According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after German amateur astronomer Julius Steinmetz (1893–1965) from Gerolfingen.
Francis Steinmetz | Steinmetz | Jürgen Steinmetz | Charles Proteus Steinmetz | William G. Steinmetz | Edmund Quincy (1681-1737) | Steinmetz Opel Tuning | Sol Steinmetz | Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz | George Steinmetz | Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1681) | Action of 30 September 1681 | 1681 in poetry |