Hans Scholl (astronomer)

Hans Scholl (b. 1942) is a German astronomer, who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg, Germany, and at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France.[1] In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered three moons of Uranus: Prospero, Setebos and Stephano.[2] He has also co-discoverered 55 minor planets together with Italian astronomer Andrea Boattini at ESO's La Silla Observatory site in northern Chile during 2003–2005.[3]

Scholl is known for his theoretical work on the orbits of minor planets. He has studied the orbital resonance of outer main-belt asteroids, as well as the orbits of 2062 Aten, a near-Earth object, and 2060 Chiron, a centaur and comet. His broad range of minor planet research included problems from mass determination to asteroid missions and from libration to depletion. He was honored by the outer main-belt asteroid 2959 Scholl, discovered by English–American astronomer Edward Bowell in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2959) Scholl. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 243–244. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved March 2016.
  2. ↑ Gladman, B.; Kavelaars, JJ; Holman, M.; Petit, J.-M.; Scholl, H.; Nicholson, P.; et al. (September 2000). "The Discovery of Uranus XIX, XX, and XXI". Icarus 147 (1): 320–324. Bibcode:2000Icar..147..320G. doi:10.1006/icar.2000.6463. Retrieved March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 24 February 2016. Retrieved March 2016.

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