Asteroid Asteroid Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones... s discovered: 94
1657 Roemera 1657 Roemera The minor planet 1657 Roemera was discovered in 1961 by Paul Wild, and named for Elizabeth Roemer, an American astronomer.-References:* * * telnet://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov:6775 telnet for JPL Horizons, easier and more comprehensive than web version...	March 6, 1961
1687 Glarona 1687 Glarona 1687 Glarona is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1965 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 19, 1965
1748 Mauderli 1748 Mauderli 1748 Mauderli is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1966 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 7, 1966
1768 Appenzella 1768 Appenzella 1768 Appenzella is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1965 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :**...	September 23, 1965
1773 Rumpelstilz 1773 Rumpelstilz 1773 Rumpelstilz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1968 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	April 17, 1968
1775 Zimmerwald 1775 Zimmerwald 1775 Zimmerwald is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 13, 1969 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	May 13, 1969
1803 Zwicky 1803 Zwicky 1803 Zwicky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1967 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	February 6, 1967
1830 Pogson 1830 Pogson 1830 Pogson is a main belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1968 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. It is named after the astronomer N.R. Pogson.- External links :*...	April 17, 1968
1831 Nicholson 1831 Nicholson 1831 Nicholson is a main belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1968 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. It is named after the astronomer Seth B. Nicholson.- External links :*...	April 17, 1968
1838 Ursa 1838 Ursa 1838 Ursa is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1971 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 20, 1971
1839 Ragazza 1839 Ragazza 1839 Ragazza is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1971 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 20, 1971
1844 Susilva 1844 Susilva 1844 Susilva is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1912.1331274 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 30, 1972.-References:...	October 30, 1972
1845 Helewalda 1845 Helewalda 1845 Helewalda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1972 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 30, 1972
1860 Barbarossa 1860 Barbarossa 1860 Barbarossa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 28, 1973
1866 Sisyphus 1866 Sisyphus 1866 Sisyphus is a binary Apollo asteroid which, at approximately 10 km in diameter, is the largest of the Earth-crossing asteroids. It is comparable in size to the Chicxulub object whose impact may have killed off the dinosaurs....	December 5, 1972
1891 Gondola 1891 Gondola 1891 Gondola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1969 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 11, 1969
1892 Lucienne 1892 Lucienne 1892 Lucienne is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1971 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 16, 1971
1893 Jakoba 1893 Jakoba 1893 Jakoba is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1971 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 20, 1971
1906 Naef 1906 Naef 1906 Naef is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1972 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 5, 1972
1911 Schubart 1911 Schubart 1911 Schubart is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 25, 1973
1935 Lucerna 1935 Lucerna 1935 Lucerna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 2, 1973
1936 Lugano 1936 Lugano 1936 Lugano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	November 24, 1973
1937 Locarno 1937 Locarno 1937 Locarno is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 19, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	December 19, 1973
1938 Lausanna 1938 Lausanna 1938 Lausanna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 19, 1974 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	April 19, 1974
1960 Guisan 1960 Guisan 1960 Guisan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald Observatory. It is named after Swiss general Henri Guisan.- External links :*...	October 25, 1973
1961 Dufour 1961 Dufour 1961 Dufour is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 19, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	November 19, 1973
1962 Dunant 1962 Dunant 1962 Dunant is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	November 24, 1973
2001 Einstein 2001 Einstein 2001 Einstein is an inner main belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1973. It is a member of the Hungaria family. It is named in honour of the German-American physicist and Nobelist Albert Einstein....	March 5, 1973
2005 Hencke 2005 Hencke 2005 Hencke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1973 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 2, 1973
2029 Binomi 2029 Binomi The asteroid 2029 Binomi was discovered on September 11, 1969 by the Swiss astronomer Prof. Paul Wild at Zimmerwald observatory near Bern, Switzerland...	September 11, 1969
2033 Basilea 2033 Basilea 2033 Basilea is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	February 6, 1973
2034 Bernoulli 2034 Bernoulli 2034 Bernoulli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	March 5, 1973
2037 Tripaxeptalis 2037 Tripaxeptalis 2037 Tripaxeptalis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 25, 1973
2038 Bistro 2038 Bistro 2038 Bistro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	November 24, 1973
2040 Chalonge 2040 Chalonge 2040 Chalonge is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 19, 1974 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	April 19, 1974
2080 Jihlava 2080 Jihlava 2080 Jihlava is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1976 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	February 27, 1976
2081 Sázava 2081 Sázava 2081 Sázava is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1401.7176336 days . The asteroid was discovered on February 27, 1976.-References:...	February 27, 1976
2087 Kochera 2087 Kochera 2087 Kochera is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 28, 1975 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	December 28, 1975
2088 Sahlia 2088 Sahlia 2088 Sahlia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1976 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	February 27, 1976
2129 Cosicosi 2129 Cosicosi 2129 Cosicosi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 27, 1973
2138 Swissair 2138 Swissair 2138 Swissair was the name given to an asteroid discovered on April 17, 1968 by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at the Zimmerwald Observatory near Berne, Switzerland.-See also:* List of notable asteroids...	April 17, 1968
2151 Hadwiger 2151 Hadwiger 2151 Hadwiger is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1977 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald. It is named after Swiss mathematician Hugo Hadwiger.- External links :*...	November 3, 1977
2152 Hannibal 2152 Hannibal 2152 Hannibal is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 19, 1978 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	November 19, 1978
2175 Andrea Doria 2175 Andrea Doria 2175 Andrea Doria is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1977 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 12, 1977
2218 Wotho 2218 Wotho 2218 Wotho is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1975 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	January 10, 1975
2229 Mezzarco 2229 Mezzarco 2229 Mezzarco is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1977 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 7, 1977
2239 Paracelsus 2239 Paracelsus 2239 Paracelsus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1978 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 13, 1978
2262 Mitidika 2262 Mitidika 2262 Mitidika is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 10, 1978 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*-References:...	September 10, 1978
2303 Retsina 2303 Retsina 2303 Retsina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 24, 1979 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	March 24, 1979
2320 Blarney 2320 Blarney 2320 Blarney is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 29, 1979 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*-References:...	August 29, 1979
2337 Boubín 2337 Boubín 2337 Boubín is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1525.6704220 days .The asteroid was discovered on October 22, 1976.-References:...	October 22, 1976
2353 Alva 2353 Alva 2353 Alva is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1975 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 27, 1975
2368 Beltrovata 2368 Beltrovata 2368 Beltrovata is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 4, 1977 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 4, 1977
2429 Schürer 2429 Schürer 2429 Schürer is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1505.8494723 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 12, 1977.-References:...	October 12, 1977
2481 Bürgi 2481 Bürgi 2481 Bürgi is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1504.9253699 days . It has an average orbital speed of 18.57760272 km/s.The asteroid was discovered on October 18, 1977 at the Zimmerwald Observatory.-References:...	October 18, 1977
2517 Orma 2517 Orma 2517 Orma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1968 by Paul Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 28, 1968
2521 Heidi 2521 Heidi This small asteroid is named after Johanna Spyri's well-known book, Heidi....	February 28, 1979
2565 Grögler 2565 Grögler 2565 Grögler is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1320.9700808 days .The asteroid was discovered on October 12, 1977.-References:...	October 12, 1977
2731 Cucula 2731 Cucula 2731 Cucula is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 21, 1982 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	May 21, 1982
2843 Yeti 2843 Yeti 2843 Yeti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 7, 1975 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	December 7, 1975
2868 Upupa 2868 Upupa 2868 Upupa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1972 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. It is named after a bird, the hoopoe .- External links :...	October 30, 1972
2914 Glärnisch 2914 Glärnisch 2914 Glärnisch is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1241.7339324 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 19, 1965.-References:...	September 19, 1965
2950 Rousseau 2950 Rousseau 2950 Rousseau is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1974 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	November 9, 1974
2970 Pestalozzi 2970 Pestalozzi 2970 Pestalozzi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1978 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. This Asteroid is named after the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.- External links :*...	October 27, 1978
2989 Imago 2989 Imago 2989 Imago is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1976 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 22, 1976
3021 Lucubratio 3021 Lucubratio 3021 Lucubratio is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1967 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	February 6, 1967
3026 Sarastro 3026 Sarastro 3026 Sarastro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1977, by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 12, 1977
3060 Delcano 3060 Delcano 3060 Delcano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1982 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 12, 1982
3258 Somnium 3258 Somnium 3258 Somnium is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1983 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 8, 1983
3329 Golay 3329 Golay 3329 Golay is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1985 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 12, 1985
3468 Urgenta 3468 Urgenta 3468 Urgenta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 7, 1975 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	January 7, 1975
3491 Fridolin 3491 Fridolin 3491 Fridolin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1984 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 30, 1984
3552 Don Quixote 3552 Don Quixote 3552 Don Quixote is a small main-belt, Amor, Mars crossing, potentially hazardous asteroid. It has a highly inclined comet-like orbit, and measures about 19 km in diameter. Its rotation period is 7.7 hours...	September 26, 1983
3582 Cyrano 3582 Cyrano 3582 Cyrano is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Paul Wild in 1986. It is named after Cyrano de Bergerac, the seventeenth century French dramatist and duellist who was immortalized in Edmond Rostand's 1897 play....	October 2, 1986
3928 Randa 3928 Randa 3928 Randa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 4, 1981 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	August 4, 1981
4323 Hortulus 4323 Hortulus 4323 Hortulus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1981 by Paul Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	August 27, 1981
4471 Graculus 4471 Graculus 4471 Graculus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1978 by Paul Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	November 8, 1978
5369 Virgiugum 5369 Virgiugum 5369 Virgiugum is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1238.9330157 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 22, 1985....	September 22, 1985
5708 Melancholia 5708 Melancholia 5708 Melancholia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1977 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :...	October 12, 1977
5710 Silentium 5710 Silentium 5710 Silentium is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1977 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 18, 1977
5986 Xenophon 5986 Xenophon 5986 Xenophon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 2, 1969 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 2, 1969
6475 Refugium 6475 Refugium 6475 Refugium is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1987 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	September 29, 1987
6620 Peregrina 6620 Peregrina 6620 Peregrina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1973 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 25, 1973
7081 Ludibunda 7081 Ludibunda 7081 Ludibunda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1987 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	August 30, 1987
8061 Gaudium 8061 Gaudium 8061 Gaudium is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1975 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	October 27, 1975
	October 12, 1977
	October 12, 1985

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9716 Severina

9716 Severina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1975 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...

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| 13025 Zürich

13025 Zürich

13025 Zürich is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1343.3353105 days . The asteroid was discovered on January 28, 1989....

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| 14826 Nicollier

14826 Nicollier

14826 Nicollier is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1985 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...

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| 19251 Totziens

19251 Totziens

19251 Totziens is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 3, 1994 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...

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Professor Paul Wild (ˈvɪlt) of Berne, Switzerland, is an astronomer

Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

 who discovered numerous comet

Comet

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...

s and asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s.

Career

Professor Wild was director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Berne

University of Berne

The University of Bern is a university in the Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a broad choice of courses and programmes in eight faculties and some 160 institutes. The university is an...

 from 1980 to 1991. He observed at Zimmerwald Observatory

Zimmerwald Observatory

Observatorium Zimmerwald is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Astronomisches Institut der Universität Bern . Built in 1956, it is located 10 kilometers south of Bern, Switzerland near Zimmerwald.The 1 meter aperture ZIMLAT telescope was inaugurated in 1997.-External links:*...

, near Berne.

Discoveries

Wild discovered a number of comet

Comet

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...

s, asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s and supernova

Supernova

A supernova is a stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova. It is pronounced with the plural supernovae or supernovas. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months...

e, including:

• periodic comets 63P/Wild, 81P/Wild
  81P/Wild
  Comet 81P/Wild, also known as Wild 2 , is a comet named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild, who discovered it in 1978 using a 40-cm Schmidt telescope at Zimmerwald....
  
  , 86P/Wild and 116P/Wild
  116P/Wild
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  ;
• the Apollo asteroid
  Apollo asteroid
  The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, the first asteroid of this group to be discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth...
  
    1866 Sisyphus
  1866 Sisyphus
  1866 Sisyphus is a binary Apollo asteroid which, at approximately 10 km in diameter, is the largest of the Earth-crossing asteroids. It is comparable in size to the Chicxulub object whose impact may have killed off the dinosaurs....
  
   and the Amor asteroid
  Amor asteroid
  The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. They approach the orbit of the Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. Most Amors do cross the orbit of Mars...
  
  s 2368 Beltrovata
  2368 Beltrovata
  2368 Beltrovata is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 4, 1977 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...
  
   and 3552 Don Quixote
  3552 Don Quixote
  3552 Don Quixote is a small main-belt, Amor, Mars crossing, potentially hazardous asteroid. It has a highly inclined comet-like orbit, and measures about 19 km in diameter. Its rotation period is 7.7 hours...
  
  ;
• 41 supernovae, as well as 8 co-discoveries.

His first discovered supernova was SN 1954A, while his most recent is SN 1994M.

External links

• Astronomical Institute of the University of Berne