Asteroids named after people called Melchior
(162001) Vulpius
Melchior Vulpius (1570–1615), from 1596 municipal Kantor in Weimar, was a composer and teacher. He wrote some 400 hymns, including “The clear bright sun is rising now” and “Sunk is the sun's last beam of light”. Among his descendants was Christiane, the wife of Goethe. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 10 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg