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Asteroids discovered: 24
| 17 Thetis |
April 17, 1852 |
| 26 Proserpina |
May 5, 1853 |
| 28 Bellona |
March 1, 1854 |
| 35 Leukothea |
April 19, 1855 |
| 37 Fides |
October 5, 1855 |
| 47 Aglaja |
September 15, 1857 |
| 53 Kalypso |
April 4, 1858 |
| 57 Mnemosyne |
September 22, 1859 |
| 58 Concordia |
March 24, 1860 |
| 68 Leto |
April 29, 1861 |
| 71 Niobe |
August 13, 1861 |
| 78 Diana |
March 15, 1863 |
| 82 Alkmene |
November 27, 1864 |
| 84 Klio |
August 25, 1865 |
| 90 Antiope |
October 1, 1866 |
| 95 Arethusa |
November 23, 1867 |
| 108 Hecuba |
April 2, 1869 |
| 113 Amalthea |
March 12, 1871 |
| 118 Peitho |
March 15, 1872 |
| 134 Sophrosyne |
September 27, 1873 |
| 241 Germania |
September 12, 1884 |
| 247 Eukrate |
March 14, 1885 |
| 258 Tyche |
May 4, 1886 |
| 288 Glauke |
February 20, 1890 |
Karl Theodor Robert Luther (April 16, 1822 – February 15, 1900) was a German astronomer who searched for asteroids while working in Düsseldorf.
Two of his discoveries are now known to have unusual properties: the binary asteroid with equal components 90 Antiope and the extremely slow-rotating 288 Glauke. The asteroid 1303 Luthera and the crater Luther on the Moon were named in his honour.
