Erwin Schwab


Erwin Schwab is a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, who works at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, near Darmstadt, Germany. He has discovered and co-discovered more than 80 asteroids from the Starkenburg, Tzec Maun and Taunus observatories.

Biography

Schwab was born in Heppenheim, where he started observing minor planets at the Starkenburg Observatory in 1981.

Honors and awards

The Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra in Spain has named the main-belt asteroid 185638 Erwinschwab in his honour.

Discoveries

One which he discovered is named after his parents, Elfriede and Erwin Schwab. Schwab has discovered asteroids at Starkenburg, Tzec Maun as well as at the Taunus Observatory. Some minor planet are named for German cities such as 204852 Frankfurt, 241418 Darmstadt, and 243440 Colonia, 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.

List of discovered minor planets

192220 Oicles14 September 2007 
204852 Frankfurt15 September 2007 
204873 FAIR17 September 2007 
207687 Senckenberg12 September 2007 
207901 Tzecmaun28 October 2008
216390 Binnig14 February 2008 
216433 Milianleo19 February 2009
221917 Opites26 September 2008 
224831 Neeffisis27 November 2006 
241418 Darmstadt31 October 2008
243109 Hansludwig12 September 2007 
243440 Colonia17 March 2009 
243536 Mannheim15 March 2010
256813 Marburg11 February 2008 
16 February 2008 
263932 Speyer22 April 2009
264020 Stuttgart17 August 2009
274020 Skywalker12 September 2007 
274835 Aachen22 August 2009
278141 Tatooine15 February 2007 
14 September 2007 
8 November 2008
281140 Trier16 February 2007 
8 November 2008
1 November 2008

7 March 2010 
17 March 2009 
7 March 2010 
12 September 2007 
28 September 2008 
21 January 2009
18 March 2009 
25 June 2009
367436 Siena27 September 2008 
8 September 2008 
23 September 2009 
7 February 2008 
11 February 2008 
17 March 2009 
376084 Annettepeter3 November 2010
378214 Sauron14 January 2007 
27 September 2008 
378917 Stefankarge28 October 2008
379155 Volkerheinrich18 August 2009
9 March 2010 
20 April 2009 
389293 Hasubick19 May 2009
9 March 2010 
15 September 2007 
13 October 2009

Works