Arno Arthur Wachmann

Asteroids discovered: 3
1465 Autonoma March 20, 1938
1501 Baade October 20, 1938
1586 Thiele February 13, 1939

Arthur Arno Wachmann (March 8, 1902 – July 24, 1990) was a German astronomer.[1]

With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann.

References

  1. ↑ Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas; Bracher, Katherine; Jarrell, Richard; Marché, Jordan D.; Ragep, F. Jamil, eds. (2007), "Arthur Arno Wachmann", Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Springer reference (Springer): 1188, ISBN 0387310223.