Lutz D. Schmadel
Lutz Dieter Schmadel was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut of the University of Heidelberg.
His special interest was the astrometry of minor planets. Among his numerous discoveries were the three main-belt asteroids 8661 Ratzinger, 10114 Greifswald and 11508 Stolte.
He was the author of Dictionary of Minor Planet Names a reference book containing information about the discovery and naming of 12,804 asteroids. One asteroid 2234 Schmadel, discovered in 1977, was named in his honor. The asteroid 8811 Waltherschmadel was named for his father, Walther Schmadel, who died at the Eastern Front near Stalingrad during WWII.Discoveries
Lutz Schmadel is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 245 minor planets made between 1960 and 1993.List of discovered minor planets
| 8847 Huch | 12 October 1990 | |
| 8860 Rohloff | 5 October 1991 | |
| 8861 Jenskandler | 3 October 1991 | |
| 9187 Walterkröll | 12 September 1991 | |
| 9344 Klopstock | 12 September 1991 | |
| 9351 Neumayer | 2 October 1991 | |
| 9610 Vischer | 2 September 1992 | |
| 9761 Krautter | 13 September 1991 | |
| 9762 Hermannhesse | 13 September 1991 | |
| 9861 Jahreiss | 9 September 1991 | |
| 9863 Reichardt | 13 September 1991 | |
| 9956 Castellaz | 5 October 1991 | |
| 10095 Carlloewe | 9 September 1991 | |
| 10114 Greifswald | 4 September 1992 | |
| 10116 Robertfranz | 21 September 1992 | |
| 10761 Lyubimets | 12 October 1990 | |
| 10762 von Laue | 12 October 1990 | |
| 10763 Hlawka | 12 October 1990 | |
| 10764 Rübezahl | 12 October 1990 | |
| 10782 Hittmair | 12 September 1991 | |
| 10786 Robertmayer | 7 October 1991 | |
| 10787 Ottoburkard | 4 October 1991 | |
| 11050 Messiaën | 13 October 1990 | |
| 11508 Stolte | 12 October 1990 | |
| 11573 Helmholtz | 20 September 1993 | |
| 16505 Sulzer | 12 October 1990 | |
| 16544 Hochlehnert | 9 September 1991 | |
| 16590 Brunowalter | 21 September 1992 | |
| 17458 Dick | 13 October 1990 | |
| 17459 Andreashofer | 13 October 1990 | |
| 17460 Mang | 10 October 1990 | |
| 17484 Ganghofer | 13 September 1991 | |
| 17488 Mantl | 2 October 1991 | |
| 17489 Trenker | 2 October 1991 | |
| 18359 Jakobstaude | 13 October 1990 | |
| 18360 Sachs | 10 October 1990 | |
| 18395 Schmiedmayer | 21 September 1992 | |
| 18396 Nellysachs | 21 September 1992 | |
| 19162 Wambsganss | 10 October 1990 | |
| 19178 Walterbothe | 9 September 1991 | |
| 19182 Pitz | 7 October 1991 | |
| 19183 Amati | 5 October 1991 | |
| 19208 Starrfield | 2 September 1992 | |
| 19992 Schönbein | 10 October 1990 | |
| 19993 Günterseeber | 10 October 1990 | |
| 20012 Ranke | 13 September 1991 | |
| 21050 Beck | 10 October 1990 | |
| 21074 Rügen | 12 September 1991 | |
| 21075 Heussinger | 12 September 1991 | |
| 21076 Kokoschka | 12 September 1991 | |
| 30828 Bethe | 12 October 1990 | |
| 30829 Wolfwacker | 10 October 1990 | |
| 30830 Jahn | 14 October 1990 | |
| 30847 Lampert | 13 September 1991 | |
| 30850 Vonsiemens | 7 October 1991 | |
| 30851 Reißfelder | 2 October 1991 | |
| 30852 Debye | 2 October 1991 | |
| 30882 Tomhenning | 21 September 1992 | |
| 30883 de Broglie | 24 September 1992 | |
| 32808 Bischoff | 10 October 1990 | |
| 32809 Sommerfeld | 10 October 1990 | |
| 32810 Steinbach | 10 October 1990 | |
| 32811 Apisaon | 14 October 1990 | |
| 32821 Posch | 9 September 1991 | |
| 32853 Döbereiner | 21 September 1992 | |
| 32855 Zollitsch | 24 September 1992 | |
| 37582 Faraday | 12 October 1990 | |
| 37583 Ramonkhanna | 13 October 1990 | |
| 37584 Schleiden | 10 October 1990 | |
| 37592 Pauljackson | 3 October 1991 | |
| 37608 Löns | 24 September 1992 | |
| 39536 Lenhof | 10 October 1990 | |
| 42487 Ångström | 9 September 1991 | |
| 42492 Brüggenthies | 3 October 1991 | |
| 43790 Ferdinandbraun | 12 October 1990 | |
| 65685 Behring | 10 October 1990 | |
| 65692 Trifu | 12 September 1991 | |
| 65708 Ehrlich | 4 September 1992 | |
| 65712 Schneidmüller | 24 September 1992 | |
| 69286 von Liebig | 10 October 1990 | |
| 69287 Günthereichhorn | 10 October 1990 | |
| 69288 Berlioz | 11 October 1990 | |
| 69295 Stecklum | 2 October 1991 | |
| 69312 Rogerbacon | 24 September 1992 | |
| 73686 Nussdorf | 10 October 1990 | |
| 73687 Thomas Aquinas | 10 October 1990 | |
| 73692 Gürtler | 12 September 1991 | |
| 73693 Dorschner | 12 September 1991 | |
| 73699 Landaupfalz | 4 October 1991 | |
| 73700 von Kues | 5 October 1991 | |
| 73701 Siegfriedbauer | 3 October 1991 | |
| 79129 Robkoldewey | 11 October 1990 | |
| 79138 Mansfeld | 13 September 1991 | |
| 85179 Meistereckhart | 11 October 1990 | |
| 85190 Birgitroth | 12 September 1991 | |
| 85195 von Helfta | 7 October 1991 | |
| 85196 Halle | 4 October 1991 | |
| 85197 Ginkgo | 5 October 1991 | |
| 85198 Weltenburg | 2 October 1991 | |
| 85199 Habsburg | 3 October 1991 | |
Works
- , Google books
- Dictionary of minor planet names . Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2003,
- Dictionary of minor planet names . Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2006,
- Dictionary of minor planet names . Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2006,
- Dictionary of minor planet names . Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2012,
