August Kopff

German astronomer (1882-1960)
Asteroids discovered: 68
542 SusannaAugust 15 1904
579 SidoniaNovember 3 1905
582 OlympiaJanuary 23 1906
584 SemiramisJanuary 15 1906
585 BilkisFebruary 16 1906
589 CroatiaMarch 3 1906
591 IrmgardMarch 14 1906
593 TitaniaMarch 20 1906
595 PolyxenaMarch 27 1906
596 ScheilaFebruary 21 1906
606 BrangäneSeptember 18 1906
607 JennySeptember 18 1906
608 AdolfineSeptember 18 1906
612 VeronikaOctober 8 1906
613 GinevraOctober 11 1906
614 PiaOctober 11 1906
615 RoswithaOctober 11 1906
616 EllyOctober 17 1906
617 PatroclusOctober 17 1906
619 TribergaOctober 22 1906
621 WerdandiNovember 11 1906
624 HektorFebruary 10 1907
625 XeniaFebruary 11 1907
626 NotburgaFebruary 11 1907
627 CharisMarch 4 1907
628 ChristineMarch 7 1907
629 BernardinaMarch 7 1907
630 EuphemiaMarch 7 1907
631 PhilippinaMarch 21 1907
632 PyrrhaApril 5 1907
633 ZelimaMay 12 1907
634 UteMay 12 1907
640 BrambillaAugust 29 1907
643 ScheherezadeSeptember 8 1907
644 CosimaSeptember 7 1907
646 KastaliaSeptember 11 1907
647 AdelgundeSeptember 11 1907
648 PippaSeptember 11 1907
649 JosefaSeptember 11 1907
650 AmalasunthaOctober 4 1907
651 AntikleiaOctober 4 1907
654 ZelindaJanuary 4 1908
656 BeagleJanuary 22 1908
657 GunlödJanuary 23 1908
658 AsteriaJanuary 23 1908
663 GerlindeJune 24 1908
664 JudithJune 24 1908
666 DesdemonaJuly 23 1908
667 DeniseJuly 23 1908
668 DoraJuly 27 1908
669 KypriaAugust 20 1908
670 OttegebeAugust 20 1908
672 AstarteSeptember 21 1908
677 AaltjeJanuary 18 1909
679 PaxJanuary 28 1909
680 GenovevaApril 22 1909
681 GorgoMay 13 1909
682 HagarJune 17 1909
684 HildburgAugust 8 1909
686 GersuindAugust 15 1909
692 HippodamiaNovember 5 1901
693 ZerbinettaSeptember 21 1909
754 MalabarAugust 22 1906
1780 KippesSeptember 12 1906
1781 Van BiesbroeckOctober 17 1906
3105 StumpffAugust 8 1907
3133 SendaiOctober 4 1907
3687 DzusOctober 7 1908

August Kopff (February 5 1882–April 25 1960) was a German astronomer who found many comets and asteroids.

He found some comets, such as the periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the non-periodic C/1906 E1.

He found many asteroids, such as the notable Trojan asteroids 617 Patroclus and 624 Hektor.

A crater on the Moon is named after him: see Kopff (crater).