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(972) Cohnia [3.06, 0.23, 8.4]

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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
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1922 LK. Discovered 1922 Jan. 18 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. (*AN 217, 377)

Named in honor of the German astronomer Fritz Cohn (1866–1921) who was director of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Berlin. (H 93)

Named by M. F. Wolf and G. Stracke (AN 219, 401 (1923)) who wrote: “Der Planet 972 hat zum Andenken an den verstorbenen Direktor des Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts zu Berlin-Dahlem, Professor F. Cohn, den Namen erhalten. Es ist dies nur ein schwacher Ausdruck für die großen Verdienste, die sich Cohn gerade auf dem Gebiete der Kleinen Planeten erworben hat.”

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(2006). (972) Cohnia [3.06, 0.23, 8.4]. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_16

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