- Lutz D. Schmadel
Lutz D. Schmadel is a German
astronomer who works at the Astronomischen Rechen-Institut (ARI) of theUniversity of Heidelberg .He is a prolific discoverer of
asteroid s.His special interest is the orbit/course of the asteroids. He has discovered numerous asteroids such as8661 Ratzinger ,10114 Greifswald and11508 Stolte .He is the author of "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names"' (see below) a reference book containing information about discovery and naming of 12.804 asteroids (March 2006).
One asteroid
2234 Schmadel , discovered in 1977, was named in his honor.Works
* "Dictionary of minor planet names (5th Edition)". Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3
* "Dictionary of minor planet names (Addendum to the 5th Edition)". Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-34360-1
* "Dictionary of minor planet names (Online Edition)". Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7External links
* [http://www.ovg.at/index.php?id=2 Asteroid 1992 RY "Sünkel" (German)]
* [http://www.tls-tautenburg.de/presse/stolte.html Article on naming a star "Stolte" (Article with picture of Schmadel and Börngen) (German)]
* [http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/mitarbeiter/Schmadel/ Homepage of Lutz Schmadel]
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