Erwin Obermair, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Austrian amateur astronomer
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Place of Birth: Hargelsberg, Upper Austria, Austria
About Erwin Obermair
- Erwin Obermair (29 August 1946 in Hargelsberg – 15 January 2017 in Linz) was an Austrian amateur astronomer and co-discoverer of asteroids. Together with his college and amateur astronomer Erich Meyer, Obermair built the private observatory Meyer/Obermair (540) in Davidschlag (municipality Kirchschlag bei Linz, Austria), in 1978.
- He co-discovered a total of 7 asteroids at this observatory, all together with Meyer.
- Furthermore, he was involved in three other discoveries of asteroids between 1996 and 2005, which were assigned as site discoveries to the observatory Davidschlag by the International Astronomical Union.Obermair was a member of the Astronomical Society of Linz (Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft), from 1974 until his death he was vice president of that association.
- His most important observations include precisie astrometry of the comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which he observerd together with Erich Meyer and Herbert Raab in 1993.
- These observations have significantly contributed to the subsequent prediction of the impact of this comet on the planet Jupiter.On 4 April 1997, Obermair was presented the Decoration of Honour in Silver of the Republic of Austria.
- The main-belt asteroid 9236 Obermair, discovered by his college Erich Meyer at Linz in 1997, was named in his honor.
- Naming citation was published on 4 May 1999 (M.P.C.
- 34629).
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