+ Minor planets discovered: 245 see Lutz Dieter Schmadel (2 July 1942 – 21 October 2016) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI) of the University of Heidelberg.

His special interest was the astrometry of minor planets. Among his numerous discoveries were the three main-belt asteroids 8661 Ratzinger, 10114 Greifswald, and 11508 Stolte.

He was the author of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, a reference book containing information about the discovery and naming of 12,804 asteroids (March 2006). One asteroid 2234 Schmadel, discovered in 1977, was named in his honor. The asteroid 8811 Waltherschmadel was named for his father, Walther Schmadel (1902–1944), who died at the Eastern Front near Stalingrad during World War 2.

Discoveries Lutz Schmadel is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 245 minor planets made between 1960 and 1993.

List of discovered minor planets 5628 Preussen 13 September 1991 5689 Rhön 9 September 1991 6044 Hammer-Purgstall 13 September 1991 6068 Brandenburg 10 October 1990 6157 Prey 9 September 1991 6209 Schwaben 12 October 1990 6457 Kremsmünster 2 September 1992 6717 Antal 10 October 1990 6718 Beiglböck 14 October 1990 6864 Starkenburg 12 September 1991 6966 Vietoris 13 September 1991 7127 Stifter 9 September 1991 7414 Bosch 13 October 1990 7580 Schwabhausen 13 October 1990 7586 Bismarck 13 September 1991 7700 Rote Kapelle 13 October 1990 7767 Tomatic 13 September 1991 7945 Kreisau 13 September 1991 8019 Karachkina 14 October 1990 8020 Erzgebirge 14 October 1990 8089 Yukar 13 October 1990 8171 Stauffenberg 5 September 1991 8501 Wachholz 13 October 1990 8502 Bauhaus 14 October 1990 8661 Ratzinger 14 October 1990 8847 Huch 12 October 1990 8860 Rohloff 5 October 1991 8861 Jenskandler 3 October 1991 9187 Walterkröll 12 September 1991 9344 Klopstock 12 September 1991 9351 Neumayer 2 October 1991 9610 Vischer 2 September 1992 9761 Krautter 13 September 1991 9762 Hermannhesse 13 September 1991 9861 Jahreiss 9 September 1991 9863 Reichardt 13 September 1991 9956 Castellaz 5 October 1991 10095 Carlloewe 9 September 1991 10114 Greifswald 4 September 1992 10116 Robertfranz 21 September 1992 10761 Lyubimets 12 October 1990 10762 von Laue 12 October 1990 10763 Hlawka 12 October 1990 10764 Rübezahl 12 October 1990 10782 Hittmair 12 September 1991 10786 Robertmayer 7 October 1991 10787 Ottoburkard 4 October 1991 11050 Messiaën 13 October 1990 11508 Stolte 12 October 1990 11573 Helmholtz 20 September 1993 11886 Kraske 10 October 1990 11887 Echemmon 14 October 1990 11916 Wiesloch 24 September 1992 12323 Haeckel 4 September 1992 12327 Terbrüggen 21 September 1992 12729 Berger 13 September 1991 13055 Kreppein 14 October 1990 13092 Schrödinger 24 September 1992 13530 Ninnemann 9 September 1991 13531 Weizsäcker 13 September 1991 13559 Werth 4 September 1992 13954 Born 13 October 1990 14412 Wolflojewski 9 September 1991 14413 Geiger 5 September 1991 14871 Pyramus 13 October 1990 15262 Abderhalden 12 October 1990 15263 Erwingroten 13 October 1990 15264 Delbrück 11 October 1990 15265 Ernsting 12 October 1990 15282 Franzmarc 13 September 1991 15301 Marutesser 21 September 1992 15724 Zille 12 October 1990 15727 Ianmorison 10 October 1990 15728 Karlmay 11 October 1990 15761 Schumi 24 September 1992 16505 Sulzer 12 October 1990 16544 Hochlehnert 9 September 1991 16590 Brunowalter 21 September 1992 17458 Dick 13 October 1990 17459 Andreashofer 13 October 1990 17460 Mang 10 October 1990 17484 Ganghofer 13 September 1991 17488 Mantl 2 October 1991 17489 Trenker 2 October 1991 18359 Jakobstaude 13 October 1990 18360 Sachs 10 October 1990 18395 Schmiedmayer 21 September 1992 18396 Nellysachs 21 September 1992 19162 Wambsganss 10 October 1990 19178 Walterbothe 9 September 1991 19182 Pitz 7 October 1991 19183 Amati 5 October 1991 19208 Starrfield 2 September 1992 19992 Schönbein 10 October 1990 19993 Günterseeber 10 October 1990 20012 Ranke 13 September 1991 21050 Beck 10 October 1990 21074 Rügen 12 September 1991 21075 Heussinger 12 September 1991 21076 Kokoschka 12 September 1991 21109 Sünkel 4 September 1992 21110 Karlvalentin 4 September 1992 21118 Hezimmermann 24 September 1992 22322 Bodensee 13 September 1991 22348 Schmeidler 24 September 1992 22369 Klinger 18 September 1993 23472 Rolfriekher 10 October 1990 23473 Voss 11 October 1990 23490 Monikohl 12 September 1991 23514 Schneider 2 September 1992 24699 Schwekendiek 13 October 1990 24712 Boltzmann 12 September 1991 24713 Ekrutt 12 September 1991 24748 Nernst 26 September 1992 24749 Grebel 24 September 1992 24750 Ohm 24 September 1992 26842 Hefele 2 October 1991 27758 Michelson 12 September 1991 29185 Reich 13 October 1990 29208 Halorentz 9 September 1991 29214 Apitzsch 2 October 1991 29246 Clausius 2 September 1992 29250 Helmutmoritz 24 September 1992 30826 Coulomb 10 October 1990 30827 Lautenschläger 10 October 1990 30828 Bethe 12 October 1990 30829 Wolfwacker 10 October 1990 30830 Jahn 14 October 1990 30847 Lampert 13 September 1991 30850 Vonsiemens 7 October 1991 30851 Reißfelder 2 October 1991 30852 Debye 2 October 1991 30882 Tomhenning 21 September 1992 30883 de Broglie 24 September 1992 32808 Bischoff 10 October 1990 32809 Sommerfeld 10 October 1990 32810 Steinbach 10 October 1990 32811 Apisaon 14 October 1990 32821 Posch 9 September 1991 32853 Döbereiner 21 September 1992 32855 Zollitsch 24 September 1992 37582 Faraday 12 October 1990 37583 Ramonkhanna 13 October 1990 37584 Schleiden 10 October 1990 37592 Pauljackson 3 October 1991 37608 Löns 24 September 1992 39536 Lenhof 10 October 1990 42487 Ångström 9 September 1991 42492 Brüggenthies 3 October 1991 43790 Ferdinandbraun 12 October 1990 43804 Peterting 10 September 1991 43806 Augustepiccard 13 September 1991 43813 Kühner 7 October 1991 46563 Oken 12 September 1991 48447 Hingley 10 October 1990 48456 Wilhelmwien 12 September 1991 48457 Joseffried 12 September 1991 48458 Merian 13 September 1991 48471 Orchiston 7 October 1991 48472 Mössbauer 2 October 1991 48492 Utewielen 24 September 1992 52228 Protos 5 September 1977 52291 Mott 10 October 1990 52292 Kamdzhalov 10 October 1990 52293 Mommsen 12 October 1990 52294 Detlef 12 October 1990 52301 Qumran 9 September 1991 52308 Hanspeterröser 7 October 1991 52337 Compton 2 September 1992 52341 Ballmann 21 September 1992 55753 Raman 13 September 1991 58098 Quirrenbach 9 October 1977 58186 Langkavel 13 September 1991 58215 von Klitzing 21 September 1992 58217 Peterhebel 24 September 1992 65685 Behring 10 October 1990 65692 Trifu 12 September 1991 65708 Ehrlich 4 September 1992 65712 Schneidmüller 24 September 1992 69286 von Liebig 10 October 1990 69287 Günthereichhorn 10 October 1990 69288 Berlioz 11 October 1990 69295 Stecklum 2 October 1991 69312 Rogerbacon 24 September 1992 73686 Nussdorf 10 October 1990 73687 Thomas Aquinas 10 October 1990 73692 Gürtler 12 September 1991 73693 Dorschner 12 September 1991 73699 Landaupfalz 4 October 1991 73700 von Kues 5 October 1991 73701 Siegfriedbauer 3 October 1991 79129 Robkoldewey 11 October 1990 79138 Mansfeld 13 September 1991 85179 Meistereckhart 11 October 1990 85190 Birgitroth 12 September 1991 85195 von Helfta 7 October 1991 85196 Halle 4 October 1991 85197 Ginkgo 5 October 1991 85198 Weltenburg 2 October 1991 85199 Habsburg 3 October 1991 85214 Sommersdorf 21 September 1992 85215 Hohenzollern 26 September 1992 85216 Schein 24 September 1992 90672 Metrorheinneckar 6 September 1977 90709 Wettin 12 October 1990 90711 Stotternheim 10 October 1990 90712 Wittelsbach 12 October 1990 12 September 1991 96205 Ararat 24 September 1992 96206 Eschenberg 24 September 1992 100027 Hannaharendt 12 October 1990 100028 von Canstein 10 October 1990 100029 Varnhagen 10 October 1990 100046 Worms 2 October 1991 100047 Leobaeck 2 October 1991 26 September 1992 120460 Hambach 13 October 1990 120461 Gandhi 10 October 1990 120481 Johannwalter 24 September 1992 150118 Petersberg 18 September 1993 152559 Bodelschwingh 12 October 1990 7 October 1991 160512 Franck-Hertz 11 October 1990 12 October 1990 162001 Vulpius 10 October 1990 important; 10 October 1990 168321 Josephschmidt 12 September 1991 10 October 1990 178294 Wertheimer 11 October 1990 190283 Schielicke 12 September 1991 192293 Dominikbrunner 10 October 1990 3 October 1991 225277 Stino 24 September 1960 231666 Aisymnos 24 September 1960 267003 Burkert 10 August 1978 24 September 1960 279723 Wittenberg 12 September 1991 10 October 1990 24 September 1960 322510 Heinrichgrüber 10 October 1990 24 September 1960 24 September 1960 24 September 1960 10 October 1990 24 September 1960 Co-discovery made with: F. Börngen R. M. Stoss

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References

External links Asteroid 1992 RY "Sünkel" (German) Article on naming a star "Stolte" (German) Homepage of Lutz Schmadel