Otto Lesser

Asteroids discovered: 1
62 Erato[1]September 14, 1860MPC
  1. 1 with Wilhelm Julius Förster

Otto Leberecht Lesser (16 October 1830 – 12 August 1887) was a German astronomer who co-discovered asteroid 62 Erato with Wilhelm Julius Foerster on September 14, 1860 at the Berlin Observatory. This was the first co-discovery on record.

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