Emil Ernst
German astronomer
705 Erminia | October 6, 1910 | MPC |
Emil Ernst (6 June 1889– 26 June 1942) was a German astronomer and discoverer of a minor planet.
He did his PhD dissertation in 1918 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Heidelberg Observatory) at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg in southern Germany.[2]
At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid discovery under the direction of Max Wolf. During his time there, Ernst discovered the main-belt asteroid 705 Erminia.
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External links
- Emil Ernst, publications at Astrophysics Data System
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