Scientists

Carl Gustav Witt

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@misc{scienceatlas-carl-gustav-witt,
  author = {Science Atlas},
  title = {Carl Gustav Witt},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/carl-gustav-witt},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Carl Gustav Witt was a German astronomer and discoverer of two asteroids who worked at the Berlin Urania Observatory. He discovered 433 Eros, the first asteroid with a male name and the first known near-Earth object, and his first minor-planet discovery, the main-belt asteroid 422 Berolina.

Facts

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1866-10-29 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

1946-01-03 1

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Carl Gustav Witt (29 October 1866 – 3 January 1946) was a German astronomer and discoverer of two asteroids who worked at the Berlin Urania Observatory, a popular observatory of the Urania astronomical association of Berlin.

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