Max Wolf

Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21 1863 – October 3 1932) was a German astronomer. He was a pioneer of astrophotography.

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He was born in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1888 he was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Heidelberg, and joined the staff of that institution in 1890.

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Working in Heidelberg, he discovered more than 200 asteroids, beginning with 323 Brucia in 1891. He pioneered the use of astrophotographic techniques to automate the discovery of asteroids, as opposed to older visual methods, as a result of which asteroid discovery rates sharply increased. In time-exposure photographs, asteroids appear as short streaks due to their planetary motion with respect to fixed stars.

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Among his many discoveries was 588 Achilles (the first Trojan asteroid) in 1906, as well as two other Trojans: 659 Nestor and 884 Priamus. He also discovered 887 Alinda in 1918, which is now recognized as an Earth-crossing Amor asteroid (or sometimes classified as the namesake of its own Alinda family). Shortly after his last discovery (on February 6, 1932), his record 248 discoveries were beaten by his pupil Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, on July 24, 1933.

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The Minor Planet Center credits his discoveries as "M. F. Wolf"; there is a more recent "M. Wolf" who is Marek Wolf.

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He also discovered or co-discovered some comets, including 14P/Wolf and 43P/Wolf-Harrington.

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He also discovered Wolf 359, a red dwarf that is one of the nearest stars to our solar system. Note that Wolf-Rayet stars were co-discovered by French astronomer Charles Wolf and not by him.

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He died in Heidelberg.

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June 21: June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. This day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, and thus is the day of the year with the longest hours of daylight ...

1863: 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday....

October 3: :3rd October Organization is also the name of a Marxist terrorist group....

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