1465 Autonoma | 20 March 1938 | MPC |
1501 Baade | 20 October 1938 | MPC |
1586 Thiele | 13 February 1939 | MPC |
Arno Arthur Wachmann (8 March 1902 – 24 July 1990) was a German astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who worked for many years at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg. [2] [3]
With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 3 asteroids during 1938–1939. [1]
The inner main-belt asteroid 1704 Wachmann was named in his honor ( M.P.C. 3933). [3]