Alfred Bohrmann was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 astronomer

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He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1927 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory, near Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

) at the University of Heidelberg.

At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid

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 discovery by Max Wolf

Max Wolf

Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography...

 and Karl Reinmuth and others, and during his time there Bohrmann discovered a number of asteroids.

Bohrmann worked at the observatory from 1924 to 1958. He left the observatory after a dispute with the higher authority. The asteroid 1635 Bohrmann

1635 Bohrmann

1635 Bohrmann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1924 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...

 is named after him.

Asteroid

Asteroid

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s discovered: 9

1455 Mitchella 1455 Mitchella 1455 Mitchella is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 5, 1937 by A. Bohrmann at Heidelberg University.- External links :*...	June 5, 1937
1470 Carla 1470 Carla 1470 Carla is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.9690103 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.0615087 and an orbital period of 2053.4792155 days .Cabrera has an average orbital speed of 16.74931441 km/s and an inclination of 3.22107°....	September 17, 1938
1531 Hartmut 1531 Hartmut 1531 Hartmut is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1938 by Alfred Bohrmann at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	September 17, 1938
1733 Silke 1733 Silke 1733 Silke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1938 by A. Bohrmann at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	February 19, 1938
1998 Titius 1998 Titius 1998 Titius is an asteroid. It is named after the German astronomer Johann Daniel Titius, best known for formulating the Titius-Bode law along with Johann Elert Bode....	February 24, 1938
2016 Heinemann 2016 Heinemann 2016 Heinemann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 18, 1938 by Bohrmann, A. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	September 18, 1938
2226 Cunitza 2226 Cunitza 2226 Cunitza is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 26, 1936 by A. Bohrmann at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	August 26, 1936
2350 von Lüde 2350 von Lüde 2350 von Lüde is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1226.2195162 days . The asteroid was discovered on February 6, 1938.-References:...	February 6, 1938
2665 Schrutka 2665 Schrutka 2665 Schrutka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1938 by A. Bohrmann at Heidelberg.- External links :*...	February 24, 1938

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