Alfred Schmitt

Asteroids discovered
1215 Boyer January 19, 1932
1622 Chacornac March 15, 1952
1614 Goldschmidt April 18, 1952
3156 Ellington March 15, 1953

Alfred Schmitt (1907–1973) was a French astronomer.

Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s.

He is credited with having discovered a number of asteroids.

Personal life

Between 1940 and 1948 he married his colleague, astronomer Odette Bancilhon.

Publications

Schmitt's publications are all signed A. Schmitt, following the practice of his profession at that time.

Boyer

In 1932, Schmitt discovered an asteroid while working at the Algiers Observatory and named it in honor of his colleague, Louis Boyer - asteroid 1215 Boyer.

20 years later, Boyer named 1617 Alschmitt in his honor.