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.
Between 1940 and 1948 he married his colleague, astronomer Odette Bancilhon.
Schmitt's publications are all signed A. Schmitt, following the practice of his profession at that time.
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.