Arno Arthur Wachmann Explained

Asteroids discovered: 3 

	20 March 1938
	20 October 1938
	13 February 1939

Arno Arthur Wachmann (8 March 1902  - 24 July 1990) was a German astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who worked for many years at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.^[1]

With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 3 asteroids during 1938–1939.

The inner main-belt asteroid 1704 Wachmann was named in his honor .

Notes and References

1. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1434 “Wachmann, Arno Arthur,”