Asteroids named after people called Gerhard
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Named in memory of academician Gerhard Friedrich Müller (Miller, according to traditional spelling in Russian; 1705–1783), first rector of St. Petersburg University and editor of the first Russian academic journal. He is considered the father of St. Petersburg's historical school, and his works were the foundation for research on the history, ethnography, archaeology and geography of Russia and Siberia.Discovered 9 September 1977 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Named in honor of Gerhard Lehmann (b. 1960), an amateur astronomer who with Jens Kandler measured some 70 precise positions of minor planets and comets from photographic plates obtained at Drebach. Among the 1500 positions he has derived after switching to CCD equipment in 1994 are some for the 1998 opposition of this object. The Drebach positions have made more than 30 Tautenburg objects appropriate for numbering. A teacher of physics and astronomy, Lehmann is also a popularizer of astronomy and since 1997 the head of the minor planets section of the Vereinigung der Sternfreunde.Discovered 9 April 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks (1889-1981) was master of the potter's shop in Dornburg, a teacher at the Bauhaus in Weimar and until 1933 director of the Arts and Crafts School in Halle-Giebichenstein. Until 1945 his representations of animals, figurines, drawings and woodcuts were regarded as degenerate.Discovered 9 April 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772-1820) and his son Wilhelm (1802-1867) were prominent German painters. The former portrayed Goethe and Schiller. The latter wrote the famous memoirs Jugenderinnerungen eines alten Mannes , a witty report on the civil and courtly life of the early nineteenth century.Discovered 3 April 1994 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Gerhard Schwehm (b. 1949) is head of the Planetary Missions Division of ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, and Project Scientist for the Rosetta Mission. He has worked mainly on the dynamical and physical properties of interplanetary dust particles. The name was suggested by H. Scholl.Discovered 27 August 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
Gerhard Kminek (b. 1968) is an Austrian astronomer who has served in a leadership position of the COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection for 15 years. He is currently Chair of the COSPAR Scientific Sub-Commission B4 on Terrestrial Planets. Gerhard is the recipient of the 2024 COSPAR Distinguished Service Medal.Discovered 15 September 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
Gerhard Iser (b. 1962) was heavily involved with observations of minor planets at the Starkenburg Observatory during 1978-1982 and at that time was the mentor of Erwin Schwab, Jr., one of the discoverers of this minor planet. Iser is also an excellent photographer and performer on the harmonica.Discovered 13 October 1999 by Heppenheim, Heppenheim
Gerhard Dangl (b. 1959) is an amateur astronomer and teacher of electronics who lives with his wife Doris in Waldviertel, northern Austria. His main astronomical activity is the recording of asteroidal and lunar occultations with GPS-time-inserted video. He provides information about this technique to other astronomers.Discovered 4 January 2000 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
Gerhard Buchholz (b. 1950) provides medical care as a specialist in internal medicine for his patients, including the discoverer, in the southern German city of Nagold.Discovered 10 March 2007 by R. Apitzsch, Wildberg
Gerhard M. Sessler (b. 1931) is professor of Electroacoustics at Technischen Universität Darmstadt. He invented the silicone microphone and, together with James West, the electret microphone used in most telephones. He also has a strong interest in astronomy.Discovered 22 February 2009 by F. Hormuth, Calar Alto
Gerhard Drolshagen (b. 1953) is co-manager of the Near-Earth Object program of the European Space Agency. He was a driving force in the establishment of this program from the initial planning in 2008 to the development of operational service.Discovered 21 September 2009 by OAM, La Sagra
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