Franz Kaiser

{| class="wikitable floatright" style="font-size: 0.9em;" |+ Minor planets discovered: 21  |- | 717 Wisibada || August 26, 1911 |- | 720 Bohlinia || October 18, 1911 |- | 721 Tabora || October 18, 1911 |- | 738 Alagasta || January 7, 1913 |- | 742 Edisona || February 23, 1913 |- | 743 Eugenisis || February 25, 1913 |- | 745 Mauritia || March 1, 1913 |- | 746 Marlu || March 1, 1913 |- | 759 Vinifera || August 26, 1913 |- | 760 Massinga || August 28, 1913 |- | 761 Brendelia || September 8, 1913 |- | 763 Cupido || September 25, 1913 |- | 764 Gedania || September 26, 1913 |- | 765 Mattiaca || September 26, 1913 |- | 766 Moguntia || September 29, 1913 |- | 773 Irmintraud || December 22, 1913 |- | 777 Gutemberga || January 24, 1914 |- | 778 Theobalda || January 25, 1914 |- | 786 Bredichina || April 20, 1914 |- | 788 Hohensteina || April 28, 1914 |- | 1265 Schweikarda || October 18, 1911 |}

Franz Heinrich Kaiser (25 April 1891 – 13 March 1962) was a German astronomer.

He worked at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory from 1911 to 1914 while working on his Ph.D. there, which he obtained in 1915. During this time, Heidelberg was a center of asteroid discovery, and Kaiser discovered 21 asteroids during his time there.

The outer main-belt asteroid 3183 Franzkaiser was named in his memory on 1 September 1993 (). Provided by Wikipedia