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Felix Hormuth (born 1975) is a German astronomer, working at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) until 2016, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets.[2][3] During his stay at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain, he has discovered many asteroids, including a Jupiter trojan and two near-Earth objects, such as the 15-meter Amor asteroid 2009 DS36,[4] using MPIA's 1.23-meter reflector telescope.
Career
editHormuth has worked with data obtained by the Infrared Space Observatory,[5] was involved in the measurement campaign of the Very Large Telescope's GRAVITY-interferometer, and participated in the construction of optical instruments used at the NTT in La Silla, Chile.[2] As of 2016, he is a project manager at MPIA, working for the Institute's hardware contribution to ESA's space-based Euclid mission, which will accurately measure the acceleration of the universe for the study of dark energy and dark matter.[2]
The Minor Planet Center ranks him 127th for a total of 75 credited discoveries of numbered asteroid during 2003–2009.[1] Hormuth has named his discovered main-belt asteroids 241475 Martinagedeck and 342843 Davidbowie after actors and songwriter Martina Gedeck and David Bowie, respectively. He has also named 18610 Arthurdent after the character in Douglas Adams's radio play and book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.[6][7][8]
Honors and awards
editThe asteroid 10660 Felixhormuth was named in his honor by astronomers Lothar Kurtze and Lutz Schmadel. The outer main-belt asteroid, provisionally designated 4348 T-1, was discovered by Dutch and Dutch–American astronomers during the Palomar–Leiden trojan survey in 1971.[3] Based on an absolute magnitude of 13.9, it measures about 4 to 10 kilometers in diameter.[9][10]
List of discovered minor planets
edit| 189202 Calar Alto | 17 September 2003 | list |
| 196640 Mulhacén | 17 September 2003 | list |
| 202736 Julietclare | 18 May 2007 | list |
| 209083 Rioja | 17 September 2003 | list |
| 210432 Dietmarhopp | 8 December 2008 | list |
| 210433 Ullithiele | 21 December 2008 | list |
| 210444 Frithjof | 16 January 2009 | list |
| 212991 Garcíalorca | 23 February 2009 | list |
| 215044 Joãoalves | 20 February 2009 | list |
| (228124) 2008 YC7 | 23 December 2008 | list |
| 239672 SOFIA | 21 December 2008 | list |
| 241475 Martinagedeck | 25 January 2009 | list |
| 241509 Sessler | 22 February 2009 | list |
| 246759 Elviracheca | 11 February 2009 | list |
| (246810) 2009 FH73 | 23 March 2009 | list |
| 257234 Güntherkurtze | 26 February 2009 | list |
| 281764 Schwetzingen | 24 February 2009 | list |
| (283167) 2009 DN26 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (284873) 2009 DN37 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| 293934 MPIA | 8 October 2007 | list |
| (295957) 2008 YB4 | 22 December 2008 | list |
| (296208) 2009 CG5 | 13 February 2009 | list |
| (296256) 2009 DB28 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (301393) 2009 DB29 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (301405) 2009 DE37 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (301435) 2009 DE73 | 25 February 2009 | list |
| 305660 Romyhaag | 29 January 2009 | list |
| 305661 Joejackson | 29 January 2009 | list |
| (305749) 2009 DF5 | 20 February 2009 | list |
| (305763) 2009 DW30 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (305768) 2009 DU37 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| 342843 Davidbowie | 21 December 2008 | list |
| (342844) 2008 YA4 | 22 December 2008 | list |
| (342960) 2009 BP | 16 January 2009 | list |
| (343094) 2009 DT37 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (346654) 2008 YT | 19 December 2008 | list |
| (346807) 2009 CZ19 | 15 February 2009 | list |
| (346835) 2009 DH27 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (349767) 2009 BD1 | 17 January 2009 | list |
| (352881) 2008 YO3 | 21 December 2008 | list |
| (356058) 2009 DK27 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| 359103 Ottopiene | 16 January 2009 | list |
| (362128) 2009 DC29 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (362148) 2009 DS111 | 26 February 2009 | list |
| (362186) 2009 FF67 | 19 March 2009 | list |
| 365130 Birnfeld | 23 February 2009 | list |
| 365131 Hassberge | 23 February 2009 | list |
| 365159 Garching | 26 February 2009 | list |
| (375672) 2009 FS65 | 19 March 2009 | list |
| (384225) 2009 DP26 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (386528) 2009 CB5 | 12 February 2009 | list |
| (386543) 2009 DZ2 | 17 February 2009 | list |
| (389209) 2009 DR27 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (391982) 2008 YK | 18 December 2008 | list |
| (392077) 2009 DS26 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (394976) 2009 AK16 | 15 January 2009 | list |
| (395046) 2009 DZ111 | 26 February 2009 | list |
| (414427) 2009 DU29 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (414450) 2009 FJ73 | 23 March 2009 | list |
| (418924) 2009 CO39 | 14 February 2009 | list |
| (425011) 2009 DC112 | 26 February 2009 | list |
| (425023) 2009 FL22 | 19 March 2009 | list |
| 429031 Hannavonhoerner | 11 February 2009 | list |
| 429032 Sebvonhoerner | 12 February 2009 | list |
| 429033 Günterwendt | 13 February 2009 | list |
| 431397 Carolinregina | 14 April 2007 | list |
| 435950 Bad Königshofen | 21 February 2009 | list |
| (435955) 2009 DU30 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (435957) 2009 DT38 | 24 February 2009 | list |
| (445202) 2009 DG73 | 25 February 2009 | list |
| (448292) 2009 BH14 | 24 January 2009 | list |
| 456731 Uligrözinger | 8 October 2007 | list |
| (457648) 2009 CE5 | 13 February 2009 | list |
| (462562) 2009 DH28 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (468675) 2009 DB3 | 17 February 2009 | list |
| (477032) 2009 AT15 | 15 January 2009 | list |
| (477133) 2009 DY2 | 17 February 2009 | list |
| (477135) 2009 DM10 | 21 February 2009 | list |
| (490338) 2009 DV26 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (509904) 2009 DB30 | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (513477) 2009 DR26 | 22 February 2009 | list |
| (528696) 2008 YT4 | 22 December 2008 | list |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Felix Hormuth". Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ a b "10660 Felixhormuth (4348 T-1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Near-Earth asteroid discovered from Calar Alto Observatory". Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, Calar Alto Observatory. February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Hormuth, Felix; Müller, Thomas G. (January 2009). "Catalogue of ISO LWS observations of asteroids". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 497 (3): 1117–1138. arXiv:0901.4557. Bibcode:2009A&A...497..983H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/20066545. S2CID 18033251.
- ^ "241475 Martinagedeck (2009 BK14)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "342843 Davidbowie (2008 YN3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "18610 Arthurdent (1998 CC2)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Archived from the original on 2 March 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 10660 Felixhormuth (4348 T-1)" (2015-01-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
External links
edit- Douglas Adams – The more than complete The Hitchhiker's Guide, inertramblings.com, 2003
- David Bowie may be gone, but he will live on in space globalnews.ca, January 2016
- Heidelberger Astronom (er)fand den Kleinplaneten "Martinagedeck" Interview (in German) with Felix Hormuth in 2015
- Sternwarte Weinheim (Observatory code A23)