Viktor Knorre

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Minor planets discovered: 4        
158 Koronis January 4, 1876
215 Oenone April 7, 1880
238 Hypatia July 1, 1884
271 Penthesilea October 13, 1887

Viktor Knorre (October 4, 1840August 25, 1919) was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin, son of Karl Friedrich Knorre (who had set up and worked at the Mykolayiv Astronomical Observatory starting in 1827). He worked at Berlin Observatory, where his father moved circa 1871.