Asteroids named after people called Hermann
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(7074) Muckea
Hermann Mucke (b. 1935), director of the Urania Sternwarte and planetarium in Vienna, is well known for his work in ephemeris astronomy and the theory of astronomical phenomena. He has contributed much to the astronomical education of schoolchildren and adults. The name was suggested by V. K. Abalakin.Discovered 10 September 1977 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(8010) Bohnhardt
Named in honor of Hermann Böhnhardt (b. 1955), astronomer at the European Southern Observatory, known for his observational and theoretical studies of comets. He took a particular interest in (7968) Elst-Pizarro, a Themis-family minor planet that also appeared in the guise of comet 133P/1996 N2. In addition to the main, sunward tail temporarily exhibited by this strange object, Böhnhardt detected a faint anti-sunward tail, which he had predicted by means of Finson-Probstein modeling.Discovered 3 April 1989 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(8818) Hermannbondi
British cosmologist Hermann Bondi (1919–2005), known for work on the steady-state theory of the universe, had an impressive career that encompassed mathematics, radar technology, energy, defense, ecology and humanism. As director general of the European Space Research Organization he was a leader in space research.Discovered 5 September 1985 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(10737) Bruck
Hermann Alexander Brück (1905-2000) was a German astronomer specializing in spectroscopy, who made significant contributions to teaching and research at Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and Dunsink Observatory. From 1957-1975 he was the Astronomer Royal for Scotland.Discovered 25 February 1988 by R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring
(11573) Helmholtz
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894), a German doctor, physiologist and physicist, was one of the most famous naturalists of the nineteenth century. In 1847 he extended Robert Mayer's law of energy conservation to all known natural phenomena.Discovered 20 September 1993 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(11762) Vogel
Hermann Carl Vogel (1841-1907) was a German astronomer and spectroscopist. He invented an early scheme to classify stellar spectra and confirmed the sun's rotation. He directed the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory from 1882 to 1907.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(12493) Minkowski
Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909) was awarded a prestigious prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences while still a student. He was Einstein's teacher at Zurich and later developed the concept of four-dimensional space-time---the mathematical foundation of the special theory of relativity.Discovered 4 August 1997 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(15406) Bleibtreu
Hermann Karl Bleibtreu (b. 1933), professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Arizona, as dean of the college of liberal arts supported formation in 1972-1973 of the department of planetary sciences as the teaching organization associated with the university's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.Discovered 23 November 1997 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(23889) Hermanngrassmann
Hermann Günther Grassmann (1809-1877) was a German scholar with wide interests, including Sanskrit, phonetics and theology. He was also a very inventive mathematician. His researches in noncommutative algebraic systems foreshadowed the development of the vector calculus and n-dimensional spaces.Discovered 26 September 1998 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(24748) Nernst
German Walther Hermann Nernst (1864-1941) is one of the founders of physical chemistry. He discovered the thermomagnetic and galvanomagnetic effects, developed a theory of electrical nerve stimulation and specified the third law of thermodynamics. He received the 1920 Nobel Prize for chemistry.Discovered 26 September 1992 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
(32267) Hermannweyl
Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) was a German-American pure and applied mathematician. His work, from the study of the Riemann surface to the application of group theory to quantum mechanics, shows his ability to find connections between previously unrelated subjects.Discovered 1 August 2000 by P. G. Comba, Prescott