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Arno Arthur Wachmann

1902 - 1990

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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. 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. He also discovered supernova SN 1938B. The inner main-belt asteroid 1704 Wachmann was named in his honor (M.P.C. 3933). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arno Arthur Wachmann is the 495th most popular astronomer (down from 480th in 2019), the 4,734th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,908th in 2019) and the 74th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Arno Arthur Wachmann ranks 495 out of 644. Before him are Pelageya Shajn, Cleveland Abbe, Kaoru Ikeya, Guillermo Haro, Wilhelm Anderson, and Luciano Tesi. After him are Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Forest Ray Moulton, Margaret Harwood, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Charles Piazzi Smyth, and Charlotte Moore Sitterly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Arno Arthur Wachmann ranks 254. Before him are Ernő Goldfinger, Leopold Lindtberg, Bobby Jones, Sigizmund Levanevsky, Laurent Grimmonprez, and Will Geer. After him are Charles Lang, Francisco Martínez Soria, Théodore Monod, Julian Steward, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and Nikolaus Pevsner. Among people deceased in 1990, Arno Arthur Wachmann ranks 227. Before him are Léopold Anoul, Turan Dursun, Adri van Male, Karl Aage Hansen, Cazuza, and Max Bense. After him are Giorgio Scarlatti, Ann Bishop, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Max Bulla, and Concha Piquer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arno Arthur Wachmann ranks 4,737 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerd Wessig (1959), Christoph Gudermann (1798), Klaus Köste (1943), Ludwig von Falkenhausen (1844), Klaus Badelt (1967), and Peter Brötzmann (1941). After him are Jürgen Heinsch (1940), Rudi Hoffmann (1935), Otto Gebühr (1877), Friedrich Ludwig Persius (1803), Raimond Aumann (1963), and Frank Forberger (1943).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Arno Arthur Wachmann ranks 74. Before him are Hans-Emil Schuster (1934), Ernst Hartwig (1851), Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (1788), Richard Schorr (1867), Otto Heckmann (1901), and Lutz D. Schmadel (1942). After him are Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912), Alfred Bohrmann (1904), Eva Grebel (1966), and Anna Frebel (1980).

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