Asteroids named after people called Theodor
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(3979) Brorsen
Named in memory of Theodor Brorsen (1819-1895), Danish astronomer, known for his discoveries of five comets and his studies of the gegenschein. After studying and working in Kiel, Heidelberg and Altona he worked at the private observatory of baron John Parish in Senftenberg (Žamberk) in eastern Bohemia from 1847 to 1870. Name suggested by J. Ticha.Discovered 8 November 1983 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(8667) Fontane
Named for Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death. He brought the German novel to worldwide importance. Descended from a Huguenot family, he worked as an apothecary, travel writer, editor, drama critic and finally as a full-time writer. Besides ballads and the multivolume Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, his novels are especially significant (e.g. Effi Briest, Der Stechlin). He chose his material mostly from Prussian history and the Berlin of his times. He combined love of tradition with open-mindedness for the new and skepticism with religious faith.Discovered 9 April 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(12182) Storm
The writer Theodor Storm (1817-1888) was a local judge in his northern German hometown Husum. He wrote impressive poems and more than 50 novels. As a representative of “poetic realism”, he described the landscapes and the people of his north Frisian coastal district.Discovered 27 October 1973 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(21029) Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), German philosopher and musicologist, was a leading figure in the Frankfurter Schule of critical theory. Writings such as Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947) show him to be one of the 20th century's foremost thinkers on aesthetics and philosophy.Discovered 7 October 1989 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(52293) Mommsen
German classical historian and epigraphist Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) revolutionized the study of Roman history and initiated the exploration of the Roman border fortifications in Germany (“limes”). A powerful writer, he won the 1902 Nobel Prize in literature.Discovered 12 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg