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Hans Scholl (born 1942) is a German astronomer, who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg, Germany, and at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered three moons of Uranus: Prospero, Setebos and Stephano. He has also co-discovered 55 minor planets together with Italian astronomer Andrea Boattini at ESO's La Silla Observatory site in northern Chile during 2003–2005.

Scholl is known for his theoretical work on the orbits of minor planets. He has studied the orbital resonance of outer main-belt asteroids, as well as the orbits of 2062 Aten, a near-Earth object, and 2060 Chiron, a centaur and comet. His broad range of minor planet research included problems from mass determination to asteroid missions and from libration to depletion. He was honored by the outer main-belt asteroid 2959 Scholl, discovered by English–American astronomer Edward Bowell in 1983.

List of discovered minor planets

List of minor planets discovered by Hans Scholl Name Discovery Date Listing 117539 Celletti 17 February 2005 120040 Pagliarini 24 January 2003 25 January 2003 147693 Piccioni 11 February 2005 154991 Vinciguerra 17 January 2005 24 January 2003 158623 Perali 24 January 2003 167852 Maturana 17 February 2005 177659 Paolacel 9 February 2005 24 January 2003 14 February 2005 24 January 2003 9 February 2005 9 February 2005 18 February 2005 214180 Mabaglioni 9 February 2005 24 January 2003 25 January 2003 17 January 2005 17 January 2005 23 January 2003 25 January 2003 9 February 2005 16 February 2005 9 February 2005 16 February 2005 24 January 2003 9 February 2005 17 February 2005 17 February 2005 17 February 2005 13 February 2005 9 February 2005 23 January 2003 24 January 2003 23 January 2003 24 January 2003 24 January 2003 24 January 2003 9 February 2005 16 February 2005 16 February 2005 14 February 2005 9 February 2005 24 January 2003 17 February 2005 18 January 2005 9 February 2005 25 January 2003 24 January 2003 9 February 2005 17 February 2005 23 January 2003 18 February 2005 17 February 2005 24 January 2003 Co-discovery made with: A. Boattini

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