Alfred Bohrmann | |
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| Born | (1904-02-28)28 February 1904 |
| Died | 4 January 2000(2000-01-04) (aged 95) |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Heidelberg |
| Known for | Asteroid discovery |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | University of Heidelberg |
Alfred Bohrmann (28 February 1904 – 4 January 2000) was a Germanastronomer anddiscoverer of minor planets.[1]
He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1927 at theHeidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, at theUniversity of Heidelberg.[2] At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center forasteroid discovery byMax Wolf andKarl Reinmuth and others, and during his time there Bohrmann discovered 9 asteroids.[3] Bohrmann worked there from 1924 to 1969, publishing more than 700 minor planet observations.[1] He left the observatory after a dispute with the higher authority.[citation needed]
The asteroid1635 Bohrmann is named after him.[1]
| 1455 Mitchella | 5 June 1937 |
| 1470 Carla | 17 September 1938 |
| 1531 Hartmut | 17 September 1938 |
| 1733 Silke | 19 February 1938 |
| 1998 Titius | 24 February 1938 |
| 2016 Heinemann | 18 September 1938 |
| 2226 Cunitza | 26 August 1936 |
| 2350 von Lüde | 6 February 1938 |
| 2665 Schrutka | 24 February 1938 |
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