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Holger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – June 5, 1946) was a Danish American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets.[2]

Asteroids discovered: 4 [1]

797 Montana	November 17, 1914	MPC
843 Nicolaia	September 30, 1916	MPC
1847 Stobbe	February 1, 1916	MPC
3229 Solnhofen	August 9, 1916	MPC

He was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838–1910), the noted Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, after whom the main-belt asteroid 1586 Thiele is named.[3]

Holger Thiele is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 4 numbered asteroids during 1914–1916.[1] He also discovered the comet C/1906 V1 and calculated the orbits of other comets. He worked at Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory at Bergedorf, in Hamburg, Germany. In 1912, he immigrated to the United States.[4]

In 1917, he started working as a fellow for the University of California at Lick Observatory, near San Jose, California. Holger Thiele died in Alameda County in 1946.[5]

Selected works

• Corrected elements and ephemeris of minor planet 1924 TD (Baade) (University of California Press. 1925)
• Elements and ephemeris of Comet d 1927 (Stearns) (University of California Press. 1927)

References

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[de] Holger Thiele

Holger Thiele (* 25. September 1878; † 5. Juni 1946) war ein dänisch-amerikanischer Astronom. Er war der Sohn von Thorvald Nicolai Thiele, nach dem der Asteroid (1586) Thiele benannt ist.

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- [en] Holger Thiele

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[it] Holger Thiele

Thiele Holger (25 settembre 1878 – Alameda, 5 giugno 1946) è stato un astronomo danese.

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[ru] Тиле, Хольгер

Хольгер Тиле (дат. Holger Thiele; 25 сентября 1878 (1878-09-25) — 5 июня 1946) — американский астроном датского происхождения, первооткрыватель комет и астероидов, математик и актуарий[1]. В период 1914 по 1916 год им было обнаружено в общей сложности 4 астероида[2]. Помимо этого он является первооткрывателем долгопериодической кометы C/1906 V1. Участвовал в расчётах орбит других комет.

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