| 7940 Erichmeyer | Discovered 1991 Mar. 13 at the Oak Ridge Observatory. |
| Named in honor of Erich Meyer (b. 1951), Austrian amateur astronomer, on the occasion of his 20th anniversary as an astrometricist. Using a measuring engine he constructed himself, Meyer measured about 250 precise positions of minor planets and comets from photographic plates. Among the 2600 positions he derived after switching to CCD equipment in 1993 are some for the 1997 opposition of this object, thereby rendering it appropriate for numbering. An electrical engineer by profession, Meyer is also a well-known astrophotographer and popularizer of astronomy. |
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| Reference: 19980610/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2009-11-17 |
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