swiss minor planet discoverers - list of swiss 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.  Michel Ory               *1966      368       amateur         2001-2017   Vicques (Switzerland), Oukaimeden (Morocco), Pises (France), Nogales & Markleeville & Mount Lemmon (USA)   
2.  Stefano Sposetti         *1958      172       amateur         1998-2010   Gnosca (Switzerland) 
3.  Peter Kocher             1939-2025  145       amateur         2005-2013   Épendes (Switzerland)
4.  Paul Wild                1925–2014   94       professional    1961-1994   Zimmerwald (Switzerland) 
5.  Raoul Behrend            *1964       19       professional    2003-2007   La Silla (Chile)
6.  Markus Griesser          *1949       10       amateur         2001-2009   Winterthur (Switzerland)
7.  Christel Vuissoz          n.a.        9       professional    2005-2007   La Silla (Chile)
8.  Romain Gauderon           n.a.        6       professional    2003-2005   La Silla (Chile)
    José De Queiroz          *1954        6       amateur         2009-2012   Falera (Switzerland) 
10. Thomas Schildknecht       n.a.        3       professional    1985        Zimmerwald (Switzerland)
11. Grégoire Bourban          n.a.        2       professional    2005        La Silla (Chile)
12. Ivo Baueršíma            *1931        1       professional    1972        Zimmerwald (Switzerland) 
    Denis Mégevand           †2022        1       professional    2010        La Silla (Chile)
    Bernard Pernier           n.a.        1       professional    2006        La Silla (Chile)
    Walter Augustin Villiger 1872–1938    1       professional    1897        München (Germany)



Observatories (discovery sites) in Switzerland (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.  Vicques                211       amateur         2001-2017   Michel Ory
2.  Gnosca                 172       amateur         1998-2010   Stefano Sposetti 
3.  Épendes (Marly/Naef)   169       amateur         2005-2013   Peter Kocher, Observatoire Naef
4.  Zimmerwald              97       professional    1961-1994   Paul Wild, Thomas Schildknecht, Ivo Baueršíma
5.  Winterthur              10       amateur         2001-2009   Markus Griesser
6.  Falera                   6       amateur         2009-2012   José De Queiroz