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Erwin Schwab (born 1964) is a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, who works at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, near Darmstadt, Germany."Neuer Asteroid entdeckt: Planet Darmstadt" (New asteroid discovered: Planet Darmstadt), Frankfurter Rundschau 4 August 2010 He has discovered and co-discovered more than 80 asteroids from the Starkenburg , Tzec Maun and Taunus observatories . As volunteer scientist for the European Space Agency (ESA) he recovered near-Earth objects and comets.Lost asteroid rediscovered with a little help from ESA, ESA, 12 October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2022.Recovering of comet Catalina with the Schmidt telescope , Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, April 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2022.Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2018-H30 From 2014 to 2021 he recovered 30 lost comets, which equates to about 25% of the worldwide proportion in that timespan.recoveries of comets in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), private homepage Erwin Schwab. Retrieved 16 February 2022.comet recoveries statistic, private homepage Erwin Schwab. Retrieved 16 February 2022. Using the Schmidt telescope at Calar Alto Observatory to search for a lost comet he discovered in 2019 a unique variable star – the first known eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, cataloged as J1832.4-1627 (VSX-Id of AAVSO: 000-BNG-512)The first binary star of its kind discovered with the Schmidt telescope , Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, 23 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.J1832.4-1627 is the first eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, study finds, phys.org, 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.J1832.4-1627, the first eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, Beuermann, K., Breitenstein, P. & Schwab, E. 2022, A&A, 657, A101The International Variable Star Index, Discovery credit entry. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
Biography
Schwab was born in Heppenheim,Sabine Schiner, "'Darmstadt' schwebt zwischen Mars und Jupiter" ("Darmstadt" orbits between Mars and Jupiter) , Darmstädter Echo 4 August 2010 where he started observing minor planets at the Starkenburg Observatory in 1981.Letter from International Astronomical Union
Honors and awards
The Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra in Spain has named the main-belt asteroid 185638 Erwinschwab in his honour.Minor Planet Circular # 66244, published 7 June 2009.Names given to LSSS asteroid discoveries: Erwinschwab, Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra, minorplanets.org, 25 February 2010, retrieved 13 August 2010.
Discoveries
One which he discovered is named after his parents, Elfriede and Erwin Schwab.Kleinplaneten-Namen, Starkenburg Observatory, 28 June 2010, retrieved 13 August 2010. Schwab has discovered asteroids at Starkenburg, Tzec MaunAsteroid Astrometry and Reporting , Tzec Maun Observatory wiki. as well as at the Taunus Observatory. Some minor planet are named for German cities such as 204852 Frankfurt, 241418 Darmstadt, and 243440 Colonia (Cologne), while the Jupiter-trojans 192220 Oicles and 221917 Opites are named after figures from Greek mythology. He also co-discovered , an unnumbered Apollo asteroid and potentially hazardous object.Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2009-D81
List of discovered minor planets
192220 Oicles 14 September 2007 204852 Frankfurt 15 September 2007 204873 FAIR 17 September 2007 207687 Senckenberg 12 September 2007 207901 Tzecmaun 28 October 2008 216390 Binnig 14 February 2008 216433 Milianleo 19 February 2009 221917 Opites 26 September 2008 224831 Neeffisis 27 November 2006 241418 Darmstadt 31 October 2008 243109 Hansludwig 12 September 2007 243440 Colonia 17 March 2009 243536 Mannheim 15 March 2010 256813 Marburg 11 February 2008 16 February 2008 263932 Speyer 22 April 2009 264020 Stuttgart 17 August 2009 274020 Skywalker 12 September 2007 274835 Aachen 22 August 2009 278141 Tatooine 15 February 2007 14 September 2007 8 November 2008 281140 Trier 16 February 2007 281661 Michaelsiems 8 November 2008 283117 Bonn 1 November 2008 283142 Weena 29 December 2008 9 March 2010 29 August 2008 295565 Hannover 27 September 2008 29 December 2008 21 March 2009 28 July 2009 301061 Egelsbach 28 October 2008 301394 Bensheim 23 February 2009 9 March 2010 15 September 2007 17 March 2009 2 April 2009 16 September 2007 316042 Tilofranz 19 April 2009 22 September 2009 325558 Guyane 24 September 2009 328477 Eckstein 21 April 2009 24 October 2008 336698 Melbourne 5 February 2010 8 October 2008 343000 Ijontichy 29 January 2009 28 March 2009 8 February 2010 343444 Halluzinelle 7 March 2010 7 March 2010 17 March 2009 7 March 2010 12 September 2007 28 September 2008 21 January 2009 18 March 2009 25 June 2009 367436 Siena 27 September 2008 369134 Mariareiche 8 September 2008 369297 Nazca 23 September 2009 7 February 2008 11 February 2008 17 March 2009 376084 Annettepeter 3 November 2010 378214 Sauron 14 January 2007 27 September 2008 378917 Stefankarge 28 October 2008 379155 Volkerheinrich 18 August 2009 9 March 2010 20 April 2009 389293 Hasubick 19 May 2009 9 March 2010 15 September 2007 13 October 2009 8 September 2008 17 March 2009 29 August 2008 418532 Saruman 27 September 2008 4 November 2008 27 September 2008 27 April 2009 458063 Gustavomuler 21 December 2009 8 March 2010 18 February 2009 9 March 2010 5 May 2010 8 March 2010 4 March 2010 14 February 2008 13 October 2010 23 September 2011 30 September 2011 14 January 2011 3 January 2011 23 October 2011 17 March 2009 17 August 2009 8 October 2008 13 September 2007 27 September 2008 5 December 2008 14 December 2009 17 March 2009 27 September 2008 26 April 2011 18 March 2009 3 November 2010 724547 Süßenberger 11 February 2008 23 October 2011 1 December 2008 13 April 2009 2 October 2010 6 November 2010 13 September 2012 8 November 2015 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 18 August 2012 13 February 2013 13 April 2013 8 January 2016 788501 Gabi 30 January 2017 3 March 2011 13 September 2012 810657 ESOC 22 March 2021 16 February 2020 826631 Frascati 15 May 2021Co-discovery made with: R. Kling S. Karge U. Zimmer D. Koschny M. Micheli
Works Kleinplaneten-Entdeckungen in Deutschland (German). Epubli Verlag, Berlin 2016, .
References
External links Erwin Schwab's Home Page