Carl Gustav Witt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German astronomer
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Carl Gustav Witt
- Carl Gustav Witt (October 29, 1866 – January 3, 1946) was a German astronomer and discoverer of two asteroids who worked at the Berlin Urania Observatory, a popular observatory of the Urania astronomical association of Berlin.He wrote a doctoral thesis under the direction of Julius Bauschinger. Witt discovered two asteroids, most notably 433 Eros, the first asteroid with a male name, and the first known near-Earth object.
- His first minor planet discovery was the main-belt asteroid 422 Berolina, that bears the Latin name of his adoptive city.The minor planet 2732 Witt – an A-type asteroid from the main-belt, discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in 1926 – was named in his memory by American astronomer and MPC's longtime director, Brian G.
- Marsden.
- Naming citation was published on 22 September 1983 (M.P.C.
- 8153).
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