Hansjörg Dittus
Hansjörg Dittus (born 1957) is a German physicist, affiliated with the German Aerospace Center as director of the Institute of Space Systems and executive board member for Space Research and Technology.[1] His fields of expertise are gravitational physics, metrology, inertial sensors. He is involved in many space-based experiments aimed at testing foundational issues of gravitational interaction. He collaborates with the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) at the University of Bremen.[2]
Awards and honors
Asteroid 310652 Hansjörgdittus, discovered by astronomers with the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Cima Ekar in 2002, was named in his honor.[3] The official naming citation was published by the Working Group Small Body Nomenclature of the IAU on 8 November 2021.[4]
References
- ^ . DLR – German Aerospace Center. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Cooperation Professorships, University of Bremen, retrieved 14 March 2020
- ^ "310652 Hansjörgdittus". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021. (Bulletin #11)
External links
- Hansjörg Dittus publications indexed by Google Scholar