Emil Ernst
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October 6, 1910 |
Emil Ernst was a German astronomer.
He did his Ph.D.
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dissertation in 1918 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory, near Heidelberg) at the University of Heidelberg
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
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At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid
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discovery under the direction of Max Wolf
Max Wolf
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. During his time there, Ernst discovered one asteroid.