Asteroids named after people called Erich
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Named in honor of Erich Schumann and his Chilean team, who, for almost three decades and with great dedication, have secured the accommodation and catering of thousands of staff members and visitors to the European Southern Observatory at the “Hotel La Silla” in Chile.Discovered 4 March 1984 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
Named in honor of Erich Meyer (b. 1951), Austrian amateur astronomer, on the occasion of his 20th anniversary as an astrometricist. Using a measuring engine he constructed himself, Meyer measured about 250 precise positions of minor planets and comets from photographic plates. Among the 2600 positions he derived after switching to CCD equipment in 1993 are some for the 1997 opposition of this object, thereby rendering it appropriate for numbering. An electrical engineer by profession, Meyer is also a well-known astrophotographer and popularizer of astronomy.Discovered 13 March 1991 by Oak Ridge Observatory, Harvard
Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a German psychoanalyst who believed that mankind could develop a psychologically balanced, sane society. He is widely known for Escape from Freedom (1941), but already in 1930 he had written Das Christus Dogma, which stresses the neglect of social factors in human psychology.Discovered 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
German writer and journalist Erich Kästner (1899-1974) wrote witty, sociocritical and satiric poems, and amusing novels, comedies, plays and scripts. His captivating children's books became world famous.Discovered 30 April 1992 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Erich E. Korsten (b. 1945) is a hydrologist and amateur astronomer from Dresden who now lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona. He helped construct the Fountain Hills Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered.Discovered 15 December 1999 by C. W. Juels, Fountain Hills
German-born Erich Karkoschka (b. 1955) is an astronomer at the University of Arizona. His field of expertise is atmospheres and satellites of the outer planets. He loves to observe the stellar wonders and has published field guides for amateur astronomers. The citation was prepared by G. and D. Heinlein.Discovered 18 August 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M., Palomar
Historian Tony Judt (b. 1948) is the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University. He is well known for his publications on Israel and France, and especially for his book Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945.Discovered 13 October 1982 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa
Erich Bär (1905-1981) was a German electrical engineer and amateur astronomer. In 1953 he built a private astronomical observatory in Radeberg. He founded the Radeberg public observatory in 1964. He became the honorary director and remained in that position until his retirement in 1971.Discovered 9 January 2006 by M. Fiedler, Radebeul
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