| 147 Protogeneia | 10 July 1875 | MPC |
Lipót Schulhof (12 March 1847 in Baja – October 1921 in Paris;Hungarian:Schulhof Lipót;German:Leopold Schulhof orSchulhoff;French:Léopold Schulhof) was aHungarian-Jewish[2]astronomer, born in theAustrian Empire, who first worked at theVienna Observatory and later spent most of his time at theParis Observatory, observingcomets andasteroids.[3]
He provided a prediction for the 1893 return of comet15P/Finlay, discovered the main-belt asteroid147 Protogeneia in 1875, and was awarded theLalande Prize of theFrench Academy of Sciences in 1893.[4][5] Schulhof won the Lalande Prize again in 1920 for his calculation, assisted byJoseph Bossert, of the orbit of the periodic comet12P/Pons–Brooks, discovered in 1812 by Pons.[6][7]
Schulhof calculated the orbits of many asteroids and comets, takingperturbative interactions into account. With his exhaustive studies of objects such as comet27P/Crommelin and others, he advanced the recovery oflost comets as well as those oflost minor planets.[3]
The main-belt asteroid2384 Schulhof, discovered byMarguerite Laugier in 1943, was named in his honor.[3]
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