Asteroids named after people called Gunter
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(6080) Lugmair
Günter Lugmair (b. 1940), director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie at Mainz, has made many contributions to the fields of meteoritic, lunar and terrestrial isotope geochemistry and solar system chronology. Among his achievements is the development of a dating method using samarium and neodymium isotopes.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(11496) Grass
Günter Grass (b. 1927), German writer, sculptor and graphic artist, is a critic of both the immediate postwar years and the present. His passionate writing received only partial recognition in Germany but great acclaim elsewhere. He won the 1999 Nobel Prize for literature.Discovered 10 January 1989 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(18653) Christagunt
Christa (b. 1938) and Günter Rothermel (b. 1938) are the parents of Jens Rothermel, one of the discoverers of this minor planet. They led him to astronomy as his hobby. They support their two children (Thomas and Jens) in an excellent way. The family lives at the “Bergstrasse”, a beautiful region in Germany.Discovered 28 March 1998 by Starkenburg, Heppenheim
(19993) Gunterseeber
Günter Seeber (b. 1941) is a famous geodesist. Professor of geodetic astronomy and satellite geodesy at the University of Hannover, Seeber is a leading GPS expert and developer of a transportable zenith camera. The name was suggested by the first discoverer on the occasion of Seeber's retirement.Discovered 10 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(24646) Stober
Gunter Stober (b. 1979) is an expert in radar measurements of meteors and the atmosphere at the Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Kuhlsborn, Germany. He is a science team leader for meteor head echo measurements using the Middle Atmosphere Alomar Radar System.Discovered 14 August 1985 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa
(30851) Reissfelder
Günter Reißfelder (b. 1946) is a German physician and well-known expert on urology and ambulant surgery. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 2 October 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(429033) Gunterwendt
Günter Wendt (1924-2010) was a German aeronautical engineer. After WWII he moved to the USA and joined the manned spaceflight program. He was pad leader during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab missions and was the person who closed the spacecraft hatch and bid farewell to launching astronauts.Discovered 13 February 2009 by F. Hormuth, Calar Alto