Asteroids named after people called Wilhelm
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(6771) Foerster
Named in honor of Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832-1921), director of the Berlin Observatory for nearly 40 years. He made measurements of star positions and in 1860 was a codiscoverer of (62) Erato. He was a strong campaigner for the organized rapid and reliable telegraphic dissemination of urgent astronomical news and arranged for the establishment of the Astronomische Zentralstelle in Kiel. In 1889 he founded the Berlin “Urania”, the first large public observatory, equipped with a 0.30-m refractor. This minor planet is being named on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the “Wilhelm-Foerster-Sternwarte e.V.”. Citation prepared in part by W. Tost.Discovered 9 March 1986 by C.-I. Lagerkvist, Siding Spring
(10780) Apollinaire
French poet Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki (1880-1918), the son of a Polish emigrée, took poetry into unexplored channels. Inspired by an unhappy love-affair, he wrote his Chanson du mal-aimé. His poetic masterpiece Alcools (1913) utilizes unusual verbal associations and daring typographical arrangements.Discovered 2 August 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(11040) Wundt
German physiologist Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) is acknowledged as the founder of experimental psychology. In one of the most important works in the history of psychology Grundzäuge der physiologischen Psychologie (1873-1874), Wundt stressed the use of experimental methods in psychology.Discovered 3 September 1989 by E. W. Elst, Haute Provence
(11844) Ostwald
Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) was a Baltic-German chemist who established the discipline of physical chemistry. In 1887 he founded the Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. Well known for his dilution law of electrolytes, he was awarded the Nobel prize in 1909 for his work on catalysis.Discovered 22 August 1987 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12398) Pickhardt
Wilhelm Pickhardt (b. 1923) studied geology at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. He conducted research at the Mining Research Institute for Bituminous Coal and held an adjunct professorship at the Technical University of Berlin.Discovered 25 May 1995 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(14366) Wilhelmraabe
The Lower-Saxon novelist and poet Wilhelm Raabe (Jacob Corvinus, 1831-1910) is a great representative of German poetic realism. Descriptively and precisely, he depicts the repressed and deformed characters of society, with both idyllic and grotesque imagery.Discovered 8 September 1988 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(16522) Tell
Wilhelm Tell, legendary hero of the well-known Swiss saga, distinguished himself in the fight for independence of the Inner Swiss against the Habsburg landvogt Gessler in the fourteenth century. Variously, this myth was treated in literature, e.g., by Schiller in 1804. It still influences the Swiss national consciousness.Discovered 15 January 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(17637) Blaschke
Wilhelm Johann Eugen Blaschke (1885-1962) was instrumental in establishing the University of Hamburg as an important center of mathematical research. His own research centered on differential and integral geometry and kinematics, and he laid the foundations of topological differential geometry.Discovered 11 August 1996 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(17821) Bolsche
Wilhelm Bölsche (1861-1939) was a naturalist, poet and writer. With his book Das Liebesleben in der Natur, he is considered the father of modern popular-science books in Germany. Bölsche, a protagonist of Darwinism, wrote popular biographies on Darwin and Haeckel.Discovered 31 March 1998 by Knofel, A., Kandler, J., Drebach
(27719) Fast
Wilhelm Fast (1936-2005), a mathematician from Tomsk University, directed a project to measure the azimuths of the fallen trees due to the impact of the Tunguska body. From these data theoretical models of the impact were developed. The name also honors his daughter Annie (b. 1978), who assisted in subsequent projects.Discovered 26 September 1989 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(42492) Bruggenthies
Wilhelm Brüggentihies (b. 1920), a former civil engineer, has been compiling biographies of thousands of astronomers for many years. This collection served as the basis for the Biographical Index of Astronomy. Name proposed by W. R. Dick and L. D. Schmadel.Discovered 3 October 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(55759) Erdmannsdorff
Architect Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff (1736-1800) is a great representative of the German early Classical style. He built the Wörlitz and Dessau castles of the principality of Anhalt. He also participated in the interior design of Prussian residences in Berlin and Potsdam (Sanssouci).Discovered 10 December 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(89455) Metzendorf
Wilhelm Metzendorf (1911–1988) was mayor of the district town of Heppenheim in Germany from 1954 to 1973 and was instrumental in the construction of the Starkenburg Observatory.Discovered 8 December 2001 by Starkenburg, Heppenheim
(210174) Vossenkuhl
Wilhelm Vossenkuhl (b. 1945) is one of the leading contemporary German philosophers. His dialogues with Harald Lesch, where philosophy meets astronomy, are legendary and well received by general audiences.Discovered 16 October 2006 by R. Apitzsch, Wildberg
(275225) Kotarbinski
Wilhelm Kotarbinski (1848–1921) was a Polish painter, most of whose paintings were devoted to historical, mythological and religious themes. Wilhelm spent most of his life in Kyiv, where he was one of those who painted the Vladimir Cathedral.Discovered 20 November 2009 by Andrushivka, Andrushivka
(312861) Wolfslehner
Wilhelm Wolfslehner (b. 1961) is an Austrian technology enthusiast and collector dedicated to preserving historical film equipment, jukeboxes and other technical artifacts through a private museum project.Discovered 8 January 2008 by R. Gierlinger, Gaisberg
(859641) Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost (1868–1953), who wrote under the pseudonym Vydūnas, was a prominent Lithuanian writer, philosopher, educator. He promoted spiritual growth, morality, and national consciousness through his works. Storost wrote many books and essays that influenced Lithuanian culture, and he was one of the leaders of the theosophical movement in East Prussia.Discovered 29 August 2013 by I. Eglitis K. Äernis, Baldone