192293 Dominikbrunner
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192293 Dominikbrunner is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Freimut Börngen
and Lutz D. Schmadel
on October 10, 1990 at Tautenburg
. 192293 Dominikbrunner is named after Dominik Florian Brunner, a Bavaria
n entrepreneur was violently killed in a suburban train station in Munich
when he tried to stop four children from being abused by two ruffians.
Freimut Börngen
Freimut Börngen is a German astronomer. A few sources give his first name wrongly as Freimuth.He has studied galaxies with the Schmidt telescope at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Germany. In 1995 he retired, but continues to work as a freelancer for the observatory...
and Lutz D. Schmadel
Lutz D. Schmadel
Lutz D. Schmadel is a German astronomer who works at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut of the University of Heidelberg.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. His special interest is the orbit/course of the asteroids...
on October 10, 1990 at Tautenburg
Tautenburg
Tautenburg, a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia in Germany, houses the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory....
. 192293 Dominikbrunner is named after Dominik Florian Brunner, a Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n entrepreneur was violently killed in a suburban train station in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
when he tried to stop four children from being abused by two ruffians.