Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (April 4, 1892 in Heidelberg - May 6, 1979) was a German astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids (almost 400 of them), beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957. Read more