Lore Oetken (b. 1929) has made significant contributions to the fields of magnetic stars, polarimetry and spectroscopy, a prominent part of the astronomical research at the Potsdam Observatory. The citation was prepared by A. Schnell.
Discovered on 17-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.