575 Renate [SEP] discoverer or inventor
575 Renate
Renate (minor planet designation: 575 Renate) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun which was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 19, 1905.
Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1999 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 3.676 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.01 in magnitude.
This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result
Cmdr. Joseph F. Wickham, USNR, in command. "Renate" was an named after the minor planet "575 Renate". "Renate" is a female German surname derived from Latin "renatus" (= born again). The ship was later converted for hydrographic missions and renamed USS "Maury" (AGS-16) in 1946, named after the astronomer and hydrographer Matthew Fontaine Maury.
Service history.
Service history World War II, 1945–1946.
After completing her fitting-out at Boston, Massachusetts (USA