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- ↑ Lost asteroid rediscovered with a little help from ESA, ESA, 12 October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ Recovering of comet Catalina with the Schmidt telescope Archived 16 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine , Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, April 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2018-H30
- ↑ recoveries of comets in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), private homepage Erwin Schwab. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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- ↑ The first binary star of its kind discovered with the Schmidt telescope Archived 16 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine , Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, 23 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ J1832.4-1627 is the first eclipsing stream-fed intermediate polar, study finds, phys.org, 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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- ↑ Sabine Schiner, "'Darmstadt' schwebt zwischen Mars und Jupiter" ("Darmstadt" orbits between Mars and Jupiter) Archived 6 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Darmstädter Echo 4 August 2010 (in German)
- ↑ Letter from International Astronomical Union
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- ↑ Names given to LSSS asteroid discoveries: Erwinschwab, Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra, minorplanets.org, 25 February 2010, retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ Kleinplaneten-Namen, Starkenburg Observatory, 28 June 2010, retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ Asteroid Astrometry and Reporting Archived 16 April 2013 at archive.today , Tzec Maun Observatory wiki.
- ↑ Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2009-D81