Asteroids named after people called Wolfgang
👶 Wolfgang as a baby name🐶 Wolfgang as a dog name
(6659) Pietsch
Wolfgang Pietsch (b. 1948), at the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, started his career in the Astronomisches Institut Tübingen/MPE hard-x-ray group, building and analyzing balloon and space-based experiments that led to the detection of the cyclotron line in Her X-1 and hard x-ray emission from SN 1987A.Discovered 24 December 1992 by T. Urata, Oohira
(7686) Wolfernst
Named in honor of Wolfgang Ernst (b. 1947), amateur astronomer who initiated the astrometric program at the Starkenburg Observatory in Heppenheim. Since 1995, the major part of his work has consisted of making follow-up observations of objects discovered in the course of the 1990-1993 KSO-ARI minor planet surveys at Tautenburg. Name proposed by L. D. Schmadel.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(7971) Meckbach
Named in memory of Wolfgang Meckbach (1919-1998), microwave spectroscopist who emigrated from Germany to Argentina in 1951, where he became the co-founder of the Centro Atómico Bariloche and founder of the Bariloche school of atomic collision physics. In spite of difficult times, he excelled as a teacher and researcher in atomic collision physics using ion penetration through matter. By sad coincidence, the name was proposed just as Meckbach suffered a fatal heart attack while skiing. Name proposed and citation prepared by K.-O. Groeneveld.Discovered 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(9700) Paech
Wolfgang Paech (b. 1951) is an electronic engineer on the staff of the Institute of Geodesy at the University of Hannover, where he serves as technical manager of the astronomical station. An enthusiastic amateur astronomer, Paech is a keen observer of solar phenomena and eclipses. The name was suggested by L. D. Schmadel.Discovered 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(13055) Kreppein
Wolfgang Kreppein (b. 1948) is a German physician and dermatologist. He is a well-known expert on allergic diseases.Discovered 14 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(13093) Wolfgangpauli
Austrian physicist Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), born in Vienna, was co-founder of quantum theory. He discovered the Pauli principle, which explains the level structure of atoms. He received the 1945 Nobel prize in physics.Discovered 21 September 1992 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(14994) Uppenkamp
Wolfgang Uppenkamp (b. 1953) teaches literature in English and German at the Pascal-Gymnasium in Grevenbroich, North-Rhine Westphalia. He uses innovative media to inspire his students.Discovered 28 October 1997 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(17458) Dick
German astronomer and geodesist Wolfgang R. Dick (b. 1959) works at the Frankfurt IERS Central Bureau. Editor of many books, he is known for his research in the history of astronomy. Dick serves in the corresponding commissions of the IAU and the AG. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 13 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(17488) Mantl
Wolfgang Mantl (b. 1939) is professor of jurisprudence and constitutional law at the University of Graz. Mantl is a leading expert in building bridges to the neighboring countries of southeast Europe. He is chairman of the Austrian Board of Science and a lover of astronomy. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 2 October 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(21420) Steinicke
Wolfgang Steinicke (b. 1952) is a German physicist and historian of astronomy, and a core member of the International Revised NGC/IC Project. His research focuses on the history of deep-sky observation, the Herschel family, and Dreyer’s catalogues. He has authored several monographs and numerous papers and published the latest RNGC/IC online.Discovered 21 March 1998 by W. Bickel, Bergisch Gladbach
(26661) Kempelen
Wolfgang Kempelen (1734–1804), a polymath, mechanic and inventor, constructed a speech machine in 1778 based on imitating the human vocal organs. His most famous inventions are a chess machine, a writing machine for the blind and a pressurized conduit that took water from the Danube to Bratislava Castle.Discovered 27 November 2000 by P. Kusnirak, Ondrejov
(29148) Palzer
Wolfgang Palzer, of the Astronomische Gesellschaft Urania in Wiesbaden, has observed occultations and undertaken observations and orbit computations of meteors.Discovered 10 May 1988 by W. Landgraf, La Silla
(30829) Wolfwacker
Wolfgang Wacker (b. 1944) is a German astronomer who worked at the Heidelberg Max-Planck-Institut and as a teacher. For 25 years he served as scientific head and later as manager and director of the Mannheim planetarium. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 10 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
(39540) Borchert
Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947) was one of the pioneers of German postwar literature. In poetry and prose, he described with great expression the effects of war. The life of a war repatriate is dramatically depicted in Outside of the door (1947).Discovered 11 April 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(58607) Wenzel
Wolfgang Wenzel (b. 1929), astronomer at the Sonneberg Observatory, Thuringia, was among the first to apply photoelectric photometry to variable star observation. He contributed to the discovery and typology of variable stars and carried out early analyses of γ-ray burster positions on photographic plates.Discovered 19 October 1997 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M., Klet
(202686) Birkfellner
Wolfgang Birkfellner (b. 1970) is an Austrian medical physicist and amateur astronomer. His major interest lies in design and manufacturing of catadioptric telescope systems.Discovered 9 February 2007 by R. Gierlinger, Gaisberg
(221673) Duschl
Wolfgang J. Duschl (b. 1958) is a German physicist and astronomer. He is a professor at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel and scientific director of the Schleswig-Holsteinische Universitäts-Gesellschaft. Duschl's research mainly deals with black holes.Discovered 17 February 2007 by W. Ries, Altschwendt
(234292) Wolfganghansch
Wolfgang Hansch (b. 1954) is the founder and managing director of experimenta in Heilbronn, Germany. Founded in 2007, experimenta is Germany's largest science center. Hansch is an author, editor and lecturer, and has published numerous publications on geological and popular sciences.Discovered 16 December 2000 by T. Pauwels, Uccle
(236111) Wolfgangbuttner
Wolfgang Büttner (1905–1998) was a German educator and sidewalk astronomer in Dresden. From 1938 he worked at Leipzig Observatory helping with the preparations of the Third Fundamental Catalogue (FK3). Later he was an educator at the Observatory in Radebeul.Discovered 7 September 2005 by M. Fiedler, Radebeul
(243094) Dirlewanger
Wolfgang Dirlewanger (b. 1953) leads a dental clinic in Nagold, Germany.Discovered 6 September 2007 by R. Apitzsch, Wildberg
(266286) Bodenmuller
Wolfgang Bodenmüller (b. 1951) is a German amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. He was a founding member and long-term Chairman of the Volkssternwarte Singen, which operates a public observatory and conducts public astronomical education.Discovered 21 January 2007 by W. Ries, Altschwendt
(266887) Wolfgangries
Wolfgang Ries (b. 1968) is an Austrian amateur astronomer and astro-photographer, who has discovered numerous minor planets from his private observatory.Discovered 19 November 2009 by R. Gierlinger, Gaisberg
(576373) Wolfgangbusch
Wolfgang Busch (b. 1927), formerly a high school teacher, is a German optics expert and telescope maker, specializing in the restoration of historical telescopes. In the 1970s, he developed the Halb-Apochromaten-Bausatz, an oil-spaced triplet-lens kit for amateurs. Name suggested by C. Liefke.Discovered 16 August 2012 by ESA OGS, ESA OGS