August Kopff

German astronomer (1882-1960)
Asteroids discovered: 68
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).