August Kopff
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August Kopff (February 5, 1882 – April 25, 1960) was a German astronomer and discoverer of several comets and asteroids.
Kopff studied and worked in Heidelberg, getting his PhD there in 1906 and he then joined the Humboldt University of Berlin where he became the Director of the Institute for Astronomical Calculation.[2]
He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff[3] and the non-periodic C/1906 E1. He discovered a number of asteroids, including notably the Trojan asteroids 617 Patroclus and 624 Hektor.
The lunar crater Kopff is named after him, along with the asteroid 1631 Kopff.[2]
List of discovered minor planets
| 542 Susanna | 15 August 1904 | list [A] |
| 579 Sidonia | 3 November 1905 | list |
| 582 Olympia | 23 January 1906 | list |
| 584 Semiramis | 15 January 1906 | list |
| 585 Bilkis | 16 February 1906 | list |
| 589 Croatia | 3 March 1906 | list |
| 591 Irmgard | 14 March 1906 | list |
| 593 Titania | 20 March 1906 | list |
| 595 Polyxena | 27 March 1906 | list |
| 596 Scheila | 21 February 1906 | list |
| 606 Brangane | 18 September 1906 | list |
| 607 Jenny | 18 September 1906 | list |
| 608 Adolfine | 18 September 1906 | list |
| 612 Veronika | 8 October 1906 | list |
| 613 Ginevra | 11 October 1906 | list |
| 614 Pia | 11 October 1906 | list |
| 615 Roswitha | 11 October 1906 | list |
| 616 Elly | 17 October 1906 | list |
| 617 Patroclus | 17 October 1906 | list |
| 619 Triberga | 22 October 1906 | list |
| 621 Werdandi | 11 November 1906 | list |
| 624 Hektor | 10 February 1907 | list |
| 625 Xenia | 11 February 1907 | list |
| 626 Notburga | 11 February 1907 | list |
| 627 Charis | 4 March 1907 | list |
| 628 Christine | 7 March 1907 | list |
| 629 Bernardina | 7 March 1907 | list |
| 630 Euphemia | 7 March 1907 | list |
| 631 Philippina | 21 March 1907 | list |
| 632 Pyrrha | 5 April 1907 | list |
| 633 Zelima | 12 May 1907 | list |
| 634 Ute | 12 May 1907 | list |
| 640 Brambilla | 29 August 1907 | list |
| 643 Scheherezade | 8 September 1907 | list |
| 644 Cosima | 7 September 1907 | list |
| 646 Kastalia | 11 September 1907 | list |
| 647 Adelgunde | 11 September 1907 | list |
| 648 Pippa | 11 September 1907 | list |
| 649 Josefa | 11 September 1907 | list |
| 650 Amalasuntha | 4 October 1907 | list |
| 651 Antikleia | 4 October 1907 | list |
| 654 Zelinda | 4 January 1908 | list |
| 656 Beagle | 22 January 1908 | list |
| 657 Gunlod | 23 January 1908 | list |
| 658 Asteria | 23 January 1908 | list |
| 663 Gerlinde | 24 June 1908 | list |
| 664 Judith | 24 June 1908 | list |
| 666 Desdemona | 23 July 1908 | list |
| 667 Denise | 23 July 1908 | list |
| 668 Dora | 27 July 1908 | list |
| 669 Kypria | 20 August 1908 | list |
| 670 Ottegebe | 20 August 1908 | list |
| 672 Astarte | 21 September 1908 | list |
| 677 Aaltje | 18 January 1909 | list |
| 679 Pax | 28 January 1909 | list |
| 680 Genoveva | 22 April 1909 | list |
| 681 Gorgo | 13 May 1909 | list |
| 682 Hagar | 17 June 1909 | list |
| 684 Hildburg | 8 August 1909 | list |
| 686 Gersuind | 15 August 1909 | list |
| 692 Hippodamia | 5 November 1901 | list [B] |
| 693 Zerbinetta | 21 September 1909 | list |
| 754 Malabar | 22 August 1906 | list |
| 1780 Kippes | 12 September 1906 | list |
| 1781 Van Biesbroeck | 17 October 1906 | list |
| 3105 Stumpff | 8 August 1907 | list |
| 3133 Sendai | 4 October 1907 | list |
| 3687 Dzus | 7 October 1908 | list |
| Co-discovery made with: A P. Götz B M. F. Wolf | ||
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References
- ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1631) Kopff. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 129. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "22P/Kopff". Gary W. Kronk's Cometography. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
