Published Citations of the named Minor Planets, sorted by date of discovery: -------------------- submitted on 2010-06-25, published on 2010-09-23 in MPC 72202
(224831) Neeffisis = 2006 WV129
Discovered 2006 Nov. 27 by E. Schwab and R. Kling at Taunus.
Christian Ernst Neeff (1782-1849) was a German physician, co-founder of
the Physikalischer Verein in 1824 and its first president. The emblem of the
association is an Isis, leading to the combined name for this minor planet,
which is the first one discovered at an observatory of the Physikalischer
Verein.
--------------------- submitted on 2010-09-03, published on 2010-11-28 in MPC 72992
(243109) Hansludwig = 2007 RT132
Discovered 2007 Sept. 12 by S. Karge and E. Schwab at Taunus.
Hans-Ludwig Neumann (1938-1991) was a German amateur astronomer and
president of the Physikalischer Verein at Frankfurt am Main from 1976 to
1991. Neumann initiated the construction of the Taunus Observatory, where
this minor planet was discovered.
--------------------- submitted on 2011-03-15, published on 2011-05-18 in MPC 75105
(207687) Senckenberg = 2007 RZ15
Discovered 2007 Sept. 12 by E. Schwab and R. Kling at Taunus.
Johann Christian Senckenberg (1707-1772) was a medical practitioner in
his native city of Frankfurt am Main. He donated his estate as a foundation
for science and medicine. Amongst others, the Senckenberg Museum, a hospital
and the Physikalischer Verein at Frankfurt am Main are based on his foundation.
--------------------- submitted on 2010-04-15, published on 2010-07-26 in MPC 71352
(192220) Oicles = 2007 RZ132
Discovered 2007 Sept. 14 by E. Schwab and R. Kling at Taunus.
Oicles was an Argive king, father of Amphiaraus and son of Mantius.
He accompanied Heracles on the mission to fight Laomedon of Troy and died in
the battle.
--------------------- submitted on 2009-01-26, published on 2009-04-09 in MPC 65714
(204852) Frankfurt = 2007 RH133
Discovered 2007 Sept. 15 by E. Schwab and R. Kling at Taunus.
Frankfurt am Main, birthplace of Goethe, Karl Schwarzschild and
Otto Hahn, is the largest city in the German State of Hessen and the location
of the European Central Bank.
--------------------- submitted on 2009-05-17, published on 2009-08-06 in MPC 66728
(204873) FAIR = 2007 SW1
Discovered 2007 Sept. 17 by E. Schwab and R. Kling at Taunus.
The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is an international
science center for studying the building blocks of matter and the evolution
of the universe. FAIR is a system of particle accelerators located at the
Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt.
--------------------- submitted on 2011-09-15, published on 2011-12-10 in MPC 77509
(207763) Oberursel = 2007 TP23
Discovered 2007 Oct. 6 by R. Kling and U. Zimmer at Taunus.
Oberursel is a German town in the federal state of Hessen. The town was
first mentioned as "Ursella" in 791. It is the home of the second
discoverer and is located close to the Taunus Observatory, where this minor
planet was discovered.
--------------------- submitted on 2011-07-04, published on 2011-10-12 in MPC 76677
(256813) Marburg = 2008 CW116
Discovered 2008 Feb. 11 by E. Schwab and R. Kling at Taunus.
Marburg is a German city, first mentioned in 1138. A castle and
Germany's oldest gothic church dominate the medieval cityscape. In 1527
the oldest protestant university in the world was founded, which has operated
the Marburg Observatory (later renamed Gerling Observatory) since 1841.
--------------------- submitted on 2010-09-03, published on 2010-11-28 in MPC 72992
(216390) Binnig = 2008 CK177
Discovered 2008 Feb. 14 by E. Schwab and R. Kling at Taunus.
German physicist Gerd Binnig (b. 1947) received his doctorate from the
Goethe University in his native city of Frankfurt am Main in 1978. Together
with his colleague Heinrich Rohrer he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in
Physics for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.
--------------------- submitted on 2010-04-15, published on 2010-07-26 in MPC 71352
(189398) Soemmerring = 2008 JG20
Discovered 2008 May 7 by S. Karge and R. Kling at Taunus.
Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring (1755-1830) was a German anthropologist,
anatomist, paleontologist and inventor. He discovered the macula in the
retina of the human eye and invented the electrochemical telegraph. His son
Detmar Wilhelm was cofounder of the Physikalischer Verein in 1824 at
Frankfurt am Main.
--------------------- submitted on 2011-09-15, published on 2011-12-10 in MPC 77509
(221917) Opites = 2008 SD83
Discovered 2008 Sept. 26 by S. Karge and E. Schwab at Taunus.
Opites was a Greek soldier, a ruler of the Danaans, who was killed by
Hektor in the battle for Troy.
-------------------- submitted on 2011-03-15, published on 2011-05-18 in MPC 75106
(243440) Colonia = 2009 FD2
Discovered 2009 Mar. 17 by S. Karge and E. Schwab at Taunus.
Colonia (Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium) is the Roman name for Köln,
Germany's fourth-largest city, founded in the year 38 BC by the Romans. It was
the birthplace of Agrippina, sister of Caligula and mother of Nero. Köln's
gothic cathedral is one of the world's largest churches and a world heritage
site.
--------------------- submitted on 2010-12-08, published on 2011-02-18 in MPC 73985
(251595) Rudolfböttger = 2009 HA36
Discovered 2009 Apr. 20 by S. Karge and R. Kling at Taunus.
Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806-1881) was a German chemist and physicist at
the Physikalischer Verein of Frankfurt am Main. Böttger discovered nitrocellulose,
independently of Christian Friedrich Schönbein, and invented the safety match.
--------------------- submitted on 2011-07-04, published on 2011-10-12 in MPC 76676
(225250) Georgfranziska = 2009 QU36
Discovered 2009 Aug. 30 by S. Karge and U. Zimmer at Taunus.
Georg (1835-1902) and Franziska Speyer (1844-1909) were the founders of the
"Georg und Franziska Speyer'sche Hochschulstiftung". The foundation provided the
basis for Frankfurt's university and supports scientific projects at the Taunus
Observatory, where this minor planet was discovered.
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