Main Belt Asteroid (410928) Maidbronn - the consequences of the discovery
The response to
the discovery of the people and
the media
was really surprising to me.
Chaos theory played
godfather and
produced a kind of
a
snowball
system.
Read the complete story here:
The butterfly strike caused...
At a class reunion of my high school graduate
class in 2012 I mentioned the discovery of some asteroids rather casually,
which at that time had not yet been confirmed by the MPC.
...a breath of wind:
A classmate passed this information to his
brother Klaus R�fer, a bavarian radio reporter.
Klaus made an appointment with me in my apartment and the interview was then
broadcast on Bavarian radio in 2012.
I promised to contact him if an asteroid discovery was confirmed, which I did in
early January 2015.
The branches on the trees begin to bend... :
As agreed, Klaus was the first reporter to conduct another interview with me, this time with the background of confirmation of the discovery by the MPC.
...and a local little storm breaks out:
After the interview was heard on Bayerischer
Rundfunk, he informed the local press and local and Bavarian television stations.
From that moment on I experienced a story that I could not have dreamed of as a
stargazer.
That day I received an inquiriy from a local newspaper for an interview and
without prior notice a television team appeared at my front door with their
cameras out.
That same evening I was able to watch the discovery story on local television
and could read the story in the newspaper the next day.
The wind began to gain strength...:
In addition, the DPA (German press agency)
asked for an interview date.
The DPA team with Christiane Gl�ser and her photographer David Ebener came to my
apartment a few days later
and we chatted about the discovery and David took a few photos. Then nothing
happened for two days.
...and swept the land and the world:
On February 2, 2015, Christiane Gl�ser's article in German and English appeared
in most German-language newspapers and on the Internet,
which she distributed worldwide via the DPA network. Internationally I found the
story with pictures e.g. in The Gulf Time, Borneo Bulletin or the Indian Punjab
Kesari TV,
last written there in the local language.
"German amateur discovered an asteroid from his
terrace"...
pagewide articles in newspapers and internet, written by Christiane Gl�ser, dpa
W�rzburg:
The Gulf Time in English
But this shouldn't be the climax of the story ...
Finally, Bavarian television contacted me and asked for a film about the
asteroid discovery on the Franco-German broadcaster arte.
The TV team was then in my region for two days and they filmed in my apartment
and at the W�rzburg University.
The result was a nice report about the asteroid Maidbronn, which was broadcast
several times by X: enius.
The storm passes:
This great experience around the confirmation of my first asteroid discovery inspired me to continue my little contribution to the exploration of space.
Related publications:
Internet examples:
Search term in search machines: "asteroid Maidbronn"
Television:
B82
Maidbronn on the Night of the Stars on
X:enius of the TV channel ARTE on August, 8 2015:
Infinite Universe - also limitless view?
credit: BR
carnival procession in Maidbronn February 2015
"A star that bears our name" - "Mr. H�usler has discovered the asteroid and aroused our interest in astronomy" Credit: Carnival Club Maidbronn
Lecture on Astronomy Day 2015 on the observatory W�rzburg (around 30 listeners) Credit: Peter Schramm, Sternwarte W�rzburg
"Franconia in Space", lecture of Dr. Thomas M�ller in Birnfeld in April 2015
Lectures "Franconian Minor Planets" in Birnfeld on April 2015 (around 100 listeners)
Left to right:
Dr.
Thomas M�ller, MPE
Garching, Minor Planet
(8793) Thomasm�ller was named after him.
Bernhard H�usler, Maidbronn, the discoverer of
(410928)
Maidbronn.
Felix
Hormuth, MPIA Heidelberg,
the discoverer of about 200 asteroids on
Calar Alto Observatory, Spain,
he
suggested the name for the
minor planets
(365130)
Birnfeld
and
(365131)
Hassberge.
Arrival of television crews of Arte (X:enius) of the Bavarian Broadcast BR in February 2015
cameraman of the crew
Preparation of the shoot in my living room
The real star - the fully equipped telescope with CCD camera in preparation for a starry night