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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.[1] [2] 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.[3] [4] [5] From 2014 to 2021 he recovered 30 lost comets, which equates to about 25% of the worldwide proportion in that timespan.[6] [7] 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)[8] [9] [10] [11]
Schwab was born in Heppenheim,[1] [12] where he started observing minor planets at the Starkenburg Observatory in 1981.[13]
The Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra in Spain has named the main-belt asteroid 185638 Erwinschwab in his honour.[14] [15]
One which he discovered is named after his parents, Elfriede and Erwin Schwab.[16] Schwab has discovered asteroids at Starkenburg, Tzec Maun[17] 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.[18]
| 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 |   | |
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| 281140 Trier | 16 February 2007 |   | |
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| 283142 Weena | 29 December 2008 |   | |
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| 295565 Hannover | 27 September 2008 |   | |
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| 301061 Egelsbach | 28 October 2008 | ||
| 301394 Bensheim | 23 February 2009 | ||
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| 316042 Tilofranz | 19 April 2009 | ||
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| 325558 Guyane | 24 September 2009 | ||
| 328477 Eckstein | 21 April 2009 | ||
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| 336698 Melbourne | 5 February 2010 | ||
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| 343444 Halluzinelle | 7 March 2010 |   |
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| 369134 Mariareiche | 8 September 2008 |   | |
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| 376084 Annettepeter | 3 November 2010 | ||
| 378214 Sauron | 14 January 2007 |   | |
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| 378917 Stefankarge | 28 October 2008 | ||
| 379155 Volkerheinrich | 18 August 2009 | ||
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| 389293 Hasubick | 19 May 2009 | ||
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| 418532 Saruman | 27 September 2008 |   |
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| 458063 Gustavomuler | 21 December 2009 | |
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| Co-discovery made with: R. Kling S. Karge U. Zimmer |
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