Asteroids named after people called Werner
馃懚 Werner as a baby name
Werner Pfau (b. 1936), director of the Jena University Observatory from 1990 to 2000 and a former chairman of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, is a well-known German expert on the physics of the interstellar medium and a promoter of the education of teachers of astronomy. The citation was provided by H. Zimmermann.Discovered 28 December 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-1976) was co-founder of quantum theory, formulated the uncertainty principle, worked in nuclear physics and cosmic radiation and tried to define a unified field theory. He also explained sociopolitical problems in popular publications. He received the Nobel prize for physics in 1932.Discovered 4 March 1995 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Werner Bonk (b. 1923) is a German engineer and amateur astronomer who has measured several hundred positions of minor planets. He introduced the discoverer to astrometry and provided him with assistance and encouragement for many years.Discovered 24 May 1997 by N. Ehring, Bornheim
German inventor Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) played an important role in the development of telegraphy. He invented the dynamo and built the world's first electric train and streetcar. He was the founder of electrotechnology and the electric power engineering.Discovered 7 October 1991 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
Werner Bischoff (1902-1993), a researcher at Carl Zeiss, Jena was engaged in designing the large Hamburg and Tautenburg Schmidt telescopes. Since 1953 a professor in Ilmenau, he was co-founder of the Faculty for Precision Mechanics and Optics and educated numerous engineers.Discovered 10 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
Werner E. Celnik (b. 1953) studied astrophysics and is a longtime German amateur astronomer. He served as president of the German Vereinigung der Sternfreunde. As an astronomy writer and lecturer he always keeps the interests of beginning amateur astronomers in mind. He is also an experienced astrophotographer.Discovered 30 October 1997 by B. Koch, Solingen
Werner M. Tscharnuter (b. 1945) has made major contributions to the fields of star formation, protoplanetary disks, stellar dynamics and Saturn's rings. He also has an interest in celestial mechanics, particularly with regard to the evolution of the Koronis family, to which this minor planet probably belongs.Discovered 29 July 2002 by S. F. Hoenig, Palomar
Werner Hasubick (b. 1960) is a German amateur astronomer and an enthusiastic observer of comets. Hasubick started his astronomical work at the Buchloe Observatory in 1977 with the observation of C/1977 R1 (Kohler). He has now observed more than 1000 comets.Discovered 19 May 2009 by E. Schwab, Tzec Maun
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