| 21 Lutetia | November 15, 1852 |
| 32 Pomona | October 26, 1854 |
| 36 Atalante | October 5, 1855 |
| 40 Harmonia | March 31, 1856 |
| 41 Daphne | May 22, 1856 |
| 44 Nysa | May 27, 1857 |
| 45 Eugenia | June 27, 1857 |
| 48 Doris | September 19, 1857 |
| 49 Pales | September 19, 1857 |
| 52 Europa | February 4, 1858 |
| 54 Alexandra | September 10, 1858 |
| 56 Melete | September 9, 1857 |
| 61 Danaë | September 9, 1860 |
| 70 Panopaea | May 5, 1861 |
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (June 17, 1802–April 26, 1866) was a German astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France.
He was born in Frankfurt, the son of a Jewish merchant. He went to Paris and studied art and painted a number of paintings before turning his attention to astronomy.
In April 1861 he announced the discovery of a ninth moon of Saturn between Titan and Hyperion, which he named "Chiron". However, he was mistaken: this moon did not exist. Today, "Chiron" is the name of an entirely different object, the unusual asteroid/comet 2060 Chiron.
He is credited with being the first to record and observe (in 1820) the shadow bands that appear in the minutes just before a total solar eclipse.
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1861. Goldschmidt, a crater on the Moon is named after him, and so is the asteroid 1614 Goldschmidt.[1]
Goldschmidt converted to Christianity.
References
- ^ "Dawn Classrooms". http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/DawnClassrooms/1_hist_dawn/bio.asp. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
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