, 1904
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| 552 Sigelinde
552 Sigelinde
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|| December 14, 1904
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| 553 Kundry
553 Kundry
553 Kundry is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 12.605 hours.-External links:*...
|| December 27, 1904
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| 555 Norma
555 Norma
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|| January 14, 1905
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| 557 Violetta
557 Violetta
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|| January 26, 1905
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| 558 Carmen
558 Carmen
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|| February 9, 1905
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| 559 Nanon
559 Nanon
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|| March 8, 1905
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| 560 Delila
560 Delila
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|| March 13, 1905
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| 561 Ingwelde
561 Ingwelde
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|| March 26, 1905
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| 562 Salome
562 Salome
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|| April 3, 1905
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| 565 Marbachia
565 Marbachia
565 Marbachia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the German city of Marbach on the river Neckar, birthplace of the writer Friedrich Schiller.-External links:*...
|| May 9, 1905
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| 570 Kythera
570 Kythera
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|| July 30, 1905
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| 573 Recha
573 Recha
573 Recha is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.This asteroid was named after a character in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Nathan the Wise.-External links:*...
|| September 19, 1905
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| 574 Reginhild
574 Reginhild
-External links:*...
|| September 19, 1905
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| 575 Renate
575 Renate
- External links :*...
|| September 19, 1905
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| 577 Rhea
577 Rhea
577 Rhea is a minor planet orbiting the sun. It is named after Rhea, one of the Titans in Greek mythology.It should not be confused with Saturn's moon Rhea.-External links:*...
|| October 20, 1905
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| 578 Happelia
578 Happelia
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|| November 1, 1905
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| 580 Selene
580 Selene
580 Selene is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The name Selene is that of an ancient Greek goddess of the Moon.This body orbits the Sun nearly mid-way between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The orbital eccentricity is slightly lower than that of Mars. Based on its light curve, Selene has an...
|| December 17, 1905
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| 586 Thekla
586 Thekla
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|| February 21, 1906
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| 587 Hypsipyle
587 Hypsipyle
-External links:*...
|| February 22, 1906
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| 588 Achilles
588 Achilles
588 Achilles is an asteroid discovered on February 22, 1906, by the German astronomer Max Wolf. It was the first of the trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after Achilles, the fictional hero from the Iliad. It orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system...
|| February 22, 1906
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| 590 Tomyris
590 Tomyris
-External links:*...
|| March 4, 1906
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| 592 Bathseba
592 Bathseba
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|| March 18, 1906
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| 594 Mireille
594 Mireille
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|| March 27, 1906
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| 597 Bandusia
597 Bandusia
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|| April 16, 1906
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| 598 Octavia
598 Octavia
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|| April 13, 1906
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| 601 Nerthus
601 Nerthus
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|| June 21, 1906
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| 605 Juvisia
605 Juvisia
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|| August 27, 1906
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| 609 Fulvia
609 Fulvia
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|| September 24, 1906
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| 610 Valeska
610 Valeska
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|| September 26, 1906
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| 641 Agnes
641 Agnes
641 Agnes is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its temporary name was 1907 ZX.-External links:* *...
|| September 8, 1907
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| 642 Clara
642 Clara
-External links:*...
|| September 8, 1907
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| 659 Nestor
659 Nestor
659 Nestor is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid orbiting the Sun. Along with the other Jupiter Trojans in the Greek Camp, it orbits along Jupiter's path, about 60 degrees ahead of the planet....
|| March 23, 1908
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| 683 Lanzia
683 Lanzia
683 Lanzia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It is named after the fungus Lanzia. Observations during two last occultation 18 and 22 december 2010 683 Lanzia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It is named after the fungus Lanzia. Observations during two last occultation 18 and 22 december 2010 683...
|| July 23, 1909
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| 692 Hippodamia || November 5, 1901
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| 707 Steina
707 Steïna
- External links :*...
|| December 22, 1910
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| 712 Boliviana
712 Boliviana
-External links:*...
|| March 19, 1911
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| 733 Mocia
733 Mocia
733 Mocia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. A possible occultation was observed by Oscar Canales Moreno on October 1, 2001.-External links:*...
|| September 16, 1912
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| 798 Ruth
798 Ruth
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|| November 21, 1914
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| 800 Kressmannia
800 Kressmannia
800 Kressmannia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 4.464 hours.-External links:*...
|| March 20, 1915
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| 801 Helwerthia
801 Helwerthia
801 Helwerthia is a C-type asteroid orbiting in the Main belt near the Eunomia family. However, it is not a family member but an un-related interloper in the region because its composition is inconsistent with membership. Its diameter is about 33 km, its albedo around 0.038.-External links:*...
|| March 20, 1915
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| 802 Epyaxa
802 Epyaxa
-External links:*...
|| March 20, 1915
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| 805 Hormuthia
805 Hormuthia
805 Hormuthia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. This asteroid follows an elliptical orbit through the main asteroid belt that reaches perihelion just outside the Kirkwood gap at 2.5 AU. The estimated diameter is 73 km, and it is one of the 500 largest asteroids.-External links:* * at the...
|| April 17, 1915
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| 806 Gyldenia
806 Gyldenia
806 Gyldenia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after Hugo Gyldén.-External links:*...
|| April 18, 1915
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| 807 Ceraskia
807 Ceraskia
-External links:*...
|| April 18, 1915
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| 809 Lundia
809 Lundia
809 Lundia is a small, binary, V-type asteroid orbiting within the Flora family in the Main Belt. It is named after Lund Observatory, Sweden....
|| August 11, 1915
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| 810 Atossa
810 Atossa
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|| September 8, 1915
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| 811 Nauheima
811 Nauheima
811 Nauheima is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after Bad Nauheim, a spa town in western Germany.-External links:*...
|| September 8, 1915
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| 813 Baumeia
813 Baumeia
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|| November 28, 1915
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| 815 Coppelia
815 Coppelia
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|| February 2, 1916
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| 816 Juliana
816 Juliana
816 Juliana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It measures 59.85k in diameter. It was discovered on February 8, 1916 by Max Wolf at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory in Heidelberg, Germany....
|| February 8, 1916
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| 817 Annika
817 Annika
817 Annika is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid.-External links:*...
|| February 6, 1916
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| 818 Kapteynia
818 Kapteynia
This asteroid is named for the Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn.818 Kapteynia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...
|| February 21, 1916
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| 819 Barnardiana
819 Barnardiana
-External links:*...
|| March 3, 1916
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| 820 Adriana
820 Adriana
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|| March 30, 1916
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| 821 Fanny
821 Fanny
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|| March 31, 1916
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| 822 Lalage
822 Lalage
-External links:*...
|| March 31, 1916
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| 823 Sisigambis
823 Sisigambis
823 Sisigambis is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 17 km and it has an albedo of 0.179 . Its rotation period is unknown but appears to be greater than at least 12 hours.-External links:*...
|| March 31, 1916
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| 826 Henrika
826 Henrika
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|| April 28, 1916
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| 831 Stateira
831 Stateira
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|| September 20, 1916
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| 832 Karin
832 Karin
832 Karin is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after Queen Karin Månsdotter It is the largest member of the Karin Cluster, which is named after it. Found in 2002, the Karin cluster is notable for being very young...
|| September 20, 1916
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| 833 Monica
833 Monica
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|| September 20, 1916
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| 834 Burnhamia
834 Burnhamia
-External links:*...
|| September 20, 1916
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| 835 Olivia
835 Olivia
835 Olivia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...
|| September 23, 1916
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| 836 Jole
836 Jole
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|| September 23, 1916
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| 837 Schwarzschilda
837 Schwarzschilda
837 Schwarzschilda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. it is named after Karl Schwarzschild, a physicist and astronomer who had died earlier that year....
|| September 23, 1916
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| 838 Seraphina
838 Seraphina
-External links:*...
|| September 24, 1916
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| 839 Valborg
839 Valborg
839 Valborg is a mid-sized S-type Eunomian asteroid. Its diameter is about 20 km, its albedo of 0.353 is very high for an asteroid. Its rotation period is 10.366 hours.-External links:*...
|| September 24, 1916
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| 840 Zenobia
840 Zenobia
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|| September 25, 1916
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| 841 Arabella
841 Arabella
841 Arabella is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 3.39 hours.-External links:*...
|| October 1, 1916
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| 842 Kerstin
842 Kerstin
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|| October 1, 1916
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| 845 Naëma
845 Naëma
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|| November 16, 1916
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| 860 Ursina
860 Ursina
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|| January 22, 1917
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| 861 Aïda
861 Aïda
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|| January 22, 1917
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| 862 Franzia
862 Franzia
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|| January 28, 1917
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| 863 Benkoela
863 Benkoela
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|| February 9, 1917
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| 865 Zubaida
865 Zubaida
-External links:*...
|| February 15, 1917
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| 866 Fatme
866 Fatme
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|| February 25, 1917
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| 868 Lova
868 Lova
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|| April 26, 1917
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| 870 Manto
870 Manto
870 Manto is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It was named after Manto, a prophetess in Greek mythology.-External links:*...
|| May 12, 1917
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| 871 Amneris
871 Amneris
871 Amneris is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is the namesake of the Amneris family, a subgroup of the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids.This asteroid was named after Amneris, a character in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.-External links:*...
|| May 14, 1917
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| 872 Holda
872 Holda
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|| May 21, 1917
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| 873 Mechthild
873 Mechthild
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|| May 21, 1917
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| 874 Rotraut
874 Rotraut
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|| May 25, 1917
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| 875 Nymphe
875 Nymphe
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|| May 19, 1917
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| 879 Ricarda
879 Ricarda
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|| July 22, 1917
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| 880 Herba
880 Herba
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|| July 22, 1917
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| 881 Athene
881 Athene
-External links:*...
|| July 22, 1917
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| 883 Matterania
883 Matterania
883 Matterania is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 5.64 hours.-External links:*...
|| September 14, 1917
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| 884 Priamus
884 Priamus
884 Priamus is a Trojan asteroid that orbits the Sun at the same distance as the planet Jupiter. It is located in the trailing Lagrangian point.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 22 1917 in Heidelberg, Germany.-External links:*...
|| September 22, 1917
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| 887 Alinda
887 Alinda
887 Alinda is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was originally discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf in 1918. It lies within the main asteroid belt and is the namesake for the Alinda family group of asteroids, although it is also classified as an Amor III asteroid...
|| January 3, 1918
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| 888 Parysatis
888 Parysatis
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|| February 2, 1918
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| 889 Erynia
889 Erynia
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|| March 5, 1918
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| 890 Waltraut
890 Waltraut
890 Waltraut is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named for a character in Richard Wagner's opera, Götterdämmerung or Twilight of the Gods....
|| March 11, 1918
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| 891 Gunhild
891 Gunhild
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|| May 17, 1918
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| 892 Seeligeria
892 Seeligeria
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|| May 31, 1918
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| 893 Leopoldina
893 Leopoldina
893 Leopoldina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It was named after the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.-External links:*...
|| May 31, 1918
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| 894 Erda
894 Erda
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|| June 4, 1918
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| 895 Helio
895 Helio
-External links:*...
|| July 11, 1918
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| 896 Sphinx
896 Sphinx
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|| August 1, 1918
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| 897 Lysistrata
897 Lysistrata
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|| August 3, 1918
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| 898 Hildegard
898 Hildegard
-External links:*...
|| August 3, 1918
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| 899 Jokaste
899 Jokaste
899 Jokaste is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope. Not to be...
|| August 3, 1918
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| 900 Rosalinde
900 Rosalinde
900 Rosalinde is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after a character in Johann Strauss's opera Die Fledermaus.-External links:*...
|| August 10, 1918
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| 901 Brunsia
901 Brunsia
901 Brunsia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 3.136 hours.-External links:*...
|| August 30, 1918
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| 904 Rockefellia
904 Rockefellia
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|| October 29, 1918
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| 907 Rhoda
907 Rhoda
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|| November 12, 1918
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| 908 Buda
908 Buda
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|| November 30, 1918
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| 914 Palisana
914 Palisana
914 Palisana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa.-External links:*...
|| July 4, 1919
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| 919 Ilsebill
919 Ilsebill
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|| October 30, 1918
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| 927 Ratisbona
927 Ratisbona
927 Ratisbona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It has been named after the Latin name of the city of Regensburg.-External links:*...
|| February 16, 1920
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| 946 Poësia
946 Poesia
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|| February 11, 1921
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| 949 Hel
949 Hel
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|| March 11, 1921
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| 972 Cohnia
972 Cohnia
972 Cohnia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. In 2007 lightcurve data showed that Cohnia rotates every 18.472 ± 0.004 hours.-External links:*...
|| January 18, 1922
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| 1008 La Paz
1008 La Paz
1008 La Paz is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 31, 1923. Its provisional designation was 1923 PD. It was named after La Paz, Bolivia....
|| October 31, 1923
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| 1021 Flammario
1021 Flammario
1021 Flammario is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 11, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 RG. It was named after the celebrated French astronomer Camille Flammarion....
|| March 11, 1924
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| 1038 Tuckia
1038 Tuckia
1038 Tuckia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 24, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 TK. It was named after Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tuck....
|| November 24, 1924
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| 1039 Sonneberga
1039 Sonneberga
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....
|| November 24, 1924
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| 1053 Vigdis
1053 Vigdis
1053 Vigdis is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 16, 1925. Its provisional designation was 1925 WA....
|| November 16, 1925
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| 1069 Planckia
1069 Planckia
1069 Planckia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 28, 1927. Its provisional designation was 1927 BC. It was named after physicist Max Planck....
|| January 28, 1927
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| 1134 Kepler
1134 Kepler
1134 Kepler is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1929. Its provisional designation was 1929 SA. It was named after Johannes Kepler....
|| September 25, 1929
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| 1141 Bohmia
1141 Bohmia
1141 Bohmia is a main belt asteroid, approximately 9½ kilometers in diameter. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 3 years. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 4, 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 AA. It was named after Mrs. Bohm-Walz, who donated the Walz reflector to the...
|| January 4, 1930
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| 1169 Alwine
1169 Alwine
1169 Alwine is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Mario A. Ferrero on August 30, 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 QH. It was named after a common German female name.- References :...
|| August 30, 1930
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| 1178 Irmela
1178 Irmela
1178 Irmela is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 13, 1931. Its provisional designation was 1931 EC. It was named after Irmela Ruska, wife of Ernst Ruska....
|| March 13, 1931
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| 1179 Mally
1179 Mally
1179 Mally is an asteroid that was discovered by Max Wolf on March 19, 1931 and given the provisional designation 1931 FD. It was named after the discoverer's daughter-in-law. It became a lost asteroid after its initial discovery but was rediscovered in 1986 by Lutz D. Schmadel, Richard Martin West...
|| March 19, 1931
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| 1203 Nanna
1203 Nanna
1203 Nanna is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 5, 1931. Its provisional designation was 1931 TA. It was named after the title of several paintings by Anselm Feuerbach....
|| October 5, 1931
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| 1214 Richilde
1214 Richilde
1214 Richilde is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on January 1, 1932 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| January 1, 1932
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| 1219 Britta
1219 Britta
1219 Britta is Main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1932 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg- External links :*...
|| February 6, 1932
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| 1365 Henyey
1365 Henyey
1365 Henyey is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 9, 1928. Its provisional designation was 1928 RK. It was named after Louis G. Henyey, an American astronomer.- References :...
|| September 9, 1928
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| 1514 Ricouxa
1514 Ricouxa
1514 Ricouxa is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 22, 1906. Its provisional designation was 1906 UR.- References :...
|| August 22, 1906
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| 1661 Granule
1661 Granule
1661 Granule is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on March 31, 1916 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.It was named after Gall's granule, a feature of lymphocytes discovered by Edward Gall.- External links :*...
|| March 31, 1916
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| 1703 Barry
1703 Barry
1703 Barry is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 2, 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 RB. It was named after Roger Barry, an astronomer.- References :...
|| September 2, 1930
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| 1967 Menzel
1967 Menzel
1967 Menzel is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 1, 1905. Its provisional designation was A905 VC. It was named after Donald Howard Menzel, an American astronomer.- References :...
|| November 1, 1905
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| 2017 Wesson
2017 Wesson
2017 Wesson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1903 by M. Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| September 20, 1903
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| 2119 Schwall
2119 Schwall
2119 Schwall is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Mario A. Ferrero on August 30, 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 QG. It was named after August Schwall, an observatory staff member....
|| August 30, 1930
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| 2298 Cindijon
2298 Cindijon
2298 Cindijon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 2, 1915 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| October 2, 1915
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| 2373 Immo
2373 Immo
2373 Immo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 4, 1929 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg. It is named after the German astronomer Immo Appenzeller.- External links :*...
|| August 4, 1929
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| 2443 Tomeileen
2443 Tomeileen
2443 Tomeileen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1906 by M. Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| January 24, 1906
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| 2483 Guinevere
2483 Guinevere
2483 Guinevere is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on August 17, 1928 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| August 17, 1928
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| 2533 Fechtig
2533 Fechtig
2533 Fechtig is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1905 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| November 3, 1905
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| 2650 Elinor
2650 Elinor
2650 Elinor is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 14, 1931 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| March 14, 1931
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| 2732 Witt
2732 Witt
2732 Witt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 19, 1926 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| March 19, 1926
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| 3034 Climenhaga
3034 Climenhaga
3034 Climenhaga is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1917 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg. It was named in 1987 for Dr. John L. Climenhaga of the University of Victoria, in honour of his work in Astrophysics.- External links :...
|| September 24, 1917
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| 3202 Graff
3202 Graff
3202 Graff is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 3, 1908 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| January 3, 1908
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| 3396 Muazzez
3396 Muazzez
3396 Muazzez is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1915 by M. Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :...
|| October 15, 1915
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| 3626 Ohsaki
3626 Ohsaki
3626 Ohsaki is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 4, 1929 by M. Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| August 4, 1929
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| 3907 Kilmartin
3907 Kilmartin
3907 Kilmartin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1904 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg. It is named after New Zealand astronomer Pamela M. Kilmartin.- External links :*...
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| 4588 Wislicenus
4588 Wislicenus
4588 Wislicenus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1931 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| March 13, 1931
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| 4775 Hansen
4775 Hansen
4775 Hansen is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 3, 1927 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| October 3, 1927
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| 4809 Robertball
4809 Robertball
4809 Robertball is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1928 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. It was named in honor of Irish astronomer Robert Stawell Ball.- External links :*...
|| September 5, 1928
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| 5702 Morando
5702 Morando
5702 Morando is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1931 by M. Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
|| March 16, 1931
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| 5926 Schönfeld
5926 Schönfeld
5926 Schönfeld is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1317.2198801 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 4, 1929.-References:...
|| August 4, 1929
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- with Friedrich Karl Arnold SchwassmannFriedrich Karl Arnold SchwassmannFriedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann was a German astronomer.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 ....
- with Luigi CarneraLuigi CarneraLuigi Carnera was an Italian astronomer.In his early career he worked as Max Wolf's assistant at Heidelberg, Germany and discovered a number of asteroids...
- with Paul GötzPaul GötzPaul Götz was an astronomer.He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1907 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl at the University of Heidelberg....
- with August KopffAugust KopffAugust Kopff was a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids. He worked in Heidelberg, then joined the Humboldt University of Berlin where he became the Director of the Institute for Astronomical Calculation.He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the...
- with Mario A. Ferrero
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Awards and honors
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society-History:In the early years, more than one medal was often awarded in a year, but by 1833 only one medal was being awarded per year. This caused a problem when Neptune was discovered in 1846, because many felt an award should jointly be made to John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier...
in 1914.
- Bruce MedalBruce MedalThe Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy. It is named after Catherine Wolfe Bruce, an American patroness of astronomy, and was first awarded in 1898...
in 1930.
The crater Wolf
Wolf (crater)
Wolf is a lunar crater that lies in the south-central part of the Mare Nubium, a lunar mare in the southern hemisphere of the Moon. It lies to the north-northwest of the walled plain Pitatus, and east-southeast of the prominent crater Bullialdus....
on the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
is named after him, as is the asteroid 827 Wolfiana
827 Wolfiana
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Other astronomers named Wolf
- Marek WolfMarek WolfMarek Wolf is a Czech astronomer, currently the head the Astronomický ústav, Univerzita Karlova v Praze ....
. The Minor Planet CenterMinor Planet CenterThe Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , which is part of the Center for Astrophysics along with the Harvard College Observatory ....
credits his discoveries as "M. F. Wolf" as opposed to "M. Wolf" that refers to the more recent discoveries by Czech astronomer Marek WolfMarek WolfMarek Wolf is a Czech astronomer, currently the head the Astronomický ústav, Univerzita Karlova v Praze ....
.
- Charles WolfCharles Wolf (astronomer)Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf was a French astronomer.In 1862, Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post as assistant at the Paris Observatory.In 1867 he and Georges Rayet discovered Wolf-Rayet stars...
. Wolf-Rayet starWolf-Rayet starWolf–Rayet stars are evolved, massive stars , which are losing mass rapidly by means of a very strong stellar wind, with speeds up to 2000 km/s...
s were co-discovered by French astronomer Charles WolfCharles Wolf (astronomer)Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf was a French astronomer.In 1862, Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post as assistant at the Paris Observatory.In 1867 he and Georges Rayet discovered Wolf-Rayet stars...
and not by him.