Franz Heinrich Kaiser (25 April 1891 – 13 March 1962) was a German

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...

. He worked at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory from 1911 to 1914 while working on his Ph.D. there, which he obtained in 1915. During this time, Heidelberg was a center of

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

discovery, and Kaiser discovered 21 asteroids during his time there. The outer main-belt asteroid 3183 Franzkaiser was named in his memory on 1 September 1993 ().

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaiser, Franz 1891 births 1962 deaths Discoverers of asteroids * 20th-century German astronomers Scientists from Wiesbaden