August Kopff


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August Kopff was a German astronomer and discoverer of several comets and asteroids.
Kopff studied and worked in Heidelberg, getting his PhD there in 1906 and he then joined the Humboldt University of Berlin where he became the Director of the Institute for Astronomical Calculation.
He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the non-periodic C/1906 E1. He discovered a number of asteroids, including notably the Trojan asteroids 617 Patroclus and 624 Hektor.
The lunar crater Kopff is named after him, as is the asteroid 1631 Kopff. Minor planet 805 Hormuthia is named after his wife, Hormuth.

List of discovered minor planets

542 Susanna15 August 1904
579 Sidonia3 November 1905
582 Olympia23 January 1906
584 Semiramis15 January 1906
585 Bilkis16 February 1906
589 Croatia3 March 1906
591 Irmgard14 March 1906
593 Titania20 March 1906
595 Polyxena27 March 1906
596 Scheila21 February 1906
606 Brangane18 September 1906
607 Jenny18 September 1906
608 Adolfine18 September 1906
612 Veronika8 October 1906
613 Ginevra11 October 1906
614 Pia11 October 1906
615 Roswitha11 October 1906
616 Elly17 October 1906
617 Patroclus17 October 1906
619 Triberga22 October 1906
621 Werdandi11 November 1906
624 Hektor10 February 1907
625 Xenia11 February 1907
626 Notburga11 February 1907
627 Charis4 March 1907