Franz Kaiser
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August 26, 1911 |
| 720 Bohlinia 720 Bohlinia 720 Bohlinia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.720 Bohlinia was discovered by Franz Kaiser, a German astronomer in 1911. It is named for Karl Petrus Theodor Bohlin, Swedish astronomer to mark his 65th birthday.... |
October 18, 1911 |
| 721 Tabora 721 Tabora 721 Tabora is a planetoid orbiting the Sun.Tabora was named at a conference in Hamburg, Germany in 1913. The name was chosen because the conference was held aboard the passenger cargo liner of the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie.-External links:*... |
October 18, 1911 |
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January 7, 1913 |
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February 23, 1913 |
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February 25, 1913 |
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March 1, 1913 |
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March 1, 1913 |
| 759 Vinifera 759 Vinifera -External links:*... |
August 26, 1913 |
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August 28, 1913 |
| 761 Brendelia 761 Brendelia -External links:*... |
September 8, 1913 |
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September 25, 1913 |
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September 26, 1913 |
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September 26, 1913 |
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September 29, 1913 |
| 773 Irmintraud 773 Irmintraud 773 Irmintraud is a minor planet that orbits the Sun between the planets Mars and Jupiter. Discovered by German astronomer Franz Kaiser at Heidelberg, Germany, on December 22, 1913, the planetoid was named for Irmtraud, an old German woman's name that appears frequently in old songs and sagas. This... |
December 22, 1913 |
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January 24, 1914 |
| 778 Theobalda 778 Theobalda 778 Theobalda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, in the main asteroid belt. It was discovered by Franz Kaiser on 25 January 1914.- External links :*... |
January 25, 1914 |
| 786 Bredichina 786 Bredichina -External links:*... |
April 20, 1914 |
| 788 Hohensteina 788 Hohensteina 788 Hohensteina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 4, 1914, by Franz Kaiser at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. Named for castle Hohenstein located in the Taunus mountains.- References :... |
April 28, 1914 |
| 1265 Schweikarda 1265 Schweikarda 1265 Schweikarda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1911 by F. Kaiser at Heidelberg.- External links :*... |
October 18, 1911 |
Franz Kaiser (1891–1962) was a German astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
.
He worked at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is an historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany...
from 1911 to 1914 while working on his Ph.D. there, which he obtained in 1915. During this time Heidelberg was a center of asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovery, and Kaiser discovered a number of asteroids during his time there.
The asteroid 3183 Franzkaiser
3183 Franzkaiser
3183 Franzkaiser is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 2, 1949 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
is named after him.