Johann Georg Repsold & (906) Repsolda - Hamburg, Deutschland - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

The asteroid (906) Repsolda and the lunar crater Repsold are named after Johann Georg Repsold.

Johann Georg Repsold:
Johann Georg Repsold (September 19, 1770 – January 14, 1830) was a German astronomer.
He joined the fire brigade of Hamburg in 1799. In 1802 he began building a private observatory, and collaborated in astronomical observations with Heinrich Christian Schumacher. However the observatory was destroyed in the Napoleonic Wars in 1811. In 1825 a new observatory was completed at Stadtwall, and Repsold became the director, supplying the instruments at his own expense with other funding from the city of Hamburg.
In 1830 he died in the line of his firefighting duties.
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Repsold (crater):
Repsold is a lunar crater that is located at the western end of the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies to the northeast of the crater Galvani and southeast of the walled plain Volta. Due to its proximity to the northwestern limb of the Moon, this crater appears highly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth.
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Asteroid 906 Repsolda:
(906) Repsolda is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 30 October 1918 by the German astronomer A. Schwassmann in Hamburg-Bergedorf.
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