Anton_Staus

Anton Staus

Anton Staus

German astronomer

Anton Staus (5 September 1872 – 21 July 1955) was a German astronomer.

Asteroids discovered: 1 [1]
335 Roberta1 September 1892

As a young man, he discovered the inner main-belt asteroid 335 Roberta at Heidelberg Observatory in 1892.[2] It was the 12th asteroid that was discovered using photography.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(335) Roberta". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (335) Roberta. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 43. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_336. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. [3]
    Kutter, A. (December 1957). "Nachruf auf Anton Staus (Obituary)". Mitteilungen der Astronomischen Gesellschaft (in German). 9: 5. Bibcode:1958MitAG...9....5K. Retrieved 6 July 2016.


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