Felix Hormuth

Felix Hormuth (born 1975) is a German astronomer, working at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) until 2016, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets.^[2][3] During his stay at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain, he has discovered many asteroids, including a Jupiter trojan and two near-Earth objects, such as the 15-meter Amor asteroid 2009 DS₃₆,^[4] using MPIA's 1.23-meter reflector telescope.

Minor planets discovered: 82 ^[1]

see § List of discovered minor planets

Career

Hormuth has worked with data obtained by the Infrared Space Observatory,^[5] was involved in the measurement campaign of the Very Large Telescope's GRAVITY-interferometer, and participated in the construction of optical instruments used at the NTT in La Silla, Chile.^[2] As of 2016, he is a project manager at MPIA, working for the Institute's hardware contribution to ESA's space-based Euclid mission, which will accurately measure the acceleration of the universe for the study of dark energy and dark matter.^[2]

The Minor Planet Center ranks him 127th for a total of 75 credited discoveries of numbered asteroid during 2003–2009.^[1] Hormuth has named his discovered main-belt asteroids 241475 Martinagedeck and 342843 Davidbowie after actors and songwriter Martina Gedeck and David Bowie, respectively. He has also named 18610 Arthurdent after the character in Douglas Adams's radio play and book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.^[6][7][8]

Honors and awards

The asteroid 10660 Felixhormuth was named in his honor by astronomers Lothar Kurtze and Lutz Schmadel. The outer main-belt asteroid, provisionally designated 4348 T-1, was discovered by Dutch and Dutch–American astronomers during the Palomar–Leiden trojan survey in 1971.^[3] Based on an absolute magnitude of 13.9, it measures about 4 to 10 kilometers in diameter.^[9][10]

List of discovered minor planets

See also: Category:Discoveries by Felix Hormuth

189202 Calar Alto	17 September 2003	list
196640 Mulhacén	17 September 2003	list
202736 Julietclare	18 May 2007	list
209083 Rioja	17 September 2003	list
210432 Dietmarhopp	8 December 2008	list
210433 Ullithiele	21 December 2008	list
210444 Frithjof	16 January 2009	list
212991 Garcíalorca	23 February 2009	list
215044 Joãoalves	20 February 2009	list
(228124) 2008 YC7	23 December 2008	list
239672 SOFIA	21 December 2008	list
241475 Martinagedeck	25 January 2009	list
241509 Sessler	22 February 2009	list
246759 Elviracheca	11 February 2009	list
(246810) 2009 FH73	23 March 2009	list
257234 Güntherkurtze	26 February 2009	list
281764 Schwetzingen	24 February 2009	list
(283167) 2009 DN26	22 February 2009	list
(284873) 2009 DN37	23 February 2009	list
293934 MPIA	8 October 2007	list
(295957) 2008 YB4	22 December 2008	list
(296208) 2009 CG5	13 February 2009	list
(296256) 2009 DB28	22 February 2009	list
(301393) 2009 DB29	23 February 2009	list
(301405) 2009 DE37	23 February 2009	list

(301435) 2009 DE73	25 February 2009	list
305660 Romyhaag	29 January 2009	list
305661 Joejackson	29 January 2009	list
(305749) 2009 DF5	20 February 2009	list
(305763) 2009 DW30	23 February 2009	list
(305768) 2009 DU37	23 February 2009	list
342843 Davidbowie	21 December 2008	list
(342844) 2008 YA4	22 December 2008	list
(342960) 2009 BP	16 January 2009	list
(343094) 2009 DT37	23 February 2009	list
(346654) 2008 YT	19 December 2008	list
(346807) 2009 CZ19	15 February 2009	list
(346835) 2009 DH27	22 February 2009	list
(349767) 2009 BD1	17 January 2009	list
(352881) 2008 YO3	21 December 2008	list
(356058) 2009 DK27	22 February 2009	list
359103 Ottopiene	16 January 2009	list
(362128) 2009 DC29	23 February 2009	list
(362148) 2009 DS111	26 February 2009	list
(362186) 2009 FF67	19 March 2009	list
365130 Birnfeld	23 February 2009	list
365131 Hassberge	23 February 2009	list
365159 Garching	26 February 2009	list
(375672) 2009 FS65	19 March 2009	list
(384225) 2009 DP26	22 February 2009	list

(386528) 2009 CB5	12 February 2009	list
(386543) 2009 DZ2	17 February 2009	list
(389209) 2009 DR27	22 February 2009	list
(391982) 2008 YK	18 December 2008	list
(392077) 2009 DS26	22 February 2009	list
(394976) 2009 AK16	15 January 2009	list
(395046) 2009 DZ111	26 February 2009	list
(414427) 2009 DU29	23 February 2009	list
(414450) 2009 FJ73	23 March 2009	list
(418924) 2009 CO39	14 February 2009	list
(425011) 2009 DC112	26 February 2009	list
(425023) 2009 FL22	19 March 2009	list
429031 Hannavonhoerner	11 February 2009	list
429032 Sebvonhoerner	12 February 2009	list
429033 Günterwendt	13 February 2009	list
431397 Carolinregina	14 April 2007	list
435950 Bad Königshofen	21 February 2009	list
(435955) 2009 DU30	23 February 2009	list
(435957) 2009 DT38	24 February 2009	list
(445202) 2009 DG73	25 February 2009	list
(448292) 2009 BH14	24 January 2009	list
456731 Uligrözinger	8 October 2007	list
(457648) 2009 CE5	13 February 2009	list
(462562) 2009 DH28	22 February 2009	list
(468675) 2009 DB3	17 February 2009	list

(477032) 2009 AT15	15 January 2009	list
(477133) 2009 DY2	17 February 2009	list
(477135) 2009 DM10	21 February 2009	list
(490338) 2009 DV26	22 February 2009	list
(509904) 2009 DB30	23 February 2009	list
(513477) 2009 DR26	22 February 2009	list
(528696) 2008 YT4	22 December 2008	list

See also

• List of minor planet discoverers § F. Hormuth

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. "Felix Hormuth". Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
3. "10660 Felixhormuth (4348 T-1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
4. "Near-Earth asteroid discovered from Calar Alto Observatory". Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, Calar Alto Observatory. February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
5. Hormuth, Felix; Müller, Thomas G. (January 2009). "Catalogue of ISO LWS observations of asteroids". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 497 (3): 1117–1138. arXiv:0901.4557. Bibcode:2009A&A...497..983H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/20066545. S2CID 18033251.
6. "241475 Martinagedeck (2009 BK14)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
7. "342843 Davidbowie (2008 YN3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
8. "18610 Arthurdent (1998 CC2)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
9. "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Archived from the original on 2 March 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
10. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 10660 Felixhormuth (4348 T-1)" (2015-01-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

External links

• Douglas Adams – The more than complete The Hitchhiker's Guide, inertramblings.com, 2003
• David Bowie may be gone, but he will live on in space globalnews.ca, January 2016
• Heidelberger Astronom (er)fand den Kleinplaneten "Martinagedeck" Interview (in German) with Felix Hormuth in 2015
• Sternwarte Weinheim (Observatory code A23)