Alfred Bohrmann Explained

Birth Date:28 February 1904
Citizenship:Germany
Fields:Astronomy
Workplaces:University of Heidelberg
Alma Mater:University of Heidelberg
Known For:Asteroid discovery

Alfred Bohrmann (February 28, 1904 – January 4, 2000) was a German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.

He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1927 at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, at the University of Heidelberg. At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid discovery by Max Wolf and Karl Reinmuth and others, and during his time there Bohrmann discovered 9 asteroids. Bohrmann worked there from 1924 to 1969, publishing more than 700 minor planet observations. He left the observatory after a dispute with the higher authority.

The asteroid 1635 Bohrmann is named after him.

Minor planets discovered: 9 
June 5, 1937
September 17, 1938
September 17, 1938
February 19, 1938
February 24, 1938
September 18, 1938
August 26, 1936
February 6, 1938
February 24, 1938

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