Asteroids named after people called Oswald
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(8316) Wolkenstein
Named for Oswald von Wolkenstein (?1377-1445), one of the last minstrels. We know much about his life and times from his own songs, which have been preserved. At the age of ten he became shield-bearer for a knight and traveled throughout the world as a groom, cook and singer, eventually returning to his home castle of Wolkenstein in the Grödner valley in Tirol. He was also ambassador to the emperor Sigismund and traveled to England and the Iberian peninsula in his name. Especially interesting are his financial documents, which have all been saved and show the difficult position of knights around 1400.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(29427) Oswaldthomas
Oswald Thomas (1882-1963), founder of the Astronomical Bureau in Vienna, and of the Astronomischer Verein, well known for his work on meteors and for popularizing astronomy. He proposed the establishment of the “Sterngarten”, now known as the Vienna Open Air Planetarium.Discovered 7 March 1997 by E. Meyer, Linz
(31665) Veblen
Oswald Veblen (1880-1960) was a professor at Princeton and later at the Institute for Advanced Study. Known for the clarity of his exposition, he made important contributions to topology, projective geometry and differential geometry, and he was a mentor to generations of mathematicians.Discovered 10 May 1999 by P. G. Comba, Prescott