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Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

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German astronomer

Minor planets discovered: 22^[1]
see§ List of discovered minor planets

Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (25 March 1870 – 19 January 1964) was a Germanastronomer and a discoverer of 22minor planets and 4comets, who worked atAOP in Potsdam and atBergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.^[2]

He was co-discoverer withArno Arthur Wachmann of the periodiccomets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann,31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, and withArno Arthur Wachmann andLeslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 (Peltier–Schwassmann–Wachmann). The main-belt asteroid989 Schwassmannia, discovered by himself in 1922, was later named in his honor (H 94).^[2]

^A Co-discovery made withMax F. Wolf

^"Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)".Minor Planet Center. 25 October 2018. Retrieved18 February 2019.
^^a ^bSchmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(989) Schwassmannia".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (989) Schwassmannia.Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 86.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_990.ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.