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== Astronomical career ==
Between 1996 and 1999, using the private [[observatory]] Meyer/Obermair in Davidschlag (municipality [[Kirchschlag bei Linz]], Austria), he discovered a total of 21 asteroids. Seven of these asteroids were discovered together with his colleague [[Erwin Obermair]] and one together with [[Herbert Raab]].<ref>[http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html Minor Planet Discoverers - Minor Planet Center]. Retrieved 2015-01-10.</ref> Furthermore, he was involved in six other discoveries of asteroids between 1996 and 2005, which were assigned as site discoveries to the observatory Davidschlag by the [[International Astronomical Union]].<ref>[http://www.astrometrica.at/pomod/lnzmp.html Minor Planet Discoveries - Webseite of the Davidschlag Observatory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110162721/http://www.astrometrica.at/pomod/lnzmp.html |date=2015-01-10 }}. Retrieved 2015-01-10.</ref>
Meyer's most important observations include precisie [[astrometry]] of the [[comet Shoemaker–Levy 9]], which he observed together with Erwin Obermair and Herbert Raab in 1993. These observations have significantly contributed to the subsequent prediction of the [[impact event|impact]] of this [[comet]] on the planet [[Jupiter]].<ref>[http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/05800/05800.html IAUC 5800: Periodic Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (1993e)]. Retrieved 2015-01-10.</ref> In 2018 Erich Meyer was able to identify the residential house of Johannes Kepler in Linz in Hofgasse (house no. 7) - after 400 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://science.orf.at/stories/2911533/|title=Keplers Wohnadresse in Linz entdeckt - science.ORF.at|date=2018-05-08|work=science.ORF.at|access-date=2018-05-12|language=de-DE}}</ref>
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