Alfred Bohrmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German astronomer
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Place of Birth: Germany
About Alfred Bohrmann
- Alfred Bohrmann (February 28, 1904 – January 4, 2000) was a German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.He did his Ph.D.
- dissertation in 1927 at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, at the University of Heidelberg.
- At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid discovery by Max Wolf and Karl Reinmuth and others, and during his time there Bohrmann discovered 9 asteroids.
- Bohrmann worked there from 1924 to 1969, publishing more than 700 minor planet observations.
- He left the observatory after a dispute with the higher authority.The asteroid 1635 Bohrmann is named after him.
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