Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (March 25, 1870 – January 19, 1964) was a German astronomer.

He was co-discoverer with Arno Arthur Wachmann of the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, and with Arno Arthur Wachmann and Leslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 (Peltier-Schwassmann-Wachmann).

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Arno Arthur Wachmann was accompanied on finding Comet Schwassmann Wachmann or 73P by Fredrick Carl Arnold Schwassmann

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