Max Wolf
This article is about the German astronomer Max Wolf. For the Czech astronomer, see
Marek Wolf. For the American writer and poet, see
Max Wolf Valerio. Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (
June 21 1863–
October 3 1932) was a German
astronomer, a pioneer of
astrophotography.He was born in
Heidelberg,
Germany. In
1888 he was awarded a
Ph.D. by the
University of Heidelberg, and joined the staff of that institution in
1890.Working in
Heidelberg, he discovered more than 200
asteroids, beginning with
323 Brucia in
1891. He pioneered the use of astrophotographic techniques to automate the discovery of asteroids, as opposed to older visual methods, as a result of which asteroid discovery rates sharply increased. In time-exposure photographs, asteroids appear as short streaks due to their planetary motion with respect to fixed stars.
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