Otto Lesser

Asteroids discovered: 1¹
62 Erato^[1]	September 14, 1860	MPC
¹ with Wilhelm Julius Förster

Otto Leberecht Lesser (16 October 1830 – 12 August 1887) was a German astronomer who co-discovered asteroid 62 Erato with Wilhelm Julius Foerster on September 14, 1860 at the Berlin Observatory.² This was the first co-discovery on record.¹

References

"Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(62) Erato". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (62) Erato. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 21. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_63. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[springer-2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(62) Erato". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (62) Erato. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 21. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_63. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

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