Austrian minor planet discoverers - list of austrian astronommers (amateurs and professionals) who have received individual discovery credits from Minor Planet Center (MPC)
Last updated on 2026-03-23 by E. Schwab.

#   discoverer                       discoveries  status          period      discovery places
    Entdecker                        Anzahl Entd.                 Zeitraum    Entdeckungs-Standorte

1.  Wolfgang Ries            *1968      206       amateur         2004-2009   Altschwendt (Austria)  
2.  Johann Palisa            1848-1925  122       professional    1874-1923   Pola (belonging to Austria at that time, now to Croatia), Vienna (Austria)
3.  Richard Gierlinger       *1967       59       amateur         2006-2009   Schaerding (Austria)  
4.  Erich Meyer              *1951       23       amateur         1996-2005   Linz (Austria)  
5.  Erwin Obermair           1946-2017    7       amateur         1996-1998   Linz (Austria)  
6.  Michael Pietschnig       *1958        3       amateur         2007-2008   Alter Satzberg (Austria)  
    Joseph Rheden            1873-1946    3       professional    1913-1916   Vienna (Austria)
8.  Hannes Bachleitner       *1965        2       amateur         2007-2009   Kallham (Austria)
9.  Lipót (Leopold) Schulhof 1847-1921    1       professional    1875        Vienna (Austria) 
    Robert Greimel            n.a.        1       professional    2001        La Palma (Spain)
    Herbert Raab             *1969        1       amateur         1996        Linz (Austria)  
    David Voglsam            *1976        1       amateur         2005        Linz (Austria)  



Observatories (discovery sites) in Austria (amateurs and professionals) who have received discovery credits from Minor Planet Center (MPC)

#   disc. sites    discoveries       status          period      discoverer(s)                       
    Standorte      Anzahl Entd.                      Zeitraum    Entdecker

1.  Altschwendt            217       amateur         2004-2009   Wolfgang Ries
2.  Vienna                  98       professional    1875-1923   Lipót Schulhof, Johann Palisa, Joseph Rheden
3.  Schaerding (Gaisberg)   59       amateur         2006-2009   Richard Gierlinger 
4.  Linz                    29       amateur         1996-2009   Erich Meyer, Erwin Obermair, Herbert Raab, David Voglsam
5.  Pola (now to Croatia)   28       professional    1874-1880   Johann Palisa
6.  Alter Satzberg           3       amateur         2007-2008   Michael Pietschnig
7.  Kallham                  2       amateur         2007-2009   Hannes Bachleitner