Lipót Schulhof (or, as written in Hungarian

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, Schulhof Lipót) was a Hungarian

Hungary

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 astronomer

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 (from what was at the time Austria-Hungary

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). He was more commonly known as Leopold Schulhof (or Schulhoff), since German

German language

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 was the dominant language of Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

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 at the time.

He studied comet

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s and asteroid

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s. He worked in Vienna

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 and Paris

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 (where he was known as Léopold Schulhof). He provided a prediction for the 1893 return of Comet 15P/Finlay

15P/Finlay

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, and was awarded the Lalande Prize

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 of the French Academy of Sciences

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 in that same year.

Asteroid

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s discovered: 1

147 Protogeneia 147 Protogeneia 147 Protogeneia is a large main belt asteroid with a low orbital eccentricity and inclination. It has a dark surface and probably a primitive composition of carbonaceous material....

July 10, 1875