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Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

1870 - 1964

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Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (25 March 1870 – 19 January 1964) was a German astronomer and a discoverer of 22 minor planets and 4 comets, who worked at AOP in Potsdam and at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg. He was co-discoverer with Arno Arthur Wachmann of the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, and with Arno Arthur Wachmann and Leslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 (Peltier–Schwassmann–Wachmann). The main-belt asteroid 989 Schwassmannia, discovered by himself in 1922, was later named in his honor (H 94). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann is the 242nd most popular astronomer (down from 162nd in 2019), the 2,550th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,897th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 242 out of 644. Before him are Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, Wilhelm Gliese, Paul Wild, Rudolf Wolf, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, and Cleomedes. After him are Josep Comas i Solà, Alfred Fowler, Benjamin Baillaud, Charles T. Kowal, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, and Margherita Hack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 79. Before him are Conrad Böcker, Amadeo Giannini, Georges Claude, Emil Orlík, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and Kitaro Nishida. After him are Enric Prat de la Riba, Ignacio Zuloaga, Dirk Jan de Geer, Thomas Byles, Erskine Childers, and Ada Negri. Among people deceased in 1964, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 75. Before him are Halide Edib Adıvar, Franz Alexander, Jean Fautrier, Wanda Wasilewska, Anna Vyrubova, and Julius Raab. After him are Samuil Marshak, Flaminio Bertoni, Hugo Koblet, Hermann Breith, Rauf Orbay, and Jean Ray.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 2,551 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Frentz (1907), Jacob Schiff (1847), Peter Schöffer (1420), Bernd Rosemeyer (1909), Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796), and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906). After him are Ludwig Müller (1883), Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), Johann Benedict Listing (1808), Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach (1703), and Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1482).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 41. Before him are Andreas Cellarius (1596), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Johannes Schöner (1477), and Johannes Fabricius (1587). After him are Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Gottfried Kirch (1639), Christine Kirch (1697), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), and Brian G. Marsden (1937).

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