• Freimut Börngen (German: [ˈfʁaɪmuːt ˈbœʁŋən]; 17 October 1930 – 19 June 2021) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. A few...
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  • Börngen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ernst Börngen (1916–1989), German Luftwaffe ace Freimut Börngen (1930–2021), German...
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  • The main-belt asteroid 6717 Antal, discovered by German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz Schmadel in 1990, is named in his honour. "Minor Planet Discoverers...
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  • Karachkina, discovered by German astronomers Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg on 14 October 1990, was named in her honor (M.P.C. 35489)...
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    1979. The outer main-belt asteroid 96206 Eschenberg, discovered by Freimut Börngen at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in 1992, was named for the observatory...
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    discovered in 1992 by Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at Tautenburg Observatory in Germany. The name was proposed by Börngen. Besides Ararat being...
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    Prague as well. Asteroid 85317 Lehár, discovered by German astronomer Freimut Börngen in 1995, was named in his memory. The official naming citation was...
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  • German discoverer of asteroids, ahead of (professional) astronomer Freimut Börngen and the first amateur astronomer to claim this honor in more than 150...
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    the public. Asteroid 12240 Droste-Hülshoff, discovered by astronomer Freimut Börngen in 1988, was named in her memory. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff is the...
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    for this German theologian—the name was chosen by German astronomer Freimut Börngen. In the Berlin-Kreuzberg district, Schleiermacherstrasse was named...
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