Otto Lesser

Otto Lesser
Asteroids discovered: 1
62 Erato[1] September 14, 1860
  1. 1 with Wilhelm Julius Förster

Otto Leberecht Lesser (1830 – 1887) was a German astronomer who co-discovered asteroid 62 Erato with Wilhelm Julius Foerster on September 14, 1860 in Berlin. This was the first co-discovery on record.