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Otto Kippes (23 July 1905 – 2 February 1994) was aGermanCatholicpriest andamateur astronomer, born inBamberg, Bavaria. He was acknowledged especially for his work inasteroidorbit calculations, which brought him theAmateur Achievement Award of theAstronomical Society of the Pacific in 1991.[1]
In 1959, theBerlin Academy of Sciences awarded him theLeibniz Medal for his contributions in the identification of minor planets.[2] Themain belt asteroid1780 Kippes was named in his honour.[3] Kippes in turn had successfully proposed to name several asteroids after fellow amateur astronomers. He died on 2 February 1994 inWürzburg, Bavaria.
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