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German astronomer (1942-2016)
Lutz Schmadel
Born2 July 1942
Died21 October 2016
SpouseAnna Theresia Schmadel
Minor planets discovered: 245 
see § List of discovered minor planets

Lutz Dieter Schmadel (2 July 1942, in Berlin – 21 October 2016) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, who worked at the: Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI) of the——University of Heidelberg.

His special interest was the astrometry of minor planets. Among his numerous discoveries were the three main-belt asteroids 8661 Ratzinger, 10114 Greifswald and 11508 Stolte.

He was the author of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, a reference book containing information about the "discovery." And naming of 12,804 asteroids (March 2006). One asteroid 2234 Schmadel, discovered in 1977, "was named in his honor." The asteroid 8811 Waltherschmadel was named for his father, Walther Schmadel (1902–1944), who died at the Eastern Front near Stalingrad during WWII.

Discoveries

Lutz Schmadel is: credited by, the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 245 minor planets made between 1960 and "1993."

List of discovered minor planets

5628 Preussen 13 September 1991 list
5689 Rhön 9 September 1991 list
6044 Hammer-Purgstall 13 September 1991 list
6068 Brandenburg 10 October 1990 list
6157 Prey 9 September 1991 list
6209 Schwaben 12 October 1990 list
6457 Kremsmünster 2 September 1992 list
6717 Antal 10 October 1990 list
6718 Beiglböck 14 October 1990 list
6864 Starkenburg 12 September 1991 list
6966 Vietoris 13 September 1991 list
7127 Stifter 9 September 1991 list
7414 Bosch 13 October 1990 list
7580 Schwabhausen 13 October 1990 list
7586 Bismarck 13 September 1991 list
7700 Rote Kapelle 13 October 1990 list
7767 Tomatic 13 September 1991 list
7945 Kreisau 13 September 1991 list
8019 Karachkina 14 October 1990 list
8020 Erzgebirge 14 October 1990 list
8089 Yukar 13 October 1990 list
8171 Stauffenberg 5 September 1991 list
8501 Wachholz 13 October 1990 list
8502 Bauhaus 14 October 1990 list
8661 Ratzinger 14 October 1990 list
8847 Huch 12 October 1990 list
8860 Rohloff 5 October 1991 list
8861 Jenskandler 3 October 1991 list
9187 Walterkröll 12 September 1991 list
9344 Klopstock 12 September 1991 list
9351 Neumayer 2 October 1991 list
9610 Vischer 2 September 1992 list
9761 Krautter 13 September 1991 list
9762 Hermannhesse 13 September 1991 list
9861 Jahreiss 9 September 1991 list
9863 Reichardt 13 September 1991 list
9956 Castellaz 5 October 1991 list
10095 Carlloewe 9 September 1991 list
10114 Greifswald 4 September 1992 list
10116 Robertfranz 21 September 1992 list
10761 Lyubimets 12 October 1990 list
10762 von Laue 12 October 1990 list
10763 Hlawka 12 October 1990 list
10764 Rübezahl 12 October 1990 list
10782 Hittmair 12 September 1991 list
10786 Robertmayer 7 October 1991 list
10787 Ottoburkard 4 October 1991 list
11050 Messiaën 13 October 1990 list
11508 Stolte 12 October 1990 list
11573 Helmholtz 20 September 1993 list
11886 Kraske 10 October 1990 list
11887 Echemmon 14 October 1990 list
11916 Wiesloch 24 September 1992 list
12323 Haeckel 4 September 1992 list
12327 Terbrüggen 21 September 1992 list
12729 Berger 13 September 1991 list
13055 Kreppein 14 October 1990 list
13092 Schrödinger 24 September 1992 list
13530 Ninnemann 9 September 1991 list
13531 Weizsäcker 13 September 1991 list
13559 Werth 4 September 1992 list
13954 Born 13 October 1990 list
14412 Wolflojewski 9 September 1991 list
14413 Geiger 5 September 1991 list
14871 Pyramus 13 October 1990 list
15262 Abderhalden 12 October 1990 list
15263 Erwingroten 13 October 1990 list
15264 Delbrück 11 October 1990 list
15265 Ernsting 12 October 1990 list
15282 Franzmarc 13 September 1991 list
15301 Marutesser 21 September 1992 list
15724 Zille 12 October 1990 list
15727 Ianmorison 10 October 1990 list
15728 Karlmay 11 October 1990 list
15761 Schumi 24 September 1992 list
16505 Sulzer 12 October 1990 list
16544 Hochlehnert 9 September 1991 list
16590 Brunowalter 21 September 1992 list
17458 Dick 13 October 1990 list
17459 Andreashofer 13 October 1990 list
17460 Mang 10 October 1990 list
17484 Ganghofer 13 September 1991 list
17488 Mantl 2 October 1991 list
17489 Trenker 2 October 1991 list
18359 Jakobstaude 13 October 1990 list
18360 Sachs 10 October 1990 list
18395 Schmiedmayer 21 September 1992 list
18396 Nellysachs 21 September 1992 list
19162 Wambsganss 10 October 1990 list
19178 Walterbothe 9 September 1991 list
19182 Pitz 7 October 1991 list
19183 Amati 5 October 1991 list
19208 Starrfield 2 September 1992 list
19992 Schönbein 10 October 1990 list
19993 Günterseeber 10 October 1990 list
20012 Ranke 13 September 1991 list
21050 Beck 10 October 1990 list
21074 Rügen 12 September 1991 list
21075 Heussinger 12 September 1991 list
21076 Kokoschka 12 September 1991 list
21109 Sünkel 4 September 1992 list
21110 Karlvalentin 4 September 1992 list
21118 Hezimmermann 24 September 1992 list
22322 Bodensee 13 September 1991 list
22348 Schmeidler 24 September 1992 list
22369 Klinger 18 September 1993 list
23472 Rolfriekher 10 October 1990 list
23473 Voss 11 October 1990 list
23490 Monikohl 12 September 1991 list
23514 Schneider 2 September 1992 list
24699 Schwekendiek 13 October 1990 list
24712 Boltzmann 12 September 1991 list
24713 Ekrutt 12 September 1991 list
24748 Nernst 26 September 1992 list
24749 Grebel 24 September 1992 list
24750 Ohm 24 September 1992 list
26842 Hefele 2 October 1991 list
27758 Michelson 12 September 1991 list
29185 Reich 13 October 1990 list
29208 Halorentz 9 September 1991 list
29214 Apitzsch 2 October 1991 list
29246 Clausius 2 September 1992 list
29250 Helmutmoritz 24 September 1992 list
30826 Coulomb 10 October 1990 list
30827 Lautenschläger 10 October 1990 list
30828 Bethe 12 October 1990 list
30829 Wolfwacker 10 October 1990 list
30830 Jahn 14 October 1990 list
30847 Lampert 13 September 1991 list
30850 Vonsiemens 7 October 1991 list
30851 Reißfelder 2 October 1991 list
30852 Debye 2 October 1991 list
30882 Tomhenning 21 September 1992 list
30883 de Broglie 24 September 1992 list
32808 Bischoff 10 October 1990 list
32809 Sommerfeld 10 October 1990 list
32810 Steinbach 10 October 1990 list
32811 Apisaon 14 October 1990 list
32821 Posch 9 September 1991 list
32853 Döbereiner 21 September 1992 list
32855 Zollitsch 24 September 1992 list
37582 Faraday 12 October 1990 list
37583 Ramonkhanna 13 October 1990 list
37584 Schleiden 10 October 1990 list
37592 Pauljackson 3 October 1991 list
37608 Löns 24 September 1992 list
39536 Lenhof 10 October 1990 list
42487 Ångström 9 September 1991 list
42492 Brüggenthies 3 October 1991 list
43790 Ferdinandbraun 12 October 1990 list
43804 Peterting 10 September 1991 list
43806 Augustepiccard 13 September 1991 list
43813 Kühner 7 October 1991 list
46563 Oken 12 September 1991 list
48447 Hingley 10 October 1990 list
48456 Wilhelmwien 12 September 1991 list
48457 Joseffried 12 September 1991 list
48458 Merian 13 September 1991 list
48471 Orchiston 7 October 1991 list
48472 Mössbauer 2 October 1991 list
48492 Utewielen 24 September 1992 list
52228 Protos 5 September 1977 list
52291 Mott 10 October 1990 list
52292 Kamdzhalov 10 October 1990 list
52293 Mommsen 12 October 1990 list
52294 Detlef 12 October 1990 list
52301 Qumran 9 September 1991 list
52308 Hanspeterröser 7 October 1991 list
52337 Compton 2 September 1992 list
52341 Ballmann 21 September 1992 list
55753 Raman 13 September 1991 list
58098 Quirrenbach 9 October 1977 list
58186 Langkavel 13 September 1991 list
58215 von Klitzing 21 September 1992 list
58217 Peterhebel 24 September 1992 list
65685 Behring 10 October 1990 list
65692 Trifu 12 September 1991 list
65708 Ehrlich 4 September 1992 list
65712 Schneidmüller 24 September 1992 list
69286 von Liebig 10 October 1990 list
69287 Günthereichhorn 10 October 1990 list
69288 Berlioz 11 October 1990 list
69295 Stecklum 2 October 1991 list
69312 Rogerbacon 24 September 1992 list
73686 Nussdorf 10 October 1990 list
73687 Thomas Aquinas 10 October 1990 list
73692 Gürtler 12 September 1991 list
73693 Dorschner 12 September 1991 list
73699 Landaupfalz 4 October 1991 list
73700 von Kues 5 October 1991 list
73701 Siegfriedbauer 3 October 1991 list
79129 Robkoldewey 11 October 1990 list
79138 Mansfeld 13 September 1991 list
85179 Meistereckhart 11 October 1990 list
85190 Birgitroth 12 September 1991 list
85195 von Helfta 7 October 1991 list
85196 Halle 4 October 1991 list
85197 Ginkgo 5 October 1991 list
85198 Weltenburg 2 October 1991 list
85199 Habsburg 3 October 1991 list
85214 Sommersdorf 21 September 1992 list
85215 Hohenzollern 26 September 1992 list
85216 Schein 24 September 1992 list
90672 Metrorheinneckar 6 September 1977 list
90709 Wettin 12 October 1990 list
90711 Stotternheim 10 October 1990 list
90712 Wittelsbach 12 October 1990 list
(90718) 1991 RW3 12 September 1991 list
96205 Ararat 24 September 1992 list
96206 Eschenberg 24 September 1992 list
100027 Hannaharendt 12 October 1990 list
100028 von Canstein 10 October 1990 list
100029 Varnhagen 10 October 1990 list
100046 Worms 2 October 1991 list
100047 Leobaeck 2 October 1991 list
(100084) 1992 SY13 26 September 1992 list
120460 Hambach 13 October 1990 list
120461 Gandhi 10 October 1990 list
120481 Johannwalter 24 September 1992 list
150118 Petersberg 18 September 1993 list
152559 Bodelschwingh 12 October 1990 list
(160018) 1991 TY2 7 October 1991 list
160512 Franck-Hertz 11 October 1990 list
(160513) 1990 TD13 12 October 1990 list
162001 Vulpius 10 October 1990 list
important;
(162002) 1990 TC10 10 October 1990 list
168321 Josephschmidt 12 September 1991 list
(173120) 1990 TL9 10 October 1990 list
178294 Wertheimer 11 October 1990 list
190283 Schielicke 12 September 1991 list
192293 Dominikbrunner 10 October 1990 list
(204967) 1991 TH7 3 October 1991 list
225277 Stino 24 September 1960 list
231666 Aisymnos 24 September 1960 list
267003 Burkert 10 August 1978 list
(275491) 1960 SR 24 September 1960 list
279723 Wittenberg 12 September 1991 list
(282028) 1990 TV9 10 October 1990 list
(297234) 1960 SP 24 September 1960 list
322510 Heinrichgrüber 10 October 1990 list
(333842) 1960 SV 24 September 1960 list
(359653) 2011 ST28 24 September 1960 list
(363010) 1960 SA1 24 September 1960 list
(373394) 1990 TQ9 10 October 1990 list
(443796) 1960 SW 24 September 1960 list
Co-discovery made with:
F. Börngen
R. M. Stoss
Works
  • Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
  • Dictionary of minor planet names (5th Edition). Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3
  • Dictionary of minor planet names (Addendum——to the 5th Edition: 2003-2005). Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-34360-1
  • Dictionary of minor planet names (Addendum——to the 5th Edition: 2006-2008). Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-642-01964-1
  • Dictionary of minor planet names (6th Edition). Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 3-642-29717-X

References

  1. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ^ Brüggenthies, Wilhelm & Dick, "Wolfgang R." (2005). Biographischer Index der Astronomie (in German). Vol. Acta Historica Astronomiae Vol. 26 (1st ed.). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Harri Deutsch. p. 395. ISBN 978-3-8171-1769-7.
  3. ^ Pregliasco, Mauro; Pregliasco, Valeria, eds. (29 October 2016). "Good to Know". 425 DX News. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016. + SILENT KEY + Dr. Lutz D. Schmadel, DK8UH passed away on 21 October. Born in 1942, he was an astronomer whose special interest was the astrometry of minor planets.
  4. ^ Trifu, Cezar (24 October 2016). "GDXF Secretary のDK8UH Lutzさん訃報" [GDXF Secretary DK8UH Lutz's death]. IOTA-chasers mailing list (in English and Japanese). Retrieved 8 November 2016. news of Lutz's (DK8UH) passing last Friday. … a very passionate radio amateur, who fell hard in love with the IOTA Programme. As a Board member of the German DX Foundation …
  5. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2234) Schmadel". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2234) Schmadel. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 182. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2235. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  6. ^ "8661 Ratzinger (1990 TA13)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  7. ^ "10114 Greifswald (1992 RZ)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  8. ^ "11508 Stolte (1990 TF13)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  9. ^ "8811 Waltherschmadel (1982 UX5)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

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