Minor Planet Discoveries

Private Observatory Meyer/Obermair, Austria
(IAU Observatory Code: 540 Linz)

This page lists asteroids discovered at the private observatory Meyer/Obermair near Linz, Austria (IAU Observatory Code 540 Linz), using a 0.3m f/5.2 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (until October 1999) and a 0.6m f/3.3 reflector (since October 1999). 

DSS Image of 1998 BQ
Prediscovery Image of (15949) Rhaeticus (1998 BQ) from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS).
60 Minute Exposure taken 1983 Oct. 1 with the 1.2m UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring.
(DSS Copyright and Acknowledgements)

Numbered Minor Planets

The table below lists minor planets that were discovered at 540 Linz to which a permanent number (and, in most cases, a name) has been assigned.

Number and Name
Discovery Date
Discovered by
(9097) Davidschlag = 1996 AU1
1996 Jan. 14
E. Meyer, E. Obermair, H. Raab
(9119) Georgpeuerbach = 1998 DT
1998 Feb. 18
E. Meyer, E. Obermair, H. Raab
(9236) Obermair = 1997 EV32
1997 Mar. 12
E. Meyer
(13682) Pressberger = 1997 PG3
1997 Aug. 10
E. Meyer, H. Raab
(14057) Manfredstoll = 1996 AV1
1996 Jan. 15
E. Meyer, E. Obermair
(14977) Bressler = 1997 SE4
1997 Sep. 26
E. Meyer
(15949) Rhaeticus = 1998 BQ
1998 Jan. 17
E. Meyer, E. Obermair
(15955) Johannesgmunden = 1998 BS13
1998 Jan. 26
E. Meyer
(16802) Rainer = 1997 SP3
1997 Sep. 25
E. Meyer
(24916) Stelzhamer = 1997 EK11
1997 Mar. 7
E. Meyer
(26355) Grueber = 1998 YL8
1998 Dec. 23
E. Meyer
(29427) Oswaldthomas = 1997 EJ11
1997 Mar. 3
E. Meyer
(43955) Fixmüller = 1997 CE6
1997 Feb. 6
E. Meyer, E. Obermair
(48681) Zeilinger = 1996 BZ
1996 Jan. 21
E. Meyer, E. Obermair
(48801) Penninger = 1997 UC1
1997 Oct. 22
E. Meyer
(58499) Stüber = 1996 VY
1996 Nov. 3
E. Meyer, E. Obermair
(85411) Paulflora = 1996 VA1
1996 Nov. 3
E. Meyer, E. Obermair
(96506) Oberösterreich = 1998 OR4
1998 Jul. 26
E. Meyer
(100417) Philipglass )= 1996 EC
1996 Mar. 3
E. Meyer
(100485) Russelldavies = 1996 VX
1996 Nov. 3
E. Meyer, E. Obermair
(130078) Taschner = 1999 WH2
1999 Nov. 26
E. Meyer
(137632) Ramsauer = 1999 WG2
1999 Nov. 26
E. Meyer
(175730) Gramastetten = 1998 DM1
1998 Feb. 18
E. Meyer, E. Obermair, H. Raab
(243491) Muehlviertel = 2009 UH19
2009 Oct. 20
D. Voglsam
(257515) Zapperudi = 1997 CD6
1997 Feb. 6
E. Meyer
(276568)  Joestubler = 2003 ST217
2003 Sep. 27
E. Meyer
(318723) = 2005 RN6
2005 Sep. 8
E. Meyer

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