Josef Hopmann

Josef Hopmann (December 22, 1890–October 11, 1975) was a German astronomer.

He was born in Berlin and received his education at universities in Bonn and Berlin, then became an assistant at Bonn Observatory in 1914. In 1930 he became a full professor and was appointed director of the Leipzig Observatory. Between 1918 and 1974 he published nearly 100 scientific papers. In 1931-32, he and Heribert Schneller discovered that Zeta Aurigae is an eclipsing binary.

The asteroid 1985 Hopman is named after him, as is Hopmann crater on the far side of the Moon.

References

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first=Lutz D. | last=Schmadel | year=2003
title=Dictionary of minor planet names
pages=160 | publisher=Springer
isbn=3540002383
*cite web
last=Duerbeck | first=Hilmar W. | date=2000-05-29
url=http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/obit/obit_h.html
title=Obituary Notes of Astronomers
publisher=Argelander-Institut für Astronomie
accessdate=2008-08-08
*cite journal
last=d'Occhieppo | first=K. Ferrari
title=Nachruf: Josef Hopmann
journal=Mitteilungen der Astronomischen Gesellschaft
year=1976 | volume=40 | pages=7–9 | language=German
url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976MitAG..40....7.
accessdate=2008-08-08
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first=Rudolf | last=Kippenhahn
coauthors=Steinberg, Jean
title=100 Billion Suns | year=1993
pages=16–17 | publisher=Princeton University Press
isbn=0691087814