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Joseph Helffrich

Joseph Helffrich

German astronomer

Joseph Helffrich (12 January 1890 in Mannheim, Baden – 1971) was a German astronomer.

Asteroids discovered: 13 [1]
697 GalileaFebruary 14, 1910
698 ErnestinaMarch 5, 1910
699 HelaJune 5, 1910
700 AuravictrixJune 5, 1910
701 OriolaJuly 12, 1910
702 AlaudaJuly 16, 1910
706 HirundoOctober 9, 1910
708 RaphaelaFebruary 3, 1911
709 FringillaFebruary 3, 1911
713 LusciniaApril 18, 1911
714 UlulaMay 18, 1911
2056 NancyOctober 15, 1909
3861 LorenzMarch 30, 1910

He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1913 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory, near Heidelberg) at the University of Heidelberg .

At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid discovery under the direction of Max Wolf, and during his time there Helffrich discovered a number of asteroids.

References

  1. [1]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  • Helffrich, Joseph: Untersuchungen im Sternhaufen h Persei nach Aufnahmen mit dem Waltz-Reflektor der Heidelberger Sternwarte. Braun, Mannheim 1913, 23 S. (Heidelberg, Naturwiss.-math. Diss. v. 17. Nov. 1913)
  • Schmadel, Lutz D.: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3
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