Asteroids named after people called Rudolf
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Named in memory of Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913), German thermal engineer, who devoted much of his time to developing an internal combustion engine that would approach the theoretical efficiency of the Carnot cycle. In 1892, this led to the invention of the so-called “Diesel engine”. In 1913 he apparently fell from the deck of a mail steamer en route to London and drowned.Discovered 18 November 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was the editor of the scientific works of Wolfgang Goethe, and this inspired him to write his well-known work Die Philosophie der Freiheit (1894). In 1912 he founded the Anthroposophical Society upon the belief that there is a spiritual perception independent of the senses.Discovered 15 September 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
The Dutch writer, freemason and editor Rudolf Charles d´Ablaing van Giessenburg (1826-1904) will always be remembered for the first complete edition (1864) of Le Testament de Jean Meslier, Curé d´Etrépigny (1727).Discovered 16 November 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
Rudolf Zahradník (b. 1928), co-founder of the Czech school of quantum chemistry, became the founding father and the first president of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic (1994-1997) and the first president of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (1993-2001).Discovered 13 March 1999 by L. Sarounova, Ondrejov
Rudolf Albert Kerkhoven (1879-1940) was a notable Dutch tea planter in Malabar, West Java, who, with his uncle Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha, greatly contributed to the establishment of the Lembang Observatory. His legacy continues to support astronomical research in Indonesia and Holland.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) was the founder of cellular pathology and a pioneer in modern anthropology and prehistoric research. He also promoted public health care. His textbook Handbuch der speziellen Pathologie und Therapie explored new paths.Discovered 2 April 1992 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Rudolf Dvorak (b. 1946) is an Austrian professor at University of Vienna. His pioneering work in computational astrodynamics laid the foundation for numerical-stability analyses of gravitational multi-body systems. Rudolf has made important contributions in the studies of near-Earth objects, Trojans, and dynamical families, and transport of water to Earth.Discovered 19 March 1993 by UESAC, La Silla
Rudolf Pressberger (b. 1942) invented an improved telescope fork mount, named the “Austria Mount”. First released in 1986, it features a right-ascension axis built inside the fork, works without ball bearings and uses friction drives. Using this design, Pressberger also built a 1.0-m Ritchey-Chrétien telescope himself.Discovered 10 August 1997 by Meyer, E., Raab, H., Linz
Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993) was a Russian-born ballet dancer, director, and choreographer. In 1961 he became the first Soviet artist to defect to the West, where he was considered by many the greatest male ballet dancer since Vaslav Nijinsky. His influence on ballet has been compared to that made on opera by the renowned Maria Callas.Discovered 11 September 1991 by H. E. Holt, Palomar
Rudolf Veltman (1951-2009) was a founding member of the Dutch Meteor Society. Because of a diving accident, he was paralyzed and wheelchair bound. Undeterred, he became leader of the DMS's visual meteor section and wrote articles about meteor showers and visual meteor observations for the society's journal Radiant.Discovered 22 December 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
Rudolf Macúch (1919-1993) was a Slovak orientalist and humanist. He studied evangelical theology at the Comenius University in Bratislava. For many years he lived in Iran, where he studied oriental languages. From 1963 to 1988 he held the chair of Semitic and Arabic studies at the Freie Universität in Berlin.Discovered 21 April 1998 by P. Kolény L. KornoÅ¡, Modra
German physicist Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) elaborated the kinetic theory of gases. He is one of the founders of the mechanical theory of heat. He formulated the second law of thermodynamics and introduced the term entropy. He is also one of the founders of statistical mechanics.Discovered 2 September 1992 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
Rudolf Walter Komm (b. 1957) has contributed substantially to the study of solar activity. His studies include tracing the movements of active regions, measuring fluctuations in solar oscillations and determining flows in granulation. Komm has also developed several innovative methods of time-series analysis.Discovered 9 January 1997 by R. A. Tucker, Goodricke-Pigott
Rudolf Pešek (1905-1989) founded the Czech school of aerodynamic engineering. An enthusiastic supporter and popularizer of spaceflight, he became an active member of the International Astronautical Federation and the International Academy of Astronautics. He invented the famous abbreviation CETI, now SETI.Discovered 15 September 1999 by Kusnirak, P., Pravec, P., Ondrejov
Gertrud (b. 1925) and Rudolf Hönig (1917-1993) are the grandparents of the discoverer. They woke and supported his interest in astronomy.Discovered 29 August 2002 by S. F. Hoenig, Palomar
Rudolf Taschner (b. 1953), professor of mathematics at the Technical University of Vienna, was named “Scientist of the year 2004” by the Österreichen Wissenschaftsjournalisten. One of Taschner's main interests is the popularization of mathematics, and to this end he founded “math.space” in 2003.Discovered 26 November 1999 by E. Meyer, Linz
Rudolf Slawitschek (1880–1945) was a Prague-based German writer and jurist. He wrote the historical novel Hans Adam Löwenmacht, the children's book Anastasius Katzenschlucker and Der blaue Herrgott (1927), which takes place in the landscape of Kleť Mountain and nearby Český Krumlov.Discovered 26 September 1997 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M., Klet
Rudolf Magyarics (b. 1960) is a friend of Stefan Kürti, who discovered and measured the early positions of this minor planet. They used to observe the Perseid meteor shower together during their high-school studies.Discovered 14 September 2002 by NEAT, Palomar
Rudolf Kárpáti (1920-1999) was a Hungarian fencer who won six gold medals in sabre at four Olympic Games between 1948 and 1960. He also won seven gold, three silver and two bronze medals at World Championships.Discovered 25 January 2006 by K. Sarneczky, Piszkesteto
Rudolf Hajossy (b. 1941) is enthusiastic physicist and senior lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava. A specialist in electronics and vacuum physics, he focused on application of praxis in physics. Hajossy influenced several generations of physicists in Slovakia. Name suggested by S. Kürti.Discovered 26 November 2002 by NEAT, Palomar
Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806-1881) was a German chemist and physicist at the Physikalischer Verein of Frankfurt am Main. Böttger discovered nitrocellulose, independently of Christian Friedrich Schönbein, and invented the safety match.Discovered 20 April 2009 by Karge, S., Kling, R., Taunus
Rudolf Zappe (b. 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1953. He specializes in astronomical optical instruments and invented a special gearbox for transforming the eccentric to the true anomaly, especially for planetarium devices.Discovered 6 February 1997 by Linz, Linz
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