Named in honor of Hans Josef Schober {1944– }, astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Graz {see planet  (2806)}. Most of his research has been devoted to photoelectric photometry of minor planets, where he made a major contribution to the study of lightcurves and rotation periods. He is known especially for discoveries of very slow-spinning minor planets and for studies of minor planets with complex lightcurve features. (M 9769) _ _.