Herbert Raab
9097 Davidschlag 1 2 |
14 January 1996 | MPC |
9119 Georgpeuerbach 1 2 |
18 February 1998 | MPC |
13682 Pressberger 1 |
10 August 1997 | MPC |
175730 Gramastetten 1 2 |
18 February 1998 | MPC |
co-discovered with E. Meyer : [1] | ||
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co-discovered with E. Obermair : [2] |
Herbert Raab (born 24 January 1969 in
Biography
Raab finished his studies of computer science at the
In 1983, he joined the Astronomical Society of Linz (German: Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft), and has been president of the society from 1996 until 2017. Since 1990, he has been developing the widely used software Astrometrica, which is used for astrometric and photometric analysis of images of asteroids and comets.[4] Raab's most important observations include precise astrometry of the comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which he observed together with Erich Meyer and Erwin Obermair in 1993. These observations have significantly contributed to the subsequent prediction of the impact of this comet on the planet Jupiter.[5]
On 10 August 1997, he discovered the asteroid
In May 1996, asteroid
His wife Agnes Raab (born 1969) is also an amateur astronomer and long-time member of the Astronomical Society of Linz. In early 2004, asteroid
References
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ LinkedIn page of Herbert Raab. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
- ^ Astrometrica web page. Retrieved 2015-01-13
- ^ IAUC 5800: Periodic Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (1993e). Retrieved 2015-01-13.
- ^ "13682 Pressberger (1997 PG3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ Minor Planet Discoveries – Webseite of the Davidschlag Observatory Archived 10 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
- ^ euraster.net: 2007 European Asteroidal Occultation Results. Retrieved 2015-06-14
- ^ D. Herald et al.: "New Double Stars from Asteroidal Occultations, 1971-2008" In: Journal of Double Star Observations, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 88 (Online)
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ Recipients of Medals of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (German). Retrieved 2015-01-13.
- ^ "Astrometrica – Minor Planets – (49109) Agnesraab". astrometrica.at. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
External links
- Publications by Herbert Raab in the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- Freie Sicht auf die Sonnenfinsternis (Clear view on the solar eclipse), nachrichten.at, March 2015 (in German)
- Asteroids Raab and Agnesraab, astrometrica.at