Emil Ernst (6 June 1889– 26 June 1942) was a German

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and discoverer of a

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. He did his PhD dissertation in 1918 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Heidelberg Observatory) at the

Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

in southern Germany.List of Dissertations at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for

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discovery under the direction of

Max Wolf Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. He was the chairman of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg-K� ...

. During his time there, Ernst discovered the main-belt asteroid

705 Erminia 705 Erminia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its name derives from the comic opera '' Erminie''. An occultation on 8 December 2014 gave 3 chords, with one measurement suggesting a small moon 6-10 kilometers wide at a distance of 400 kilometers ...

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Emil Ernst
publications at

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1889 births 1942 deaths Discoverers of asteroids 20th-century German astronomers Heidelberg University alumni {{Germany-astronomer-stub