CARL GUSTAV WITT

'Asteroids discovered: 2'

422 Berolina	October 8, 1896
433 Eros	August 13, 1898

'Carl Gustav Witt' (October 29 1866–January 3 1946) was a German astronomer.
He discovered two asteroids, most notably 433 Eros, the first known asteroid with an unusual orbit occasionally approaching the Earth's (today it is classified as an Amor asteroid).