Asteroids named after people called Heinrich
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(3635) Kreutz
Heinrich Carl Friedrich Kreutz (1854-1907), astronomer at the Kiel Observatory and from 1896 editor of the Astronomische Nachrichten, is renowned for his seminal three-part study of the family of bright sungrazing comets, now known as the Kreutz Group. The name was suggested by M. Meyer, R. Kracht and B. G. Marsden.Discovered 21 November 1981 by L. Kohoutek, Calar Alto
(4297) Eichhorn
Named in honor of Heinrich Karl Eichhorn (b. 1927), Austrian-American astronomer, educator and scholar, innovator in the astronomy of stellar positions and motions. He developed the central-overlap and other astrometric reduction methods that greatly improve their rigor, increasing the precision of stellar parallaxes and proper motions and thus also of the distance scale of the universe. Name proposed by A. R. Upgren.Discovered 19 April 1938 by W. Dieckvoss, Bergedorf
(5762) Wanke
Heinrich Wänke (b. 1928), director emeritus of the Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie at Mainz, is a premier cosmochemist who first developed the 40Argon-39Argon method of dating meteoritic and lunar materials. He also has investigated the chemical composition and accretion history of the terrestrial planets.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(7873) Boll
Named in honor of Heinrich Böll (1917-1985), outstanding German writer. In his work he described the reality of World War II and the postwar era, mostly through the fate of ordinary people. A democrat with great historical farsightedness, he defended the liberty of the mind whenever it was endangered. In 1971-1974, he was president of the International PEN club. His receipt of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1972 was the visible sign of his appreciation worldwide.Discovered 15 January 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(8053) Kleist
Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) was a prolific writer who was not known during his lifetime. He traveled throughout Europe, living in Dresden and Königsberg, where he studied the philosophy of Kant. In 1811 he committed suicide together with his girlfriend. His plays, including Das Kätchen von Heilbronn, Prinz von Homburg and the popular Der zerbrochene Krug, are highly regarded nowadays, as are his novels and short stories.Discovered 25 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(8811) Waltherschmadel
Named in memory of Heinrich Erwin Walther Schmadel (1902-1944), journalist and editor-in-chief of several German newspapers. He was killed in World War II in Russia near Stalingrad. His story is only an example of the common tragedy between Germans and Russians. There are thousands of people who never saw their fathers. Among these is Walther's son, astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel. This planet is a sign of understanding, friendship and forgiveness for us all.Discovered 20 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina, Nauchnyj
(9133) d'Arrest
Named in memory of Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822-1875), German astronomer. As an assistant astronomer at the Berlin Observatory, he, together with J. G. Galle, discovered the planet Neptune in 1846. From 1852 d'Arrest served as an astronomer at the Leipzig Observatory and was appointed professor of astronomy. In 1857 he went to Denmark as director of the Copenhagen Observatory, where he discovered (76) Freia. He detected several comets, among them a famous short-period comet, and he was a prolific observer of minor planets and nebulae.Discovered 25 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(10509) Heinrichkayser
Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser (1853-1940) was a German physicist who demonstrated the presence of helium in the earth's atmosphere. Using the spectra of a large number of elements, he discovered closely grouped spectral lines, the spacing and intensity of which vary in a regular manner.Discovered 3 April 1989 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(15273) Ruhmkorff
Heinrich D. Ruhmkorff (1803-1877) was a German researcher who invented the Ruhmkorff coil, used in many physical experiments where high voltages are needed. The coil was applied for energizing discharge tubes, notably for generating x-rays.Discovered 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(15724) Zille
Graphic artist and photographer Heinrich Zille (1858-1929) portrayed the milieu of ordinary Berliners in the streets, working-class quarters and fairgrounds. His popular pictures appeared in several magazines. His sociocritical illustrations united comedy and tragedy in a unique way. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 12 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(16761) Hertz
German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-1894) substantially advanced knowledge of electricity. His experiments demonstrated the existence and examined the nature of electromagnetic waves, thereby opening the road to some of the most important achievements of modern technology.Discovered 3 October 1996 by V. Goretti, Pianoro
(31032) Scheidemann
Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595-1663) was a leading composer for the organ and an important forerunner of Buxtehude and J. S. Bach. Scheidemann studied with Sweelinck in Amsterdam and became the organist of the Catharinenkirche in Hamburg. His Dic nobis, Maria is well known.Discovered 20 April 1996 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(215868) Rohrer
Swiss physicist Heinrich Rohrer (1933-2013) was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics, together with his colleague Gerd Binnig (and Ernst Ruska), for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.Discovered 12 March 2005 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
(322510) Heinrichgruber
Heinrich Grüber (1891-1975), German theologian in Berlin, helped numerous Jews during the Holocaust to emigrate and was recognized as a “Righteous among the Nations” by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Name proposed by the first discoverer.Discovered 10 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg