Holger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – June 5, 1946) was aDanish Americanastronomer anddiscoverer of minor planets andcomets.^[2]

He was the son ofThorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838–1910), the notedDanish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, after whom themain-belt asteroid1586 Thiele is named.^[3]

Holger Thiele is credited by theMinor Planet Center with the discovery of 4 numberedasteroids during 1914–1916.^[1] He also discovered the cometC/1906 V1 and calculated the orbits of other comets. He worked atHamburg-Bergedorf Observatory atBergedorf, inHamburg, Germany. In 1912, he immigrated to theUnited States.^[4]

In 1917, he started working as a fellow for theUniversity of California atLick Observatory, nearSan Jose, California. Holger Thiele died inAlameda County in 1946.^[5]

• Corrected elements and ephemeris of minor planet 1924 TD (Baade) (University of California Press. 1925)
• Elements and ephemeris of Comet d 1927 (Stearns) (University of California Press. 1927)

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