Anton Staus (5 September 1872 – 21 July 1955) 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, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...

. As a young man, he discovered the inner main-belt asteroid

335 Roberta Roberta (minor planet designation: 335 Roberta) is a large main belt asteroid. It was discovered on 1 September 1892, by German astronomer Anton Staus at Heidelberg Observatory. ''Roberta'' was the 12th asteroid that was discovered using photogra ...

Heidelberg Observatory Heidelberg (; Palatine German: ') is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914, of which roughly a quarter consisted of student ...

in 1892. It was the 12th asteroid that was discovered using photography.

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Obituary AntonStaus

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Astronomische Gesellschaft, volume 9, page 5, 1958 (in German) 1872 births 1955 deaths 20th-century German astronomers Discoverers of asteroids 19th-century German astronomers {{Germany-astronomer-stub