(2158) Tietjen (original) (raw)

1933 OS. Discovered 1933 July 24 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.

Named in memory of Friedrich Tietjen (1832–1895), professor of astronomy at Berlin University and director of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut since 1874. For many years, he served as an editor of the respected Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch and Nautisches Jahrbuch. After a 13-year period of observations of minor planets and comets, Tietjen became the most prolific orbit computer of the ARI. (M 18447)

Name proposed and citation prepared by L.D.Schmadel.

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(2003). (2158) Tietjen. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7\_2159

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