Offizielle Laudatio:

(12057) Alfredsturm = 1998 DK1

Discovered 1998 Feb. 18 at the Starkenburg Observatory, Heppenheim.

German amateur astronomer Alfred Sturm (b. 1924) was one of the founders and has been president of the Starkenburg Observatory since its beginnings in 1970. Sturm is heavily involved in astronomical public education.