Erwin Schwab

Erwin Schwab (born 1964) is a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, who works at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, near Darmstadt, Germany.^[2][3][4] He has discovered and co-discovered more than 80 asteroids^[1] from the Starkenburg (611), Tzec Maun (D25) and Taunus observatories (B01). As volunteer scientist for the European Space Agency (ESA) he recovered near-Earth objects and comets.^[5][6][7] From 2014 to 2021 he recovered 30 lost comets, which equates to about 25% of the worldwide proportion in that timespan.^[8][9] Using the Schmidt telescope at Calar Alto Observatory (Z84) to search for a lost comet he discovered in 2019 a unique variable star – the first known eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, cataloged as J1832.4-1627 (VSX-Id of AAVSO: 000-BNG-512)^{[10][11][12][13]}

Minor planets discovered: 87^[1]

see § List of discovered minor planets

Biography

Schwab was born in Heppenheim,^[3][14] where he started observing minor planets at the Starkenburg Observatory in 1981.^[15]

Honors and awards

The Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra in Spain has named the main-belt asteroid 185638 Erwinschwab in his honour.^[2][16][17]

Discoveries

One which he discovered is named after his parents, Elfriede and Erwin Schwab.^[18] Schwab has discovered asteroids at Starkenburg, Tzec Maun^[19] as well as at the Taunus Observatory.^[1] Some minor planet are named for German cities such as 204852 Frankfurt, 241418 Darmstadt, and 243440 Colonia (Cologne), while the Jupiter-trojans 192220 Oicles and 221917 Opites are named after figures from Greek mythology. He also co-discovered 2009 DM₄₅, an unnumbered Apollo asteroid and potentially hazardous object.^[20]

List of discovered minor planets

See also: Category:Discoveries by Erwin Schwab

192220 Oicles	14 September 2007	list[A]
204852 Frankfurt	15 September 2007	list[A]
204873 FAIR	17 September 2007	list[A]
207687 Senckenberg	12 September 2007	list[A]
207901 Tzecmaun	28 October 2008	list
216390 Binnig	14 February 2008	list[A]
216433 Milianleo	19 February 2009	list
221917 Opites	26 September 2008	list[B]
224831 Neeffisis	27 November 2006	list[A]
241418 Darmstadt	31 October 2008	list
243109 Hansludwig	12 September 2007	list[B]
243440 Colonia	17 March 2009	list[B]
243536 Mannheim	15 March 2010	list
256813 Marburg	11 February 2008	list[A]
(263391) 2008 DA	16 February 2008	list[A]
263932 Speyer	22 April 2009	list
264020 Stuttgart	17 August 2009	list
274020 Skywalker	12 September 2007	list[B]
274835 Aachen	22 August 2009	list
278141 Tatooine	15 February 2007	list[B]
(278417) 2007 RR146	14 September 2007	list[A]
(279037) 2008 VU13	8 November 2008	list
281140 Trier	16 February 2007	list[A]
281661 Michaelsiems	8 November 2008	list
283117 Bonn	1 November 2008	list

283142 Weena	29 December 2008	list[A]
(284941) 2010 EB21	9 March 2010	list[A]
(295476) 2008 QN23	29 August 2008	list[A]
295565 Hannover	27 September 2008	list[B]
(295987) 2008 YA66	29 December 2008	list[A]
(296362) 2009 FU25	21 March 2009	list[A]
(296530) 2009 OV9	28 July 2009	list
301061 Egelsbach	28 October 2008	list
301394 Bensheim	23 February 2009	list
(301625) 2010 EC21	9 March 2010	list[A]
(309274) 2007 RB133	15 September 2007	list[A]
(309911) 2009 FG2	17 March 2009	list[A]
(312558) 2009 GC	2 April 2009	list[A]
(315251) 2007 SJ11	16 September 2007	list[A]
316042 Tilofranz	19 April 2009	list
(325557) 2009 SK101	22 September 2009	list[A]
325558 Guyane	24 September 2009	list
328477 Eckstein	21 April 2009	list
(332633) 2008 UK4	24 October 2008	list
336698 Melbourne	5 February 2010	list
(342277) 2008 TE10	8 October 2008	list
343000 Ijontichy	29 January 2009	list[C]
(343138) 2009 FG32	28 March 2009	list
(343323) 2010 CP1	8 February 2010	list
343444 Halluzinelle	7 March 2010	list[B]

(343981) 2011 LA27	7 March 2010	list[B]
(346865) 2009 FJ3	17 March 2009	list[C]
(347020) 2010 EV20	7 March 2010	list[B]
(352162) 2007 RV15	12 September 2007	list[A]
(352705) 2008 SC152	28 September 2008	list[A]
(352945) 2009 BL10	21 January 2009	list
(356104) 2009 FC4	18 March 2009	list[B]
(365243) 2009 MV7	25 June 2009	list
367436 Siena	27 September 2008	list[B]
369134 Mariareiche	8 September 2008	list[C]
369297 Nazca	23 September 2009	list[B]
(371868) 2008 CQ21	7 February 2008	list[C]
(375156) 2008 CZ116	11 February 2008	list[A]
(375668) 2009 FW1	17 March 2009	list[A]
376084 Annettepeter	3 November 2010	list
378214 Sauron	14 January 2007	list[A]
(378791) 2008 SQ84	27 September 2008	list[A]
378917 Stefankarge	28 October 2008	list
379155 Volkerheinrich	18 August 2009	list
(384539) 2010 EA21	9 March 2010	list[A]
(389280) 2009 HQ46	20 April 2009	list[A]
389293 Hasubick	19 May 2009	list
(400775) 2010 EK21	9 March 2010	list[A]
(410193) 2007 RG133	15 September 2007	list[A]
(410965) 2009 TG4	13 October 2009	list

(414309) 2008 RF79	8 September 2008	list[A]
(414444) 2009 FC2	17 March 2009	list[A]
(418444) 2008 QM23	29 August 2008	list[A]
418532 Saruman	27 September 2008	list[C]
(435797) 2008 VM4	4 November 2008	list
(450981) 2008 SM84	27 September 2008	list[B]
(457752) 2009 HK68	27 April 2009	list
458063 Gustavomuler	21 December 2009	list
(462765) 2010 EN12	8 March 2010	list[B]
(484791) 2009 DS	18 February 2009	list[A]
(485065) 2010 EH21	9 March 2010	list[A]
(494998) 2010 JR31	5 May 2010	list
Co-discovery made with: A R. Kling B S. Karge C U. Zimmer

Works

• Kleinplaneten-Entdeckungen in Deutschland (German). Epubli Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-741-80915-6.