August Kopff

+ Asteroids discovered: 68 542 Susanna 15 August 1904 579 Sidonia 3 November 1905 582 Olympia 23 January 1906 584 Semiramis 15 January 1906  585 Bilkis 16 February 1906 589 Croatia 3 March 1906  591 Irmgard 14 March 1906  593 Titania 20 March 1906  595 Polyxena 27 March 1906  596 Scheila 21 February 1906 606 Brangäne 18 September 1906  607 Jenny 18 September 1906  608 Adolfine 18 September 1906  612 Veronika 8 October 1906  613 Ginevra 11 October 1906 614 Pia 11 October 1906 615 Roswitha 11 October 1906  616 Elly 17 October 1906  617 Patroclus  17 October 1906  619 Triberga 22 October 1906 621 Werdandi 11 November 1906  624 Hektor  10 February 1907 625 Xenia 11 February 1907  626 Notburga 11 February 1907  627 Charis 4 March 1907  628 Christine 7 March 1907  629 Bernardina 7 March 1907 630 Euphemia 7 March 1907  631 Philippina 21 March 1907 632 Pyrrha 5 April 1907  633 Zelima 12 May 1907  634 Ute 12 May 1907  640 Brambilla 29 August 1907  643 Scheherezade 8 September 1907 644 Cosima 7 September 1907 646 Kastalia 11 September 1907  647 Adelgunde 11 September 1907  648 Pippa 11 September 1907  649 Josefa 11 September 1907  650 Amalasuntha 4 October 1907  651 Antikleia 4 October 1907  654 Zelinda 4 January 1908  656 Beagle 22 January 1908  657 Gunlöd 23 January 1908  658 Asteria 23 January 1908  663 Gerlinde 24 June 1908  664 Judith 24 June 1908 666 Desdemona 23 July 1908  667 Denise 23 July 1908  668 Dora 27 July 1908  669 Kypria 20 August 1908  670 Ottegebe 20 August 1908  672 Astarte 21 September 1908  677 Aaltje 18 January 1909  679 Pax 28 January 1909  680 Genoveva 22 April 1909  681 Gorgo 13 May 1909 682 Hagar 17 June 1909  684 Hildburg 8 August 1909  686 Gersuind 15 August 1909  692 Hippodamia 5 November 1901 693 Zerbinetta 21 September 1909  754 Malabar 22 August 1906  1780 Kippes 12 September 1906  1781 Van Biesbroeck 17 October 1906  3105 Stumpff 8 August 1907  3133 Sendai 4 October 1907  3687 Dzus 7 October 1908
August Kopff (5 February 1882 – 25 April 1960) was a German astronomer who found many comets and asteroids.

He found some comets, such as the periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the non-periodic C/1906 E1.

He found many asteroids, such as the notable Trojan asteroids 617 Patroclus and 624 Hektor.

A crater on the Moon is named after him: see Kopff (crater).

Category:1882 births
Category:1960 deaths

Category:German astronomers