# Erwin Schwab

Minor planets discovered: 87 :
* see § List of discovered minor planets
Erwin Schwab (born 1964) is a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, who works at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, near Darmstadt, Germany. He has discovered and co-discovered more than 80 asteroids from the Starkenburg (611), Tzec Maun (D25) and Taunus observatories (B01). As volunteer scientist for the European Space Agency (ESA) he recovered near-Earth objects and comets. From 2014 to 2021 he recovered 30 lost comets, which equates to about 25% of the worldwide proportion in that timespan. Using the Schmidt telescope at Calar Alto Observatory (Z84) to search for a lost comet he discovered in 2019 a unique variable star – the first known eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, cataloged as J1832.4-1627 (VSX-Id of AAVSO: 000-BNG-512)

## Biography

Schwab was born in Heppenheim, where he started observing minor planets at the Starkenburg Observatory in 1981.

## Honors and awards

The Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra in Spain has named the main-belt asteroid 185638 Erwinschwab in his honour.

## Discoveries

One which he discovered is named after his parents, Elfriede and Erwin Schwab. Schwab has discovered asteroids at Starkenburg, Tzec Maun as well as at the Taunus Observatory. Some minor planet are named for German cities such as 204852 Frankfurt, 241418 Darmstadt, and 243440 Colonia (Cologne), while the Jupiter-trojans 192220 Oicles and 221917 Opites are named after figures from Greek mythology. He also co-discovered 2009 DM$_{45}$, an unnumbered Apollo asteroid and potentially hazardous object.

### List of discovered minor planets

| 192220 Oicles | 14 September 2007 | list |
| 204852 Frankfurt | 15 September 2007 | list |
| 204873 FAIR | 17 September 2007 | list |
| 207687 Senckenberg | 12 September 2007 | list |
| 207901 Tzecmaun | 28 October 2008 | list |
| 216390 Binnig | 14 February 2008 | list |
| 216433 Milianleo | 19 February 2009 | list |
| 221917 Opites | 26 September 2008 | list |
| 224831 Neeffisis | 27 November 2006 | list |
| 241418 Darmstadt | 31 October 2008 | list |
| 243109 Hansludwig | 12 September 2007 | list |
| 243440 Colonia | 17 March 2009 | list |
| 243536 Mannheim | 15 March 2010 | list |
| 256813 Marburg | 11 February 2008 | list |
| (263391) 2008 DA | 16 February 2008 | list |
| 263932 Speyer | 22 April 2009 | list |
| 264020 Stuttgart | 17 August 2009 | list |
| 274020 Skywalker | 12 September 2007 | list |
| 274835 Aachen | 22 August 2009 | list |
| 278141 Tatooine | 15 February 2007 | list |
| (278417) 2007 RR$_{146}$ | 14 September 2007 | list |
| (279037) 2008 VU$_{13}$ | 8 November 2008 | list |
| 281140 Trier | 16 February 2007 | list |
| 281661 Michaelsiems | 8 November 2008 | list |
| (283117) 2008 VU | 1 November 2008 | list |
| 283142 Weena | 29 December 2008 | list |
| (284941) 2010 EB$_{21}$ | 9 March 2010 | list |
| (295476) 2008 QN$_{23}$ | 29 August 2008 | list |
| 295565 Hannover | 27 September 2008 | list |
| (295987) 2008 YA$_{66}$ | 29 December 2008 | list |
| (296362) 2009 FU$_{25}$ | 21 March 2009 | list |
| (296530) 2009 OV$_9$ | 28 July 2009 | list |
| 301061 Egelsbach | 28 October 2008 | list |
| 301394 Bensheim | 23 February 2009 | list |
| (301625) 2010 EC$_{21}$ | 9 March 2010 | list |
| (309274) 2007 RB$_{133}$ | 15 September 2007 | list |
| (309911) 2009 FG$_2$ | 17 March 2009 | list |
| (312558) 2009 GC | 2 April 2009 | list |
| (315251) 2007 SJ$_{11}$ | 16 September 2007 | list |
| 316042 Tilofranz | 19 April 2009 | list |
| (325557) 2009 SK$_{101}$ | 22 September 2009 | list |
| 325558 Guyane | 24 September 2009 | list |
| 328477 Eckstein | 21 April 2009 | list |
| (332633) 2008 UK$_4$ | 24 October 2008 | list |
| 336698 Melbourne | 5 February 2010 | list |
| (342277) 2008 TE$_{10}$ | 8 October 2008 | list |
| 343000 Ijontichy | 29 January 2009 | list |
| (343138) 2009 FG$_{32}$ | 28 March 2009 | list |
| (343323) 2010 CP$_1$ | 8 February 2010 | list |
| 343444 Halluzinelle | 7 March 2010 | list |
| (343981) 2011 LA$_{27}$ | 7 March 2010 | list |
| (346865) 2009 FJ$_3$ | 17 March 2009 | list |
| (347020) 2010 EV$_{20}$ | 7 March 2010 | list |
| (352162) 2007 RV$_{15}$ | 12 September 2007 | list |
| (352705) 2008 SC$_{152}$ | 28 September 2008 | list |
| (352945) 2009 BL$_{10}$ | 21 January 2009 | list |
| (356104) 2009 FC$_4$ | 18 March 2009 | list |
| (365243) 2009 MV$_7$ | 25 June 2009 | list |
| 367436 Siena | 27 September 2008 | list |
| 369134 Mariareiche | 8 September 2008 | list |
| 369297 Nazca | 23 September 2009 | list |
| (371868) 2008 CQ$_{21}$ | 7 February 2008 | list |
| (375156) 2008 CZ$_{116}$ | 11 February 2008 | list |
| (375668) 2009 FW$_1$ | 17 March 2009 | list |
| 376084 Annettepeter | 3 November 2010 | list |
| 378214 Sauron | 14 January 2007 | list |
| (378791) 2008 SQ$_{84}$ | 27 September 2008 | list |
| 378917 Stefankarge | 28 October 2008 | list |
| 379155 Volkerheinrich | 18 August 2009 | list |
| (384539) 2010 EA$_{21}$ | 9 March 2010 | list |
| (389280) 2009 HQ$_{46}$ | 20 April 2009 | list |
| 389293 Hasubick | 19 May 2009 | list |
| (400775) 2010 EK$_{21}$ | 9 March 2010 | list |
| (410193) 2007 RG$_{133}$ | 15 September 2007 | list |
| (410965) 2009 TG$_4$ | 13 October 2009 | list |
| (414309) 2008 RF$_{79}$ | 8 September 2008 | list |
| (414444) 2009 FC$_2$ | 17 March 2009 | list |
| (418444) 2008 QM$_{23}$ | 29 August 2008 | list |
| 418532 Saruman | 27 September 2008 | list |
| (435797) 2008 VM$_4$ | 4 November 2008 | list |
| (450981) 2008 SM$_{84}$ | 27 September 2008 | list |
| (457752) 2009 HK$_{68}$ | 27 April 2009 | list |
| 458063 Gustavomuler | 21 December 2009 | list |
| (462765) 2010 EN$_{12}$ | 8 March 2010 | list |
| (484791) 2009 DS | 18 February 2009 | list |
| (485065) 2010 EH$_{21}$ | 9 March 2010 | list |
| (494998) 2010 JR$_{31}$ | 5 May 2010 | list |
| Co-discovery made with: $^A$ R. Kling $^B$ S. Karge $^C$ U. Zimmer |||

## Works

* Kleinplaneten-Entdeckungen in Deutschland (German). Epubli Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-741-80915-6.