Asteroids named after people called Erwin
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(9873) Freundlich
Erwin Finlay Freundlich (1885–1964) was a German astronomer at Berlin Observatory and responsible for the building of the Einsteinturm solar telescope at Potsdam. He later became professor of astronomy at the University of St. Andrews. His research included experimental verification of Einstein's general theory of relativity.Discovered 9 April 1992 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring
(13092) Schrodinger
The Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961), born in Vienna, founded wave mechanics in 1926. Later he worked in relativistic quantum mechanics, the theory of gravity and unified field theory. Together with Dirac, he received the 1933 Nobel prize in physics.Discovered 24 September 1992 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(14664) Vandervelden
Erwin Van der Velden (1966-2005) was an active and valued member of the Brisbane and Southern (Australian) Astronomical Societies. He developed supreme imaging techniques for planetary and deep-sky objects taken by a Digital SLR camera and a Web-Cam.Discovered 25 January 1999 by T. Urata, Oohira
(15263) Erwingroten
Erwin Groten (b. 1935) is a pioneer in modern geodesy. For three decades until his retirement in 2003 he served as director of the Institute of Physical Geodesy at the Technical University in Darmstadt. He contributed significantly to the definition of fundamental astronomical and geodetic reference frames.Discovered 13 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(185638) Erwinschwab
Erwin Schwab (b. 1964) is a German amateur astronomer who started observing minor planets in 1981. Together with Rainer Kling, he initiated the astrometric program at the Taunus Observatory. Schwab has discovered numerous minor planets at the Starkenburg, Tzec Maun and Taunus observatories.Discovered 1 March 2008 by OAM, La Sagra
(229440) Filimon
Erwin Filimon (b. 1959) is a well-known Austrian amateur astronomer and long-term Chairman of the Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut, one of Austria's largest astronomical societies. His passion is the documentation of fireballs.Discovered 27 October 2005 by W. Ries, Altschwendt