August Kopff
German astronomer (1882-1960)
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).