Alfred Bohrmann

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Alfred Bohrmann (28 February 1904 – 4 January 2000) was a German astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.<ref name="springer" />

He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1927 at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, at the University of Heidelberg.<ref name="heidelberg" /> At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid discovery by Max Wolf and Karl Reinmuth and others, and during his time there Bohrmann discovered 9 asteroids.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> Bohrmann worked there from 1924 to 1969, publishing more than 700 minor planet observations.<ref name="springer" /> He left the observatory after a dispute with the higher authority.Template:Citation needed

The asteroid 1635 Bohrmann is named after him.<ref name="springer" />

Minor planets discovered: 9<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
1455 Mitchella 5 June 1937
1470 Carla 17 September 1938
1531 Hartmut 17 September 1938
1733 Silke 19 February 1938
1998 Titius 24 February 1938
2016 Heinemann 18 September 1938
2226 Cunitza 26 August 1936
2350 von Lüde 6 February 1938
2665 Schrutka 24 February 1938

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