Karl Theodor Robert Luther

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**Asteroids discovered: 24**
17 Thetis	April 17 1852
26 Proserpina	May 5 1853
28 Bellona	March 1 1854
35 Leukothea	April 19 1855
37 Fides	October 5 1855
47 Aglaja	September 15 1857
53 Kalypso	April 4 1858
57 Mnemosyne	September 22 1859
58 Concordia	March 24 1860
68 Leto	April 29 1861
71 Niobe	August 13 1861
78 Diana	March 15 1863
82 Alkmene	November 27 1864
84 Klio	August 25 1865
90 Antiope	October 1 1866
95 Arethusa	November 23 1867
108 Hecuba	April 2 1869
113 Amalthea	March 12 1871
118 Peitho	March 15 1872
134 Sophrosyne	September 27 1873
241 Germania	September 12 1884
247 Eukrate	March 14 1885
258 Tyche	May 4 1886
288 Glauke	February 20 1890

Karl Theodor Robert Luther (April 16 1822 – February 15 1900) was a German astronomer who searched for asteroids while working in Düsseldorf.

Two of his discoveries are now known to have unusual properties: the binary asteroid with equal components 90 Antiope and the extremely slow-rotating 288 Glauke. The asteroid 1303 Luthera and the crater Luther on the Moon were named in his honour.

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