Asteroids named after people called Adolf
馃懚 Adolf as a baby name
Adolf Bischoff (b. 1955) is a professor at the Institut f眉r Planetologie, Westf盲lische Wilhelms-Universit盲t M眉nster. His work on meteorites, particularly their impact history, has led to significant advances in our understanding of processes in minor planets.Discovered 20 September 1979 by S. J. Bus, Palomar
Adolf Daens (1839-1907), a Flemish priest at Aalst, will always be remembered for his dedication to fighting industrial exploitation of the Flemish people. Confronting great resistance from the higher clergy for his actions, in 1899 he was finally ordered to resign his office by the bishop of Ghent.Discovered 20 July 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
Czech painter and illustrator Adolf Born (b. 1930) is known for his murkily-tinted pictures of bizarre fauna, Victorian gentlemen in top hats and topcoats and mysterious ladies with tall hairdos and plunging necklines. His slightly surrealistic work, with its strong undertone of humor, is loved by both children and adults.Discovered 31 March 1998 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Austrian architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was one of the pioneers of the functionalist style in Europe. Influenced by the rationalist architecture of the Chicago School, he rejected the Art Nouveau style. Loos' radical style influenced architects in Germany, Austria and Bohemia.Discovered 10 January 1988 by A. Mrkos, Klet
Adolf Necka艡 (1909-1995) built a public observatory in Prost臎jov, Moravia, from 1950 at a provisional site on the roof of the local school building and from 1961 in a separate building. He was the observatory's director until 1971. His main focus was drawing and photographing the planets.Discovered 23 March 1998 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Adolf Hurwitz (1859-1919), a student of Klein and teacher of Hilbert and Minkowski, was associated for many years with the Swiss Institute of Technology. He did research on automorphic functions, Bessel functions, Fourier series and algebraic number theory.Discovered 20 October 1998 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
Adolf Tr盲ger (1888-1965) was a Czech painter, known for landscape paintings of the countryside of South Bohemia and the historical towns of 膶esk茅 Bud臎jovice and 膶esk媒 Krumlov. He was deeply concerned with preservation of historical buildings.Discovered 8 September 2002 by KLENOT, Klet
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