Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth

Asteroids discovered: 395
796 Sarita	October 15, 1914
799 Gudula	March 9, 1915
864 Aase	September 30, 1921
909 Ulla	February 7, 1919
910 Anneliese	March 1, 1919
911 Agamemnon	March 19, 1919
913 Otila	May 19, 1919
918 Itha	August 22, 1919
920 Rogeria	September 1, 1919
921 Jovita	September 4, 1919
922 Schlutia	September 18, 1919
923 Herluga	September 30, 1919
924 Toni	October 20, 1919
926 Imhilde	February 15, 1920
928 Hildrun	February 23, 1920
929 Algunde	March 10, 1920
933 Susi	February 10, 1927
935 Clivia	September 7, 1920
936 Kunigunde	September 8, 1920
937 Bethgea	September 12, 1920
938 Chlosinde	September 9, 1920
939 Isberga	October 4, 1920
940 Kordula	October 10, 1920
942 Romilda	October 11, 1920
943 Begonia	October 20, 1920
948 Jucunda	March 3, 1921
950 Ahrensa	April 1, 1921
954 Li	August 4, 1921
955 Alstede	August 5, 1921
956 Elisa	August 8, 1921
957 Camelia	September 7, 1921
958 Asplinda	September 28, 1921
959 Arne	September 30, 1921
960 Birgit	October 1, 1921
961 Gunnie	October 10, 1921
962 Aslög	October 25, 1921
963 Iduberga	October 26, 1921
968 Petunia	November 24, 1921
970 Primula	November 29, 1921
973 Aralia	March 18, 1922
974 Lioba	March 18, 1922
979 Ilsewa	June 29, 1922
983 Gunila	July 30, 1922
984 Gretia	August 27, 1922
985 Rosina	October 14, 1922
987 Wallia	October 23, 1922
994 Otthild	March 18, 1923
997 Priska	July 12, 1923
998 Bodea	August 6, 1923
999 Zachia	August 9, 1923
1000 Piazzia	August 12, 1923
1003 Lilofee	September 13, 1923
1009 Sirene	October 31, 1923
1010 Marlene	November 12, 1923
1011 Laodamia	January 5, 1924
1012 Sarema	January 12, 1924
1014 Semphyra	January 29, 1924
1015 Christa	January 31, 1924
1016 Anitra	January 31, 1924
1018 Arnolda	March 3, 1924
1019 Strackea	March 3, 1924
1020 Arcadia	March 7, 1924
1023 Thomana	June 25, 1924
1025 Riema	August 12, 1923
1026 Ingrid	August 13, 1923
1035 Amata	September 29, 1924
1041 Asta	March 22, 1925
1042 Amazone	April 22, 1925
1043 Beate	April 22, 1925
1044 Teutonia	May 10, 1924
1047 Geisha	November 17, 1924
1048 Feodosia	November 29, 1924
1049 Gotho	September 14, 1925
1050 Meta	September 14, 1925
1051 Merope	September 16, 1925
1054 Forsytia	November 20, 1925
1056 Azalea	January 31, 1924
1060 Magnolia	August 13, 1925
1061 Paeonia	October 10, 1925
1063 Aquilegia	December 6, 1925
1064 Aethusa	August 2, 1926
1066 Lobelia	September 1, 1926
1067 Lunaria	September 9, 1926
1070 Tunica	September 1, 1926
1072 Malva	October 4, 1926
1076 Viola	October 5, 1926
1077 Campanula	October 6, 1926
1078 Mentha	December 7, 1926
1080 Orchis	August 30, 1927
1081 Reseda	August 31, 1927
1082 Pirola	October 28, 1927
1083 Salvia	January 26, 1928
1085 Amaryllis	August 31, 1927
1087 Arabis	September 2, 1927
1091 Spiraea	February 26, 1928
1092 Lilium	January 12, 1924
1095 Tulipa	April 14, 1926
1097 Vicia	August 11, 1928
1100 Arnica	September 22, 1928
1101 Clematis	September 22, 1928
1104 Syringa	December 9, 1928
1105 Fragaria	January 1, 1929
1106 Cydonia	February 5, 1929
1108 Demeter	May 31, 1929
1109 Tata	February 5, 1929
1111 Reinmuthia	February 11, 1927
1119 Euboea	October 27, 1927
1126 Otero	January 11, 1929
1130 Skuld	September 2, 1929
1131 Porzia	September 10, 1929
1138 Attica	November 22, 1929
1142 Aetolia	January 24, 1930
1143 Odysseus	January 28, 1930
1144 Oda	January 28, 1930
1150 Achaia	September 2, 1929
1151 Ithaka	September 8, 1929
1152 Pawona	January 8, 1930
1154 Astronomia	February 8, 1927
1155 Aënna	January 26, 1928
1156 Kira	February 22, 1928
1157 Arabia	August 31, 1929
1159 Granada	September 2, 1929
1160 Illyria	September 9, 1929
1161 Thessalia	September 29, 1929
1162 Larissa	January 5, 1930
1163 Saga	January 20, 1930
1164 Kobolda	March 19, 1930
1172 Äneas	October 17, 1930
1173 Anchises	October 17, 1930
1174 Marmara	October 17, 1930
1175 Margo	October 17, 1930
1180 Rita	April 9, 1931
1182 Ilona	March 3, 1927
1183 Jutta	February 22, 1930
1184 Gaea	September 5, 1926
1187 Afra	December 6, 1929
1198 Atlantis	September 7, 1931
1200 Imperatrix	September 14, 1931
1201 Strenua	September 14, 1931
1204 Renzia	October 6, 1931
1205 Ebella	October 6, 1931
1206 Numerowia	October 18, 1931
1207 Ostenia	November 15, 1931
1208 Troilus	December 31, 1931
1209 Pumma	April 22, 1927
1216 Askania	January 29, 1932
1218 Aster	January 29, 1932
1220 Crocus	February 11, 1932
1223 Neckar	October 6, 1931
1227 Geranium	October 5, 1931
1228 Scabiosa	October 5, 1931
1229 Tilia	October 9, 1931
1230 Riceia	October 9, 1931
1231 Auricula	October 10, 1931
1232 Cortusa	October 10, 1931
1233 Kobresia	October 10, 1931
1234 Elyna	October 18, 1931
1235 Schorria	October 18, 1931
1249 Rutherfordia	November 4, 1932
1250 Galanthus	January 25, 1933
1251 Hedera	January 25, 1933
1253 Frisia	October 9, 1931
1256 Normannia	August 8, 1932
1257 Móra	August 8, 1932
1258 Sicilia	August 8, 1932
1259 Ógyalla	January 29, 1933
1260 Walhalla	January 29, 1933
1272 Gefion	October 10, 1931
1273 Helma	August 8, 1932
1275 Cimbria	November 30, 1932
1284 Latvia	July 27, 1933
1297 Quadea	January 7, 1934
1298 Nocturna	January 7, 1934
1302 Werra	September 28, 1924
1304 Arosa	May 21, 1928
1308 Halleria	March 12, 1931
1311 Knopfia	March 24, 1933
1317 Silvretta	September 1, 1935
1322 Coppernicus	June 15, 1934
1334 Lundmarka	July 16, 1934
1335 Demoulina	September 7, 1934
1346 Gotha	February 5, 1929
1370 Hella	August 31, 1935
1371 Resi	August 31, 1935
1372 Haremari	August 31, 1935
1382 Gerti	January 21, 1925
1395 Aribeda	July 16, 1936
1399 Teneriffa	August 23, 1936
1402 Eri	July 16, 1936
1404 Ajax	August 17, 1936
1408 Trusanda	November 23, 1936
1409 Isko	January 8, 1937
1410 Margret	January 8, 1937
1411 Brauna	January 8, 1937
1417 Walinskia	April 1, 1937
1419 Danzig	September 5, 1929
1420 Radcliffe	September 14, 1931
1422 Strömgrenia	August 23, 1936
1435 Garlena	November 23, 1936
1437 Diomedes	August 3, 1937
1438 Wendeline	October 11, 1937
1439 Vogtia	October 11, 1937
1440 Rostia	October 11, 1937
1443 Ruppina	December 29, 1937
1457 Ankara	August 3, 1937
1466 Mündleria	May 31, 1938
1469 Linzia	August 19, 1938
1481 Tübingia	February 7, 1938
1482 Sebastiana	February 20, 1938
1485 Isa	July 28, 1938
1487 Boda	November 17, 1938
1502 Arenda	November 17, 1938
1528 Conrada	February 10, 1940
1553 Bauersfelda	January 13, 1940
1556 Wingolfia	January 14, 1942
1557 Roehla	January 14, 1942
1561 Fricke	February 15, 1941
1562 Gondolatsch	March 9, 1943
1587 Kahrstedt	March 25, 1933
1611 Beyer	February 17, 1950
1612 Hirose	January 23, 1950
1624 Rabe	October 9, 1931
1628 Strobel	September 11, 1923
1632 Sieböhme	February 26, 1941
1635 Bohrmann	March 7, 1924
1636 Porter	January 23, 1950
1642 Hill	September 4, 1951
1643 Brown	September 4, 1951
1645 Waterfield	July 24, 1933
1650 Heckmann	October 11, 1937
1662 Hoffmann	September 11, 1923
1665 Gaby	February 27, 1930
1668 Hanna	July 24, 1933
1669 Dagmar	September 7, 1934
1673 van Houten	October 11, 1937
1674 Groeneveld	February 7, 1938
1682 Karel	August 2, 1949
1691 Oort	September 9, 1956
1704 Wachmann	March 7, 1924
1706 Dieckvoss	October 5, 1931
1716 Peter	April 4, 1934
1719 Jens	February 17, 1950
1720 Niels	February 7, 1935
1726 Hoffmeister	July 24, 1933
1732 Heike	March 9, 1943
1739 Meyermann	August 15, 1939
1742 Schaifers	September 7, 1934
1749 Telamon	September 23, 1949
1750 Eckert	July 15, 1950
1759 Kienle	September 11, 1942
1782 Schneller	October 6, 1931
1785 Wurm	February 15, 1941
1814 Bach	October 9, 1931
1815 Beethoven	January 27, 1932
1818 Brahms	August 15, 1939
1820 Lohmann	August 2, 1949
1823 Gliese	September 4, 1951
1825 Klare	August 31, 1954
1849 Kresák	January 14, 1942
1850 Kohoutek	March 23, 1942
1862 Apollo	April 24, 1932
1880 McCrosky	January 13, 1940
1881 Shao	August 3, 1940
1913 Sekanina	September 22, 1928
1941 Wild	October 6, 1931
1944 Günter	September 14, 1925
1950 Wempe	March 23, 1942
1968 Mehltretter	January 29, 1932
1985 Hopmann	January 13, 1929
1990 Pilcher	March 9, 1956
2018 Schuster	October 17, 1931
2022 West	February 7, 1938
2057 Rosemary	September 7, 1934
2097 Galle	August 11, 1953
2136 Jugta	July 24, 1933
2137 Priscilla	August 24, 1936
2157 Ashbrook	March 7, 1924
2158 Tietjen	July 24, 1933
2181 Fogelin	December 28, 1942
2214 Carol	April 7, 1953
2235 Vittore	April 5, 1924
2236 Austrasia	March 23, 1933
2248 Kanda	February 27, 1933
2249 Yamamoto	April 6, 1942
2278 Götz	April 7, 1953
2290 Helffrich	February 14, 1932
2306 Bauschinger	August 15, 1939
2346 Lilio	February 5, 1934
2358 Bahner	September 2, 1929
2359 Debehogne	October 5, 1931
2391 Tomita	January 9, 1957
2414 Vibeke	October 18, 1931
2444 Lederle	February 5, 1934
2453 Wabash	September 30, 1921
2465 Wilson	August 2, 1949
2485 Scheffler	January 29, 1932
2500 Alascattalo	April 2, 1926
2537 Gilmore	September 4, 1951
2560 Siegma	February 14, 1932
2572 Annschnell	February 17, 1950
2591 Dworetsky	August 2, 1949
2615 Saito	September 4, 1951
2623 Zech	September 22, 1919
2637 Bobrovnikoff	September 22, 1919
2652 Yabuuti	April 7, 1953
2664 Everhart	September 7, 1934
2676 Aarhus	August 25, 1933
2749 Walterhorn	October 11, 1937
2806 Graz	April 7, 1953
2824 Franke	February 4, 1934
2855 Bastian	October 10, 1931
2856 Röser	April 14, 1933
2879 Shimizu	February 14, 1932
2896 Preiss	September 15, 1931
2897 Ole Römer	February 5, 1932
2942 Cordie	January 29, 1932
2943 Heinrich	August 25, 1933
2944 Peyo	August 31, 1935
2957 Tatsuo	February 5, 1934
3008 Nojiri	November 17, 1938
3020 Naudts	August 2, 1949
3035 Chambers	March 7, 1924
3144 Brosche	October 10, 1931
3183 Franzkaiser	August 2, 1949
3219 Komaki	February 4, 1934
3227 Hasegawa	February 24, 1928
3263 Bligh	February 5, 1932
3264 Bounty	January 7, 1934
3265 Fletcher	November 9, 1953
3289 Mitani	September 7, 1934
3295 Murakami	February 17, 1950
3370 Kohsai	February 4, 1934
3379 Oishi	October 6, 1931
3383 Koyama	January 9, 1951
3404 Hinderer	February 4, 1934
3415 Danby	September 22, 1928
3416 Dorrit	November 8, 1931
3417 Tamblyn	April 1, 1937
3425 Hurukawa	January 29, 1929
3426 Seki	February 5, 1932
3440 Stampfer	February 17, 1950
3446 Combes	March 12, 1942
3473 Sapporo	March 7, 1924
3500 Kobayashi	September 18, 1919
3555 Miyasaka	October 6, 1931
3569 Kumon	February 20, 1938
3644 Kojitaku	October 5, 1931
3682 Welther	July 12, 1923
3707 Schröter	February 5, 1934
3722 Urata	October 29, 1927
3745 Petaev	September 23, 1949
3790 Raywilson	October 26, 1937
3911 Otomo	August 31, 1940
3937 Bretagnon	March 14, 1932
3938 Chapront	August 2, 1949
3939 Huruhata	April 7, 1953
3957 Sugie	July 24, 1933
4001 Ptolemaeus	August 2, 1949
4002 Shinagawa	May 14, 1950
4417 Lecar	April 8, 1931
4418 Fredfranklin	October 9, 1931
4419 Allancook	April 24, 1932
4421 Kayor	January 14, 1942
4589 McDowell	July 24, 1933
4615 Zinner	September 13, 1923
4647 Syuji	October 9, 1931
4648 Tirion	October 18, 1931
4650 Mori	October 5, 1950
4723 Wolfgangmattig	October 11, 1937
4808 Ballaero	January 21, 1925
4849 Ardenne	August 17, 1936
4910 Kawasato	August 11, 1953
4979 Otawara	August 2, 1949
5072 Hioki	October 9, 1931
5152 Labs	October 18, 1931
5494 Johanmohr	October 19, 1933
5532 Ichinohe	February 14, 1932
5535 Annefrank	March 23, 1942
5657 Groombridge	August 28, 1936
5658 Clausbaader	February 17, 1950
5703 Hevelius	November 15, 1931
5704 Schumacher	February 17, 1950
6260 Kelsey	August 2, 1949
6808 Plantin	February 5, 1932
6809 Sakuma	February 20, 1938
7042 Carver	March 24, 1933
7103 Wichmann	April 7, 1953
7449 Döllen	August 21, 1949
7542 Johnpond	April 7, 1953
11434 Lohnert	October 10, 1931
(11435) 1931 UB	October 17, 1931
13473 Hokema	April 7, 1953
(30717) 1937 UD	October 26, 1937
(32730) 1951 RX	September 4, 1951
69230 Hermes	October 28, 1937

Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (April 4, 1892 in Heidelberg – May 6, 1979) was a German astronomer.

He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids (almost 400 of them), beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957.

His most notable discoveries include 1322 Coppernicus, the Apollo asteroids 1862 Apollo (the namesake of the group) and 69230 Hermes.

He also discovered the Trojan asteroids 911 Agamemnon, 1143 Odysseus, 1172 Äneas, 1173 Anchises, 1208 Troilus, 1404 Ajax, 1437 Diomedes, 1749 Telamon.

He also discovered 5535 Annefrank which was later visited by the Stardust spacecraft.

He discovered two comets, namely the periodic comets 30P/Reinmuth and 44P/Reinmuth.

Asteroid 1111 Reinmuthia is named after him (and discovered by him, a practice that would become disallowed later on).

The initials of the minor planets 1227 through 1234, all discovered by Reinmuth, spell out "G. Stracke". This German astronomer and orbit computer had asked that no planet be named after him. In this manner Reinmuth was able to honour the man whilst honouring his wish:

• 1227 Geranium
• 1228 Scabiosa
• 1229 Tilia
• 1230 Riceia
• 1231 Auricula
• 1232 Cortusa
• 1233 Kobresia
• 1234 Elyna

Works

• The Herschel nebulas, De Gruyter, Berlin 1926
• Catalog of 6.500 exact photographic positions of small planets, brown, Karlsruhe 1953

External links

Obituaries

• MPBu 7 (1979) 10
• (German) MitAG 50 (1980) 7