German astronomer and physicist Dieter B. Herrmann (b. 1939) was for many years the director of the Archenhold Observatory in Berlin-Treptow and the Zeiss-Planetarium in Berlin-Prenzlau. He is the author of more than 40 astronomical books.
Discovered on 11-1-2000 in Drebach by Lehmann, G., Kandler, J.