August Kopff

August Kopff

Minor planets discovered: 68<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

see Template:Section link

August Kopff (February 5, 1882 – April 25, 1960) was a German astronomer and discoverer of several comets and asteroids.

Kopff studied and worked in Heidelberg, getting his PhD there in 1906 and he then joined the Humboldt University of Berlin where he became the Director of the Institute for Astronomical Calculation.<ref name="springer" />

He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the non-periodic C/1906 E1. He discovered a number of asteroids, including notably the Trojan asteroids 617 Patroclus and 624 Hektor.

The lunar crater Kopff is named after him, as is the asteroid 1631 Kopff.<ref name="springer" /> Minor planet 805 Hormuthia is named after his wife, Hormuth.

List of discovered minor planets

542 Susanna	15 August 1904	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
579 Sidonia	3 November 1905	Template:Small
582 Olympia	23 January 1906	Template:Small
584 Semiramis	15 January 1906	Template:Small
585 Bilkis	16 February 1906	Template:Small
589 Croatia	3 March 1906	Template:Small
591 Irmgard	14 March 1906	Template:Small
593 Titania	20 March 1906	Template:Small
595 Polyxena	27 March 1906	Template:Small
596 Scheila	21 February 1906	Template:Small
606 Brangane	18 September 1906	Template:Small
607 Jenny	18 September 1906	Template:Small
608 Adolfine	18 September 1906	Template:Small
612 Veronika	8 October 1906	Template:Small
613 Ginevra	11 October 1906	Template:Small
614 Pia	11 October 1906	Template:Small
615 Roswitha	11 October 1906	Template:Small
616 Elly	17 October 1906	Template:Small
617 Patroclus	17 October 1906	Template:Small
619 Triberga	22 October 1906	Template:Small
621 Werdandi	11 November 1906	Template:Small
624 Hektor	10 February 1907	Template:Small
625 Xenia	11 February 1907	Template:Small
626 Notburga	11 February 1907	Template:Small
627 Charis	4 March 1907	Template:Small

628 Christine	7 March 1907	Template:Small
629 Bernardina	7 March 1907	Template:Small
630 Euphemia	7 March 1907	Template:Small
631 Philippina	21 March 1907	Template:Small
632 Pyrrha	5 April 1907	Template:Small
633 Zelima	12 May 1907	Template:Small
634 Ute	12 May 1907	Template:Small
640 Brambilla	29 August 1907	Template:Small
643 Scheherezade	8 September 1907	Template:Small
644 Cosima	7 September 1907	Template:Small
646 Kastalia	11 September 1907	Template:Small
647 Adelgunde	11 September 1907	Template:Small
648 Pippa	11 September 1907	Template:Small
649 Josefa	11 September 1907	Template:Small
650 Amalasuntha	4 October 1907	Template:Small
651 Antikleia	4 October 1907	Template:Small
654 Zelinda	4 January 1908	Template:Small
656 Beagle	22 January 1908	Template:Small
657 Gunlod	23 January 1908	Template:Small
658 Asteria	23 January 1908	Template:Small
663 Gerlinde	24 June 1908	Template:Small
664 Judith	24 June 1908	Template:Small
666 Desdemona	23 July 1908	Template:Small
667 Denise	23 July 1908	Template:Small
668 Dora	27 July 1908	Template:Small

669 Kypria	20 August 1908	Template:Small
670 Ottegebe	20 August 1908	Template:Small
672 Astarte	21 September 1908	Template:Small
677 Aaltje	18 January 1909	Template:Small
679 Pax	28 January 1909	Template:Small
680 Genoveva	22 April 1909	Template:Small
681 Gorgo	13 May 1909	Template:Small
682 Hagar	17 June 1909	Template:Small
684 Hildburg	8 August 1909	Template:Small
686 Gersuind	15 August 1909	Template:Small
692 Hippodamia	5 November 1901	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
693 Zerbinetta	21 September 1909	Template:Small
754 Malabar	22 August 1906	Template:Small
1780 Kippes	12 September 1906	Template:Small
1781 Van Biesbroeck	17 October 1906	Template:Small
3105 Stumpff	8 August 1907	Template:Small
3133 Sendai	4 October 1907	Template:Small
3687 Dzus	7 October 1908	Template:Small
Co-discovery made with: Template:Note label P. Götz Template:Note label M. F. Wolf