Asteroids named after people called Friedrich
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(4030) Archenhold
Named in memory of the German astronomer Friedrich Simon Archenhold (1861-1939). In 1896 he made it possible to build the world's longest refractor (focal length 21 meters), which is still in use at the Archenhold Observatory in Berlin---Europe's first public observatory. As its first director Archenhold had the aim of introducing astronomy to everyone. Name suggested by A. Gnädig and A. Doppler and endorsed by L. D. Schmadel.Discovered 2 March 1984 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(5665) Begemann
Friedrich Begemann (b. 1927), director emeritus of the Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie at Mainz, is a pioneering cosmochemist who determined the first cosmic-ray-exposure age of a meteorite. He later investigated isotopic anomalies in meteorites and established the physical conditions that produced these anomalies.Discovered 30 January 1982 by S. J. Bus, Palomar
(6231) Hundertwasser
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Friedrich Stowasser, 1928-2000) was an Austrian graphic artist and painter whose decorative abstract style follows in the Secessionist (Art Nouveau) tradition of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.Discovered 20 March 1985 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(8052) Novalis
Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Hardenberg, known under his pseudonym Novalis (1772-1801), is one of the greatest Romantic writers in German literature. The death of his fiancée and his pietistic thinking brought him to his romantic way of writing. In one of his novels he uses the image of a blue flower for the magical task poets have. Novalis had strong connections with the other Romantic writers of his time, such as Tieck and Schlegel.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(9189) Holderlin
Named for the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), who lived mainly in the Swabian town Tübingen. In 1795, he studied in Jena and there wrote some of his patriotic hymns. He is one of the most original and well-known representatives of German idealism. His philosophy and vision shaped much of the poetry of the German language and were not fully appreciated until the twentieth century.Discovered 10 September 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(9344) Klopstock
Named for Friedrich Gottfried Klopstock (1724-1803), one of the most famous German poets between the late Baroque and the classical period. He studied theology in Jena and Leipzig. In his poems he proclaimed a new mentality-the Age of Sensibility. Klopstock's “Messias”, a cycle of 20 religious poems, is the first great epic of the Low High German literature. His inspired odes have love, friendship, fatherland and the experience of nature as their subjects.Discovered 12 September 1991 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(10835) Frobel
The Thuringian pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel (1782-1852) was committed to the education of young children. In 1839 he founded the first nursery school, which he named Kindergarten. He created toys and tools for use by children in different age groups.Discovered 12 November 1993 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(11855) Preller
Friedrich Preller the Elder (1804-1878), German painter and etcher, was court painter in Weimar and, beginning in 1834, director of the “Freie Zeichenschule”. His wall paintings were in late classical style with elements of Romanticism. His main works are the 16 monumental Odyssee frescos in the New Museum of Weimar.Discovered 8 September 1988 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(12661) Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775-1854) studied at the Stift in Tübingen and was professor of philosophy in Jena. A natural philosopher, he communicated closely with the Romanticists and was one of the main proponents of German idealism.Discovered 27 February 1976 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(12694) Schleiermacher
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768-1834), German philosopher and Protestant theologian, worked in Halle and Berlin. He contributed to theology, ethics, science, hermeneutics and aesthetics. His main philosophical work is the Dialektik (1839), but he is also known for his translations of Plato.Discovered 7 March 1989 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(13254) Kekule
In 1865 German chemist Friedrich Kekulé (1829-1896) discovered the structure of benzene as a six-membered ring of carbon atoms with alternating single and double bonds.Discovered 26 July 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(14041) Durrenmatt
The Swiss dramatist and narrative writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) was honored with many literary awards. He wrote about the contradictions and self-delusions of his time satirically, with grotesque and horrible bents. Der Besuch der alten Dame and Die Physiker had worldwide success.Discovered 21 September 1995 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(15808) Zelter
Composer Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1834) set Goethe's poems to music and wrote songs for male choirs. As director of the Berliner “Singakademie” beginning in 1800, he performed in particular the music of Bach. He founded in Berlin the first “Liedertafel”, the prototype for choral societies in cities and towns around the world.Discovered 3 April 1994 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(19136) Strassmann
Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann (1902-1980), a collaborator at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut in Berlin and professor at the University of Mainz since 1946, worked on artificial radio-nucleides and methods for geological age determinations. With Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, he received the Enrico Fermi prize in 1966.Discovered 10 January 1989 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(21665) Frege
Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (1848-1925), a professor at Jena, devoted his work to the goal of establishing the logical foundations of arithmetic. He introduced symbols for the concepts---now widely used in logic---of assertion, negation, implication and existential and universal quantifier.Discovered 5 September 1999 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(22788) von Steuben
A Prussian military officer, Friedrich Wilhelm Augustin Ludolf Gerhard von Steuben (1730-1794), taught standards of military drill and discipline to the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Steuben Day parades (September) in New York and other American cities celebrate German culture.Discovered 15 May 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(27765) Brockhaus
In 1805, German publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772-1823) founded the F. A. Brockhaus publishing house. With its headquarters in Leipzig since 1817, it was originally best known for its encyclopedias, which served as models for other reference books.Discovered 10 September 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(29204) Ladegast
Friedrich Ladegast (1818-1905), a German organ builder of European repute, followed Romantic trends and worked in the town of Weissenfels from 1846. With four manuals and 81 stops, his 1855 organ in the Merseburg Cathedral was the largest in Germany, and it was used by Liszt in composing his prelude and fugue on B-A-C-H.Discovered 11 April 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(29829) Engels
Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a famous philosopher and the main thinker of dialectical materialism.Discovered 14 March 1999 by M. M. M. Santangelo, Monte Agliale
(30830) Jahn
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852) was an educator, writer and the “father of gymnastics”. He opened the first sports ground in Berlin in 1811 and founded the Turnverein (gym club) movement in Germany. He invented diverse apparatus that became standard equipment for sports activities.Discovered 14 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(152559) Bodelschwingh
Beginning in 1872, Friedrich von Bodelschwingh (1831-1910) headed the Bethel welfare institution in Bielefeld based on respect for the worth of every individual. This grew into the biggest German Protestant social undertaking. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 12 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(215423) Winnecke
Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835-1897) was an astronomer at Berlin, Pulkovo and Strasbourg. Between 1854 and 1877, he discovered or codiscovered ten comets. He initiated a survey of nebulae and worked in the fields of double and variable stars.Discovered 4 April 2002 by M. Meyer, Palomar
(332530) Canders
Friedrich Zander (1887–1933; Latvian, Frīdrihs Canders) was a Baltic-German pioneer of rocketry and spaceflight in Russia. He designed the first liquid-fueled rocket launched in the Soviet Union.Discovered 29 July 2008 by Cernis, K., Eglitis, I., Baldone
(649964) Friedrichvolck
Friedrich W. Volck (b. 1954) is a German physics, astronomy and mathematics teacher. His courses and his service as vice-principal at the Spessart-Gymnasium Alzenau, as well as his public talks on a wide range of scientific topics, have been an inspiration for generations of learners.Discovered 29 October 2011 by ESA OGS, ESA OGS