Asteroids named after people called Eduard
👶 Eduard as a baby name
Named in memory of Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and, from 1871, the so-called Great Chancellor of the German Reich. His name is closely connected with the unification of Germany and with his politics of a balance of power among the European states. Bismarck introduced a comprehensive collection of civil laws and promoted an extensive social welfare system which---in its essential parts---remains important even a century after his death. Name proposed by the first discoverer.Discovered 13 September 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
Named for the Swabian poet Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), one of the great German lyric poets. The wonders of nature were revealed to him everywhere, even in the smallest thing. More than 50 of his poems were set to music by Hugo Wolf, notably “At midnight”. His most beautiful work in prose is the short novel Mozart auf Reise nach Prag, written in a fluid, breathtaking style similar to Mozart's music.Discovered 4 August 1994 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Named in honor of Eduard Van de Walle (b. 1930), Flemish singer known as the “Voice of Europe”. In a career that spans more than half a century, he recently scored a record sale of one million singles of his song “Chérie”. He is also the first well-known Western musician to sing in Chinese. In Ertvelde (near Ghent) he operates the club “Paris-Vegas”, which each weekend is visited by many fans.Discovered 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
Eduard Reznik (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Discovered 20 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
Eduard Petiška (1924-1987) was a Czech poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and translator. He is mostly known as an author of books for children. Petiška was also an excellent interpreter of the legends and myths of ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and Egypt.Discovered 12 August 1997 by Tichy, M., Moravec, Z., Klet
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