Arno Arthur Wachmann
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| 1465 Autonoma | 20 March 1938 | Template:MPC |
| 1501 Baade | 20 October 1938 | Template:MPC |
| 1586 Thiele | 13 February 1939 | Template:MPC |
Arno Arthur Wachmann (8 March 1902 – 24 July 1990) was a German astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who worked for many years at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.[2][3]
With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 3 asteroids during 1938–1939.[1] He also discovered supernova SN 1938B.
The inner main-belt asteroid 1704 Wachmann was named in his honor (M.P.C. 3933Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[3]
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