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 for Small Bodies Nomenclature of the IAU on 8 November 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Hansjörg Dittus – Member of the Executive Board". DLR – German Aerospace Center. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. Cooperation Professorships, University of Bremen, retrieved 14 March 2020
  3. "310652 Hansjörgdittus". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021. (Bulletin #11)


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