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Erich Meyer

Austrian engineer and amateur astronomer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Erich Meyer (born 6 August 1951) is an Austrian engineer, amateur astronomer and discoverer of asteroids.

Minor planets discovered: 27[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Astronomical career

Between 1996 and 1999, using the private observatory Meyer/Obermair in Davidschlag (municipality Kirchschlag bei Linz, Austria), he discovered a total of 21 asteroids. Seven of these asteroids were discovered together with his colleague Erwin Obermair and one together with Herbert Raab.[2] Furthermore, he was involved in six other discoveries of asteroids between 1996 and 2005, which were assigned as site discoveries to the observatory Davidschlag by the International Astronomical Union.[3]

Meyer's most important observations include precisie astrometry of the comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which he observed together with Erwin Obermair and Herbert Raab in 1993. These observations have significantly contributed to the subsequent prediction of the impact of this comet on the planet Jupiter.[4] In 2018 Erich Meyer was able to identify the residential house of Johannes Kepler in Linz in Hofgasse (house no. 7) - after 400 years.[5]

Meyer is a member of the Astronomical Society of Linz (Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft). By profession, he works as an engineer in the field of maintenance of industrial plants.[6]

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Awards and honors

On 4 April 1997 Meyer was presented the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (Silver) of the republic of Austria.[7] The asteroid 7940 Erichmeyer was named in his honor on 10 June 1998.[8] In 2005, Meyer was awarded a "Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant" by the Planetary Society to support his work on near-Earth objects.[9]

List of discovered minor planets

9097 Davidschlag14 January 1996list[A][B]
9236 Obermair12 March 1997list
9119 Georgpeuerbach18 February 1998list[A][B]
13682 Pressberger10 August 1997list[A]
14057 Manfredstoll15 January 1996list[B]
14977 Bressler26 September 1997list
15949 Rhaeticus17 January 1998list[B]
15955 Johannesgmunden26 January 1998list
16802 Rainer25 September 1997list
24916 Stelzhamer7 March 1997list
26355 Grueber23 December 1998list
29427 Oswaldthomas7 March 1997list
43955 Fixlmüller6 February 1997list[B]
48681 Zeilinger21 January 1996list[B]
48801 Penninger22 October 1997list
58499 Stüber3 November 1996list[B]
85411 Paulflora3 November 1996list[B]
96506 Oberösterreich26 July 1998list
More information Co-discovery made with: A H. Raab or B E. Obermair ...

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