Asteroids named after people called Moritz
👶 Moritz as a baby name🐶 Moritz as a dog name
(7103) Wichmann
Moritz Ludwig Georg Wichmann (1821-1859) was an ardent observer of minor planets. A student of Bessel, he observed with the famous Königsberg heliometer. In 1853 he published a determination of the parallax of Groombridge 1830. The name was suggested by L. D. Schmadel.Discovered 7 April 1953 by K. Reinmuth, Heidelberg
(343981) Oppenheim
Moritz Nathan Oppenheim (1848–1933) and Katharina (1862–1933), maiden name von Kuffner, were a German-Jewish couple who donated the 0.2-m refractor to the Physikalischer Verein for the Frankfurt Observatory in 1908. They donated a chair in physics for the foundation of the Frankfurt University. When the Nazis came to power, both committed suicide.Discovered 7 March 2010 by Karge, S., Schwab, E., Taunus