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Felix Hormuth (born 1975) is a German astronomer who worked at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) until 2016, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. During his stay at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain, he has discovered many asteroids, including a Jupiter trojan and two near-Earth objects, such as the 15-meter Amor asteroid , using MPIA's 1.23-meter reflector telescope.

Career

Hormuth has worked with data obtained by the Infrared Space Observatory, was involved in the measurement campaign of the Very Large Telescope's GRAVITY-interferometer, and participated in the construction of optical instruments used at the NTT in La Silla, Chile. As of 2016, he is a project manager at MPIA, working for the Institute's hardware contribution to ESA's space-based Euclid mission, which will accurately measure the acceleration of the universe for the study of dark energy and dark matter.

The Minor Planet Center ranks him 127th for a total of 75 credited discoveries of numbered asteroid during 2003–2009. Hormuth has named his discovered main-belt asteroids 241475 Martinagedeck and 342843 Davidbowie after actors and songwriter Martina Gedeck and David Bowie, respectively. He has also named 18610 Arthurdent after the character in Douglas Adams's radio play and book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Honors and awards

The asteroid 10660 Felixhormuth was named in his honor by astronomers Lothar Kurtze and Lutz Schmadel. The outer main-belt asteroid, provisionally designated 4348 T-1, was discovered by Dutch and Dutch–American astronomers during the Palomar–Leiden trojan survey in 1971. Based on an absolute magnitude of 13.9, it measures about 4 to 10 kilometers in diameter.

List of discovered minor planets

189202 Calar Alto 17 September 2003 196640 Mulhacén 17 September 2003 202736 Julietclare 18 May 2007 209083 Rioja 17 September 2003 210432 Dietmarhopp 8 December 2008 210433 Ullithiele 21 December 2008 210444 Frithjof 16 January 2009 212991 Garcíalorca 23 February 2009 215044 Joãoalves 20 February 2009 23 December 2008 239672 SOFIA 21 December 2008 241475 Martinagedeck 25 January 2009 241509 Sessler 22 February 2009 246759 Elviracheca 11 February 2009 23 March 2009 257234 Güntherkurtze 26 February 2009 281764 Schwetzingen 24 February 2009 22 February 2009 23 February 2009 293934 MPIA 8 October 2007 22 December 2008 13 February 2009 22 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 25 February 2009 305660 Romyhaag 29 January 2009 305661 Joejackson 29 January 2009 20 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 342843 Davidbowie 21 December 2008 22 December 2008 16 January 2009 23 February 2009 19 December 2008 15 February 2009 22 February 2009 17 January 2009 21 December 2008 22 February 2009 359103 Ottopiene 16 January 2009 23 February 2009 26 February 2009 19 March 2009 365130 Birnfeld 23 February 2009 365131 Hassberge 23 February 2009 365159 Garching 26 February 2009 19 March 2009 22 February 2009 12 February 2009 17 February 2009 22 February 2009 18 December 2008 22 February 2009 15 January 2009 26 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 March 2009 14 February 2009 26 February 2009 19 March 2009 429031 Hannavonhoerner 11 February 2009 429032 Sebvonhoerner 12 February 2009 429033 Günterwendt 13 February 2009 431397 Carolinregina 14 April 2007 435950 Bad Königshofen 21 February 2009 23 February 2009 24 February 2009 25 February 2009 24 January 2009 456731 Uligrözinger 8 October 2007 13 February 2009 22 February 2009 17 February 2009 15 January 2009 17 February 2009 21 February 2009 22 February 2009 23 February 2009 22 February 2009 22 December 2008 15 April 2013 12 February 2009 3 September 2013 25 February 200955522 Claraisabella4 September 2013 3 September 2013 23 March 2009 3 September 2013 27 August 2013 23 December 2008 12 February 2009 23 February 2009 25 February 2009 13 February 2009 9 May 2013 3 September 2013 19 March 2009 23 March 2009 3 September 2013 3 September 2013 22 December 2008 20 February 2009 24 February 2009 26 February 2009 4 September 2013 24 February 2009 3 September 2013 3 September 2013 1 January 2003 19 December 2008 26 February 200959885 Agerer26 February 2009 19 March 2009 19 March 2009 26 February 2009 19 December 2008 21 December 2008 22 February 2009 23 February 2009 25 February 2009 617080 Nögel 1 January 2003 3 September 2013 4 September 2013 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 26 February 2009 26 February 2009 20 February 2009 3 September 2013 16 April 2013 30 January 2009 19 December 2008 22 February 2009 3 September 2013 3 September 2013 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 26 February 2009 19 March 2009 3 September 2013 12 February 2009 23 December 2008 20 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 24 February 2009 26 February 2009 3 September 2013 8 May 2013 26 December 2008 22 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 12 February 2009 21 February 2009 15 April 2013 3 September 2013 23 February 2009 22 February 2009 25 February 2009 1 January 2003 721153 Gunda 7 January 2003 721154 Heinz 7 January 2003 18 December 2003 4 September 2013 22 December 2008 16 January 2009 12 February 2009 22 February 2009 22 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 March 2009 25 February 2009 23 December 2008 3 September 2013 3 September 2013 27 August 2013 3 September 2013 22 December 2008 20 February 2009 22 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 15 April 2013 27 August 2013 4 September 2013 23 February 2009 24 February 2009 17 January 2009 23 February 2009 24 February 2009 25 February 2009 5 April 2009 3 September 2013 27 August 2013 3 September 2013 23 February 2009 21 December 2008 12 February 2009 13 February 2009 16 February 2009 20 February 2009 20 February 2009 20 February 2009 21 February 2009 21 February 2009 22 February 2009 14 April 2013 10 May 2013 4 September 2013 23 February 2009 26 February 2009 3 September 2013 22 February 2009 24 February 2009 22 February 2009 14 April 2013 3 September 2013 26 February 2009 18 February 2004 23 February 2009 25 February 2009 3 September 2013 13 February 2009 14 April 2013 14 April 2013 28 August 2013 4 September 2013 3 September 2013 18 December 2003 22 December 2008 23 February 2009 23 February 2009 24 February 2009 15 April 2013 16 April 2013 4 September 2013 1 January 2003 3 September 2013 3 September 2013 4 September 2013 3 September 2013 3 September 2013 2 September 2013 15 January 2009 4 September 2013 23 February 2009Co-discovery made with: J. C. Datson

See also

References

External links Douglas Adams – The more than complete The Hitchhiker's Guide, inertramblings.com, 2003 David Bowie may be gone, but he will live on in space globalnews.ca, January 2016 Heidelberger Astronom (er)fand den Kleinplaneten "Martinagedeck" Interview (in German) with Felix Hormuth in 2015 Sternwarte Weinheim (Observatory code A23)