August Kopff

August Kopff ( born February 5, 1882 in Heidelberg, † April 25, 1960 in Heidelberg ) was a German astronomer and discoverer of many known asteroids ( minor planets ).

Life

From 1924 to 1954 he was the 18th Director of the Astronomical rake Institute ( ARI), first in Berlin and later in Heidelberg.

Kopff in 1906, then discovered still director of the observatory in Heidelberg, Kopff'schen comet, also known by a rendezvous of the Galileo spacecraft, as well as in the period 1905-1909 still 66 asteroids, and he is co-discoverer of two other asteroids.

According to him, the moon crater Kopff was named.

Discoveries

The asteroid discovered by him include:

( 579 ) Sidonia
( 582 ) Olympia
( 584 ) Semiramis
(585) Bilkis
( 589 ) Croatia
(591) Irmgard
( 593) Titania
( 595 ) Polyxena
( 596) Scheila
(606 ) Brangäne
(607) Jenny
(608 ) Adolfine
(612 ) Veronika
(613) Ginevra
(614) Pia
(615) Roswitha
(616) Elly
( 617) Patroclus
( 619) Triberga
(621 ) Werdandi
( 624) Hektor
(625 ) Xenia
( 626) Notburgastraße
( 627 ) Charis
( 628) Christine
( 634) Ute
( 667) Denise
( 677 ) Aaltje

Astronomical Calculation Institute (University of Heidelberg) 22P/Kopff Galileo (spacecraft) Lunar craters Kopff (crater) (677) Aaltje Neue Deutsche Biographie Astrophysics Data System Name Authority File

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