title: Otto Lesser
text: # Otto Lesser
  
  Asteroids discovered: 1 :
  
  | 62 Erato | September 14, 1860 | MPC |
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  | $^1$ with Wilhelm Julius Förster |||
  
  Otto Leberecht Lesser (16 October 1830 – 12 August 1887) was a German astronomer who co-discovered asteroid 62 Erato with Wilhelm Julius Foerster on September 14, 1860 at the Berlin Observatory. This was the first co-discovery on record.
  
  