AUGUST KOPFF

'Asteroids discovered: 68'

542 Susanna	August 15 1904
579 Sidonia	November 3 1905
582 Olympia	January 23 1906
584 Semiramis	January 15 1906
585 Bilkis	February 16 1906
589 Croatia	March 3 1906
591 Irmgard	March 14 1906
593 Titania	March 20 1906
595 Polyxena	March 27 1906
596 Scheila	February 21 1906
606 Brangäne	September 18 1906
607 Jenny	September 18 1906
608 Adolfine	September 18 1906
612 Veronika	October 8 1906
613 Ginevra	October 11 1906
614 Pia	October 11 1906
615 Roswitha	October 11 1906
616 Elly	October 17 1906
617 Patroclus	October 17 1906
619 Triberga	October 22 1906
621 Werdandi	November 11 1906
624 Hektor	February 10 1907
625 Xenia	February 11 1907
626 Notburga	February 11 1907
627 Charis	March 4 1907
628 Christine	March 7 1907
629 Bernardina	March 7 1907
630 Euphemia	March 7 1907
631 Philippina	March 21 1907
632 Pyrrha	April 5 1907
633 Zelima	May 12 1907
634 Ute	May 12 1907
640 Brambilla	August 29 1907
643 Scheherezade	September 8 1907
644 Cosima	September 7 1907
646 Kastalia	September 11 1907
647 Adelgunde	September 11 1907
648 Pippa	September 11 1907
649 Josefa	September 11 1907
650 Amalasuntha	October 4 1907
651 Antikleia	October 4 1907
654 Zelinda	January 4 1908
656 Beagle	January 22 1908
657 Gunlöd	January 23 1908
658 Asteria	January 23 1908
663 Gerlinde	June 24 1908
664 Judith	June 24 1908
666 Desdemona	July 23 1908
667 Denise	July 23 1908
668 Dora	July 27 1908
669 Kypria	August 20 1908
670 Ottegebe	August 20 1908
672 Astarte	September 21 1908
677 Aaltje	January 18 1909
679 Pax	January 28 1909
680 Genoveva	April 22 1909
681 Gorgo	May 13 1909
682 Hagar	June 17 1909
684 Hildburg	August 8 1909
686 Gersuind	August 15 1909
692 Hippodamia	November 5 1901
693 Zerbinetta	September 21 1909
754 Malabar	August 22 1906
1780 Kippes	September 12 1906
1781 Van Biesbroeck	October 17 1906
3105 Stumpff	August 8 1907
3133 Sendai	October 4 1907
3687 Dzus	October 7 1908
# with Paul Götz# with Max Wolf

'August Kopff' (February 5 1882–April 25 1960) was a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids.
He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the non-periodic C/1906 E1.
He discovered a number of asteroids, including notably the Trojan asteroids 617 Patroclus and 624 Hektor.
A crater on the Moon is named after him: see Kopff (crater).