Holger Thiele

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Asteroids discovered: 4
797 Montana November 17, 1914
843 Nicolaia September 30, 1916
1847 Stobbe February 1, 1916
3229 Solnhofen August 9, 1916

Holger Thiele (September 25, 18781946) was a Danish American astronomer. He was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (after whom 1586 Thiele is named).

He discovered a few asteroids. He also discovered the comet C/1906 V1, and calculated the orbits of other comets.

He worked at Hamburg Observatory at Bergedorf. After coming to the United States, he worked at Lick Observatory.