Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (25 March 1870 – 19 January 1964) was a German astronomer and a discoverer of 22 minor planets and 4 comets, who worked at AOP in Potsdam and at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.

He was co-discoverer with Arno Arthur Wachmann of the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, and with Arno Arthur Wachmann and Leslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 (Peltier–Schwassmann–Wachmann). The main-belt asteroid 989 Schwassmannia, discovered by himself in 1922, was later named in his honor ().

List of discovered minor planets

• 435 Ella - 11 September 1898
• 436 Patricia - 13 September 1898
• 442 Eichsfeldia - 15 February 1899
• 443 Photographica - 17 February 1899
• 446 Aeternitas - 27 October 1899
• 447 Valentine - 27 October 1899
• 448 Natalie - 27 October 1899
• 449 Hamburga - 31 October 1899
• 450 Brigitta - 10 October 1899
• 454 Mathesis - 28 March 1900
• 455 Bruchsalia - 22 May 1900
• 456 Abnoba - 4 June 1900
• 457 Alleghenia - 15 September 1900
• 458 Hercynia - 21 September 1900
• 905 Universitas - 30 October 1918
• 906 Repsolda - 30 October 1918
• 912 Maritima - 27 April 1919
• 947 Monterosa - 8 February 1921
• 989 Schwassmannia - 18 November 1922
• 1192 Prisma - 17 March 1931
• 1303 Luthera - 16 March 1928
• 1310 Villigera - 28 February 1932

Co-discovery made with Max F. Wolf

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