langs: 25 декабря [ru] / december 25 [en] / 25. dezember [de] / 25 décembre [fr] / 25 dicembre [it] / 25 de diciembre [es]
days: december 22 / december 23 / december 24 / december 25 / december 26 / december 27 / december 28
Asteroid / Asteroid
#1 101955 Bennu
101955 Bennu (provisional designation 1999 RQ 36 ) [9] is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999. It is a potentially hazardous object that is listed on the Sentry Risk Table and tied for the highest cumulative rating on the Palermo Technica
- ... -REx ; 101955 Bennu ; Earth ; Sun ; Animation of OSIRIS-REx ' s trajectory around 101955 Bennu from 25 december 2018 OSIRIS-REx · 101955 Bennu Animation of OSIRIS-REx - touch down on Bennu The OSIRIS-REx mission ...
#2 27 Euterpe
Euterpe , minor planet designation 27 Euterpe , is a stony asteroid and parent body of the Euterpe family , located in the inner asteroid belt , approximately 100 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind at George Bishop's Observatory in London on 8 November
- ... teroids in the night sky. [23] It had an apparent magnitude of 8.3 during a perihelic opposition on 25 december 2015. [24] Based on the S-type spectra the composition appears stony. It has a cross-section size o ...
#3 50000 Quaoar
Quaoar ( 50000 Quaoar ), provisional designation 2002 LM 60 , is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt , a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune . A non-resonant object ( cubewano ), it measures approximately 1,121 km (697 mi) in diameter, about half the diameter of Pluto . The object was disco
- ... y mission to Quaoar could take 13.57 years using a Jupiter gravity assist, based on launch dates of 25 december 2016, 22 November 2027, 22 December 2028, 22 January 2030 or 20 December 2040. Quaoar would be 41 t ...
#4 2020 AP1
2020 AP 1 is an Apollo near-Earth object roughly 5 meters (20 feet) in diameter. On 2 January 2020 it passed 0.00218 AU (326 thousand km ; 0.85 LD ) from Earth. With a short 1-day observation arc it was roughly expected to pass about 0.01 AU (1.5 million km ; 3.9 LD ) from Earth on 7
- ... nomaly 77.83 ° (M) Inclination 2.256° (i) Longitude of ascending node 101.2° (Ω) Time of perihelion 25 december 2021 Argument of perihelion 349.7° (ω) Earth MOID 0.0014 AU (210,000 km; 0.54 LD) Jupiter MOID 3.0 ...
- ... eased the asteroid's orbital period by roughly 21 days. 2022 The asteroid came to perihelion around 25 december 2021. The poorly constrained orbit has the asteroid passing 0.01 AU (1.5 million km ; 3.9 LD ) from ...
#5 216433 Milianleo
216433 Milianleo , provisional designation 2009 DM 3 , is an Aeolia asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt , approximately 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) in diameter. It was discovered 19 February 2009, by German amateur astronomer Erwin Schwab using a remote-controlled telescope at Tzec Mau
- ... xtending the body's observation arc by 9 years prior to its official discovery at Tzec Maun. [1] On 25 december 2098, Milianleo is expected to pass 4,449,642 kilometers from the asteroid 704 Interamnia . [2] It ...
#6 (454101) 2013 BP73
(454101) 2013 BP 73 , provisional designation 2013 BP 73 , is a sub-kilometer asteroid , classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group , approximately 310 meters (1,020 ft) in diameter. [3] (454101) 2013 BP 73 Discovery [1] [2] Discovered by Mount Lemmo
- ... n trajectory. [8] NUMBERING AND NAMING This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 25 december 2015 ( M.P.C. 97517 ). [12] As of 2018, it has not been named . [1]
#7 7517 Alisondoane
7517 Alisondoane ( prov. designation : 1989 AD ) is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt . It was discovered on 3 January 1989, by Japanese amateur astronomer Takuo Kojima at the YGCO Chiyoda Station in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The carbonaceous C-type ast
- ... tra from 1982 to 2001. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 december 2015 ( M.P.C. 97567 ). [17] PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Alisondoane has been characterized as a carbon ...
#8 (163899) 2003 SD220
(163899) 2003 SD 220 is a sub-kilometer asteroid and tumbling slow rotator , classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Aten group , which orbit the Sun between Venus and Earth . Its orbital period of 0.75 years means that it orbits the sun about 4 times for every 3 of
- ... ystem Minimum distances from 2009 to 2027 It passed about 28 lunar distances (LD) from the Earth on 25 december 2015. It came within about 7 LD (0.0189 AU ) on 22 December 2018. Its peak brightness was about 13. ...
#9 15460 Manca
15460 Manca , provisional designation 1998 YD 10 , is a Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt , approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. 15460 Manca Discovery [1] Discovered by A. Boattini L. Tesi Discovery site San Marcello Pistoiese Obs. Discovery date 25 December 1998
- ... ery [1] Discovered by A. Boattini L. Tesi Discovery site San Marcello Pistoiese Obs. Discovery date 25 december 1998 Designations MPC designation (15460) Manca Named after Francesco Manca (Italian astronomer) [2 ...
- ... 12.97 ± 0.29 [7] · 13.3 [4] · 13.6 [1] [3] · 14.114 ± 0.005 (S) [6] The asteroid was discovered on 25 december 1998, by Italian astronomers Andrea Boattini and Luciano Tesi at Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Obs ...
#10 3200 Phaethon
3200 Phaethon / ˈ f eɪ . ə θ ɒ n / (previously sometimes spelled Phaeton ), provisional designation 1983 TB , is an active [8] Apollo asteroid with an orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid (though there are numerous unnamed asteroids with smaller perihelia, such as (13
- ... tected an unexpected brightening, roughly by a factor of two. [15] 2010 APPROACH Phaethon imaged on december 25, 2010, with the 37-cm f /14 Rigel telescope at Winer Observatory by Marco Langbroek 2017 APPROACH On ...
#11 4951 Iwamoto
4951 Iwamoto , provisional designation 1990 BM , is a stony, synchronous binary [lower-alpha 1] asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 5.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 January 1990, by Japanese astronomers Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshima
- ... nd a diameter of 5.528 kilometers with on an absolute magnitude of 13.74. [3] [7] SLOW ROTATOR From 25 december 2006 to 23 March 2007, photometric observations of Iwamoto were obtained by the international commu ...
#12 52246 Donaldjohanson
52246 Donaldjohanson , provisional designation 1981 EQ 5 , is a carbonaceous Erigonian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in
- ... ican paleoanthropologist . The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 december 2015 ( M.P.C. 97569 ). [1] [11] SEE ALSO Discovery program
#13 (501647) 2014 SD224
(501647) 2014 SD 224 is an Aten near-Earth asteroid around 150 meters (490 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 2014 when the asteroid was 0.29 AU (43 million km ; 110 LD ) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 123 degrees. The glare of the Sun had masked the approach of t
- ... e 16.4, which is still fainter than Pluto . The asteroid safely passed closest approach to Earth on 25 december 2020 at 20:20 UT at a distance of 0.02 AU (3.0 million km ; 7.8 LD ) . [2] The 2020 close approach ...
Comet / Comet
#1 C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)
C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 4 May 2011 by LINEAR at an apparent magnitude of 19.7 using a 1-meter (39 in) Reflecting telescope . [1] [2] As of September 2014 the comet is around apparent magnitude 17. [3] Oort cloud comet C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) Discovery Discovered by LINEA
- ... rycentric solution for epoch 2050) [4] Inclination 122.79° [3] Jupiter MOID 0.55 AU Last perihelion 25 december 2013 [3] C/2011 J2 came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 25 December 2013 at a distan ...
- ... Last perihelion 25 December 2013 [3] C/2011 J2 came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 25 december 2013 at a distance of 3.4 AU from the Sun. [3] On 27 August 2014 an 18th magnitude fragment CK11J02 ...
#2 Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet or Comet Halley , officially designated 1P/Halley , is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–79 years. [1] Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and thus the only naked-eye comet that can appear twice in a human l
- ... 13 March 13 March – 25 December Return predicted by Halley. First seen by Johann Palitzsch on 1758 december 25. 1P/1835 P1, 1835 III 1835 77 16 November August – 16 November First seen at the Observatory of the ...
- ... [27] Halley's prediction of the comet's return proved to be correct, although it was not seen until 25 december 1758, by Johann Georg Palitzsch , a German farmer and amateur astronomer. It did not pass through i ...
- ... ber 15 September Seen by Edmond Halley at Islington. 1P/1758 Y1, 1759 I 1758 76 13 March 13 March – 25 december Return predicted by Halley. First seen by Johann Palitzsch on 1758 December 25. 1P/1835 P1, 1835 II ...
#3 Comet Kohoutek
Comet Kohoutek ( formally designated C/1973 E1 and formerly as 1973 XII and 1973f ) [lower-alpha 3] is a comet that passed close to the Sun towards the end of 1973. Early predictions of the comet's peak brightness suggested that it had the potential to become one of the brightest comets of the 20th
- ... Kohoutek as photographed with a far-ultraviolet electrographic camera during a Skylab spacewalk on 25 december 1973 Kohoutek's highly eccentric orbit and possible lack of prior planetary or solar interactions s ...
- ... e some reds and some yellows in it. — Gerald P. Carr , speaking to NASA Mission Control Center on 25 december 1973, Skylab Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription (Tape #MC1309/1) [69] Kohoutek once again became obs ...
#4 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková
45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková is a short-period comet discovered by Minoru Honda December 3, 1948. [8] It is named after Minoru Honda , Antonín Mrkos , and Ľudmila Pajdušáková . The object revolves around the Sun on an elliptical orbit with a period of 5.25 years. [1] The nucleus is 1.3 kilometers in
- ... pril 26, 2022 [3] December 31, 2016 [4] September 28, 2011 [1] June 29, 2006 [5] [6] March 29, 2001 december 25, 1995 Next perihelion 2027-Aug-31 [7] During the 1995 perihelion passage, the comet was visible to S ...
#5 101P/Chernykh
101P/Chernykh [5] is a periodic comet which was first discovered on August 19, 1977, by Nikolaj Stepanovich Chernykh . [6] Periodic comet with 13 year orbit 101P/Chernykh Discovery Discovered by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh Discovery date August 19, 1977 Alternative designations 1978 IV; 1992 II Orb
- ... riod 13.92 yr Inclination 5.0792° Last perihelion January 13, 2020 (A) [1] January 31, 2020 (B) [2] december 25, 2005 (A) [3] December 24, 2005 (B) [4] Next perihelion 2034-Jan-10 (A) (Horizons) 2034-Feb-21 (B) ( ...
#6 C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
Comet Lovejoy , formally designated C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) , is a long-period comet and Kreutz sungrazer . It was discovered in November 2011 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy . The comet's perihelion took it through the Sun's corona on 16 December 2011, after which it emerged intact, thou
- ... at Paranal Observatory 22 December 2011 Wide field photo at sunrise with Zodiacal light and airglow 25 december 2011
Galaxy / Galaxy
#1 NGC 128
NGC 128 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces . It is approximately 190 million light-years from the Sun and has a diameter of about 165,000 light-years. [2] Elliptical galaxy in Pisces NGC 128 NGC 128 with smaller galaxies NGC 130 (left) and NGC 127 (right) Observation data (J2000 epoc
- ... , MCG +00-02-051 , PGC 1791 [1] DISCOVERY NGC 128 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on 25 december 1790 using a reflecting telescope with an aperture of 18.7 inches. At the time of discovery, its co ...
#2 NGC 125
NGC 125 (also known as PGC 1772 ) is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces . It is designated as subclass Sa Ring in the galaxy morphological classification scheme . It lies approximately 235 million light-years away. [4] [2] [3] Lenticular galaxy in Pisces NGC 125 NGC 125 (right)
- ... signations PGC 1772, UGC 286 [3] DISCOVERY NGC 125 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on 25 december 1790 and viewed with a reflecting telescope with an aperture of 18.7 inches. At the time of discove ...
#3 NGC 1379
NGC 1379 is a low-luminosity elliptical galaxy in the southern constellation Fornax . It was discovered by William Herschel on December 25, 1835. Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Fornax NGC 1379 Optical image of NGC 1379 Observation data ( J2000 epoch ) Constellation Fornax Right ascension 03
- ... y elliptical galaxy in the southern constellation Fornax . It was discovered by William Herschel on december 25, 1835. Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Fornax NGC 1379 Optical image of NGC 1379 Observation ...
#4 NGC 200
NGC 200 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces . It was discovered on December 25, 1790 by William Herschel . [2] Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces NGC 200 SDSS image of NGC 200 Observation data ( J2000 epoch ) Constellation Pisces Right ascension 00 h 39 m 34.9 s [1] Declina
- NGC 200 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces . It was discovered on december 25, 1790 by William Herschel . [2] Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces NGC 200 SDSS image of NGC ...
#5 NGC 1387
NGC 1387 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax , in the Fornax Cluster . It was discovered by William Herschel on December 25, 1835. Galaxy in the constellation Fornax NGC 1387 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1387 Observation data ( J2000 epoch ) Constellation Fornax Right ascension
- ... laxy in the constellation Fornax , in the Fornax Cluster . It was discovered by William Herschel on december 25, 1835. Galaxy in the constellation Fornax NGC 1387 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1387 Observat ...
#6 NGC 182
NGC 182 is a spiral galaxy with a ring structure, located in the constellation Pisces . It was discovered on December 25, 1790 by William Herschel . [2] Spiral galaxy in Pisces NGC 182 NGC 182 as seen on SDSS Observation data ( J2000 epoch ) Constellation Pisces Right ascension 00 h 38 m 12.4 s [1]
- ... s a spiral galaxy with a ring structure, located in the constellation Pisces . It was discovered on december 25, 1790 by William Herschel . [2] Spiral galaxy in Pisces NGC 182 NGC 182 as seen on SDSS Observation ...
#7 NGC 198
NGC 198 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces . It was discovered on December 25, 1790 by William Herschel . [2] Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces NGC 198 SDSS image of NGC 198 Observation data ( J2000 epoch ) Constellation Pisces Right ascension 00 h 39 m 23.0 s [1] Declina
- NGC 198 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces . It was discovered on december 25, 1790 by William Herschel . [2] Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces NGC 198 SDSS image of NGC ...
#8 NGC 194
NGC 194 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pisces . It was discovered on December 25, 1790 by William Herschel . [2] Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces NGC 194 SDSS image of NGC 194 Observation data ( J2000 epoch ) Constellation Pisces Right ascension 00 h 39 m 18.4 s [1
- NGC 194 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pisces . It was discovered on december 25, 1790 by William Herschel . [2] Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces NGC 194 SDSS image of ...
Institution / Institution
#1 Ametlla de Mar Observatory
Ametlla de Mar Observatory is an astronomical observatory situated in L'Ametlla de Mar in the autonomous Catalonia region of Spain. [1] It has received the IAU observatory code 946 and is operated by Catalan astronomer Jaume Nomen . The observatory participates in the "Unicorn Project" and in the Mi
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#2 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey is a review of astronomy and astrophysics literature produced approximately every ten years by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. The report surveys the current state of the field, identifies research
- ... h of Next Generation Space Telescope, now known as the James Webb Space Telescope which launched on 25 december 2021. [13] The report reaffirms the 1991 recommendation for the completion of the Millimeter Array, ...
#3 Črni Vrh Observatory
The Črni Vrh Observatory ( Slovene : Observatorij Črni Vrh , IAU code : 106 ) is an astronomical observatory located in western Slovenia , close to the settlement of Črni Vrh , near the town of Idrija . The current observatory was built in 1985 and stands at an elevation of 730 metres (2,400 ft) .
- ... 0) 2003 SH 94 18 September 2003 list (197396) 2003 YK 27 17 December 2003 list (197451) 2003 YW 114 25 december 2003 list (199809) 2007 CE 61 14 February 2007 list (200057) 2008 PT 16 11 August 2008 list (201592 ...
#4 Slooh
Slooh is a robotic telescope service that can be viewed live through a web browser . It was not the first robotic telescope, but it was the first that offered "live" viewing through a telescope via the web . [2] Other online telescopes traditionally email a picture to the recipient. The site has a p
- ... by Michael Paolucci. As of October 2009, Paolucci remains as chairman. [5] The service went online december 25, 2003 but was not available to the public until 2004. PARTICIPATING OBSERVATORIES The original astro ...
Meteorite / Meteorite
#1 TRAPPIST-1e
TRAPPIST-1e , also designated as 2MASS J23062928-0502285 e , is a rocky , close-to-Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 approximately 40 light-years (12 parsecs ; 380 trillion kilometers ; 240 trillion miles ) away from Earth in the
- ... y target of the James Webb Space Telescope in a research program lead by Nikole Lewis . Launched on 25 december 2021, the telescope will allow more extensive analysis of the planet's atmosphere, facilitating the ...
Researcher / Researcher
#1 Snježana Kordić
Snježana Kordić ( pronounced [sɲěʒana kôːrditɕ] ( listen ) ; born 29 October 1964) [1] is a Croatian linguist . [3] In addition to her work in syntax , she has written on sociolinguistics . [2] Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive langua
- ... Croatian). Belgrade: Danas : 1, 6–7. ISSN 1450-538X . CROSBI 936087 . Archived from the original on 25 december 2018 . Retrieved 3 September 2019 . Ćirić, Saša (host) (12 October 2016). "Regionalni kulturni feno ...
#2 Stefano Sposetti
Stefano Sposetti (born 22 December 1958) is a Swiss amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets . [2] [3] He lives in Gnosca , in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland in the Ticino Alps , where the Gnosca Observatory is located. Swiss astronomer Flyby of Asteroid 2004 FH in Mar
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- ... 776) 2006 YA 12 22 December 2006 list (262777) 2006 YR 12 23 December 2006 list (262778) 2006 YZ 12 25 december 2006 list (268227) 2005 ED 30 4 March 2005 list (285405) 1999 UZ 3 26 October 1999 list (290870) 20 ...
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#3 Paul G. Comba
Paul G. Comba (1926 – April 5, 2017) was an Italian-American computer scientist , an amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets . [2] Paul G. Comba Born 1926 ( 1926 ) Tunisia Died April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04) (aged 90–91) Education Ph.D. Alma mater University of Turin , Blufft
- ... 1999 list (40742) 1999 TK 2 October 1999 list (40743) 1999 TL 2 October 1999 list (41338) 1999 YF 4 25 december 1999 list (41455) 2000 NC 1 July 2000 list (41456) 2000 NT 3 July 2000 list (42579) 1997 BV 5 31 Ja ...
#4 Freimut Börngen
Freimut Börngen ( German: [ˈfʁaɪmuːt ˈbœʁŋən] ; 17 October 1930 – 19 June 2021) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets . [2] A few sources give his first name wrongly as "Freimuth". The Minor Planet Center credits him as F. Borngen . German astronomer (1930–2021) Minor pl
- ... r 1982 list 4802 Khatchaturian 23 October 1989 list 4850 Palestrina 27 October 1973 list 4872 Grieg 25 december 1989 list 4889 Praetorius 19 October 1982 list 4972 Pachelbel 23 October 1989 list 5004 Bruch 8 Sep ...
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#5 Jaume Nomen
Jaume Nomen Torres (also: Jaime Nomen ; born June 23, 1960 in Tortosa , Catalonia) is a Spanish oral and maxillofacial surgeon , amateur astronomer and discoverer of numerous minor planets . He is of Catalan origin and became publicly known for the discovery of the near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA 14 (la
- ... ober 1, 2000 (51872) 2001 PN 9 August 10, 2001 (52034) 2002 PX 42 August 9, 2002 (54676) 2000 YP 12 december 25, 2000 (55211) 2001 RL 43 September 13, 2001 (55597) 2002 RO 66 September 7, 2002 (55614) 2002 TJ 59 ...
- ... ary 7, 2002 (91424) 1999 PT 1 August 10, 1999 (94411) 2001 TA 17 October 13, 2001 (94893) 2001 YG 5 december 25, 2001 (95031) 2002 AV 26 January 13, 2002 (95218) 2002 CO 14 February 8, 2002 (99596) 2002 GG 24 Apr ...
- ... uary 12, 2002 (182108) 2000 PY 6 August 6, 2000 (286621) 2002 EX 1 March 8, 2002 (373571) 2001 YF 5 december 25, 2001 (380397) 2002 XE 89 December 15, 2002 Nomen is a prolific discoverer of asteroids , professor ...
#6 Gillian Wright (astronomer)
Professor Gillian Wright MBE, FRSE is a Scottish astronomer who is currently the director of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh, UK. She has also been involved in the development and construction of the James Webb Space Telescope as the European Principal Investigator for the Mid-Infrar
- ... NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre for incorporation [12] into the telescope, which was launched on 25 december 2021. [13]
#7 Fernand Rigaux
Fernand Rigaux (1905 – 21 September 1962) was a Belgian astronomer and observer of variable stars , minor planets and comets at the Royal Observatory at Uccle, Belgium . [2] [3] Belgian astronomer Minor planets discovered: 8 [1] 1292 Luce 17 September 1933 MPC 1378 Leonce 21 February 1936 MPC 1458
- ... scovered by himself at Uccle in 1933, was named in his memory. [3] Naming citation was published on 25 december 2015 ( M.P.C. 97568 ). [6]
#8 Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg , PC CC FRSC FRS [1] ( German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk] ( listen ) ; December 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a German - Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist , who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the k
- ... iedrich Otto Julius Herzberg , PC CC FRSC FRS [1] ( German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk] ( listen ) ; december 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a German - Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist , who won t ...
- ... g PC CC FRSC FRS Gerhard Herzberg, London 1952 Born Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg december 25, 1904 Hamburg , Imperial Germany Died March 3, 1999 (1999-03-03) (aged 94) Ottawa , Ontario , Canada ...
- ... e plaque at College Building , University of Saskatchewan Herzberg was born in Hamburg , Germany on december 25, 1904 to Albin H. Herzberg and Ella Biber. [3] He had an older brother, Walter, who was born in Janu ...
#9 Percy B. Molesworth
Percy Braybrooke Molesworth (2 April 1867 in Colombo – 25 December 1908) was a Major in the corps of Royal Engineers and an amateur astronomer . British astronomer
- Percy Braybrooke Molesworth (2 April 1867 in Colombo – 25 december 1908) was a Major in the corps of Royal Engineers and an amateur astronomer . British astronomer LI ...
#10 Giuseppe Bianchi (astronomer)
Giuseppe Bianchi (13 October 1791 in Modena – 25 December 1866) was an Italian astronomer. Italian astronomer This article does not cite any sources . ( April 2022 ) for others with the same name see Giuseppe Bianchi (disambiguation) After studying mathematics, physics, and astronomy at Padua, Bianc
- Giuseppe Bianchi (13 October 1791 in Modena – 25 december 1866) was an Italian astronomer. Italian astronomer This article does not cite any sources . ( Apri ...
#11 Takeshi Urata
Takeshi Urata ( 浦田 武 , Urata Takeshi , 1947 – December 15, 2012) [2] was a Japanese astronomer . He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , observing at Nihondaira Observatory . Japanese astronomer Minor planets discovered: 642 [1] see § List of discovered minor planets In 1978 he became the fi
- ... 5 WW 3 18 November 1995 list [K] (11114) 1995 WV 5 16 November 1995 list [M] (11153) 1997 YB 10 25 december 1997 list [N] (11157) 1998 AJ 2 January 1998 list [K] (11327) 1995 SL 2 17 September 1995 list ...
- ... 96 list (11478) 1985 CD 14 February 1985 list [A] (11522) 1991 JF 3 May 1991 list (11549) 1992 YY 25 december 1992 list [G] (11550) 1993 BN 20 January 1993 list (11551) 1993 BR 3 21 January 1993 list (11599) ...
#12 Krisztián Sárneczky
Krisztián Sárneczky (born 6 November 1974 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian teacher of geography [1] and prolific discoverer of minor planets and supernovae , researching at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary. He is a board member of the Hungarian Astronomical Association (HAA) [2] and member of th
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- ... 2010 CJ 4 23 January 2006 list (301946) 2000 BK 15 28 January 2000 list [B] (303053) 2003 YZ 107 25 december 2003 list 303648 Mikszáth 27 May 2005 list 304368 Móricz 26 September 2006 list [L] (304446) 2006 ...
- ... 2007 RB 11 5 September 2007 list [A] 334756 Leövey 4 September 2003 list [F] 338373 Fonóalbert 25 december 2002 list (338578) 2003 SU 111 20 September 2003 list [F] (341959) 2008 QM 21 August 2008 list (3 ...
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- ... 542461) 2013 CA 196 3 October 2010 list (542493) 2013 DE 5 4 October 2011 list (542680) 2013 GG 101 25 december 2011 list (543198) 2013 TT 115 5 September 2013 list (543698) 2014 OF 309 6 October 2011 list (5439 ...
#13 Jana Tichá
Jana Tichá (born 1965 in České Budějovice ) is a Czech astronomer and discoverer of minor planets . She studied at the University of Economics in Prague and graduated in 1987. In 1992 she was selected for the position of a director of the Kleť Observatory . Czech astronomer Jana Tichá with her ex-hu
- ... 8246) 1999 PL 4 14 August 1999 list [A] 40206 Lhenice 26 September 1998 list [A] 44530 Horáková 25 december 1998 list [A] 44597 Thoreau 6 August 1999 list [A] 46692 Taormina 2 February 1997 list [A] 47 ...
#14 Joseph Edward Evans
Joseph Edward Evans (18 September 1855 – 25 December 1938) was a British schoolmaster and amateur astronomer , headmaster of the Royal Hospital School in Greenwich and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society . British schoolmaster and amateur astronomer (1855–1938)
- Joseph Edward Evans (18 September 1855 – 25 december 1938) was a British schoolmaster and amateur astronomer , headmaster of the Royal Hospital School i ...
#15 Ralph Hamilton Curtiss
Ralph Hamilton Curtiss (8 February 1880 – 25 December 1929) was an American astronomer and a professor of astrophysics at the University of Michigan . His main work was on stellar spectra and the identification of spectral binaries as well as quantitative studies based on the stellar spectra to stud
- Ralph Hamilton Curtiss (8 February 1880 – 25 december 1929) was an American astronomer and a professor of astrophysics at the University of Michigan . Hi ...
#16 Jean-Claude Merlin
Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954) is a French astronomer , founder-president of the Burgundy Astronomical Society ( French : Société Astronomique de Bourgogne ) and a discoverer of minor planets . He was laureate of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Fondation de la Vocation in 1982 and received the Prix Ge
- ... January 24, 2010 547666 Morgon March 03, 2005 548032 Ensisheim January 17, 2010 552385 Rochechouart december 25, 2013 555955 Lurçat November 20, 2005 569484 Irisdement October 26, 2005 570814 Nauru November 18, 2 ...
#17 John Michell
John Michell ( / ˈ m ɪ tʃ əl / ; 25 December 1724 – 21 April 1793) was an English natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insights into a wide range of scientific fields including astronomy , geology , optics , and gravitation . Considered "one of the greatest unsung scientists of
- John Michell ( / ˈ m ɪ tʃ əl / ; 25 december 1724 – 21 April 1793) was an English natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insi ...
- ... her people named John Michell, see John Michell (disambiguation) . John Michell Born ( 1724-12-25 ) 25 december 1724 Eakring , Nottinghamshire , England Died 21 April 1793 (1793-04-21) (aged 68) Thornhill , York ...
#18 Frank B. Zoltowski
Frank B. Zoltowski (born 1957) is an Australian amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets who lives in Woomera , South Australia. In 1998, he was awarded a " Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant" for improved near-Earth object searches. [2] [3] Australian astronomer Frank B. Zoltowski Born 195
- ... lanet Center for the discovery of 228 numbered minor planets between 1997 and 2003. [1] 8430 Florey 25 december 1997 list 10203 Flinders 1 August 1997 list 11150 Bragg 21 December 1997 list 11195 Woomera 15 Janu ...
#19 Edward Tyer
Edward Tyer (6 February 1830 - 25 December 1912) was an English railway engineer who developed the Tyer's Electric Train Tablet system widely used in the 19th and 20th centuries on single-track railways. He devised it after the Thorpe rail accident of 1874, which left 21 people dead. [1] He was also
- Edward Tyer (6 February 1830 - 25 december 1912) was an English railway engineer who developed the Tyer's Electric Train Tablet system widely ...
#20 Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 [lower-alpha 1] ) was an English mathematician, physicist , astronomer , alchemist , theologian , and author (described in his time as a " natural philosopher "), widely recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists and am
- ... tals rejoice that there has existed such and so great an ornament of the human race! He was born on 25th december 1642, and died on 20th March 1726. In a 2005 survey of members of Britain's Royal Society (formerly ...
- Sir Isaac Newton PRS ( 25 december 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 [lower-alpha 1] ) was an English mathematician, physicist , astronomer , al ...
- ... on PRS Portrait of Newton at 46 by Godfrey Kneller , 1689 Born ( 1643-01-04 ) 4 January 1643 [ O.S. 25 december 1642] [lower-alpha 1] Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth , Lincolnshire , England Died 31 March 1727 (1727 ...
- ... Newton was born (according to the Julian calendar in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, 25 december 1642 ( NS 4 January 1643 [lower-alpha 1] ), "an hour or two after midnight", [17] at Woolsthorpe Ma ...
- ... tals rejoice that there has existed such and so great an ornament of the human race! He was born on 25 december 1642, and died on 20 March 1726/7. —Translation from G. L. Smyth, The Monuments and Genii of St. Pa ...
Science / Science
#1 Infinity (philosophy)
In philosophy and theology, infinity is explored in articles under headings such as the Absolute , God , and Zeno's paradoxes . Philosophical concept This article is about the philosophical concept. For the mathematical concept, see Infinity . For other uses, see Infinity (disambiguation) . This art
- ... e endlessness itself. EMMANUEL LEVINAS The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas ( January 1906, Lithuania - december 25 1995, Paris [23] ) uses infinity to designate that which cannot be defined or reduced to knowledge o ...
Star / Star
#1 PSR J0952–0607
PSR J0952–0607 is a massive millisecond pulsar in a binary system , located between 3,200–5,700 light-years (970–1,740 pc ) away from Earth in the constellation Sextans . [5] It holds the record for being the most massive neutron star known as of 2022 [update] , with a mass 2.35 ± 0.17 times as mu
- ... s reobserved and confirmed by the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope in the Netherlands on 25 december 2016, which revealed a 707-Hz radio pulsation frequency alongside radial acceleration by an unseen ...
#2 GW151226
GW151226 was a gravitational wave signal detected by the LIGO observatory on 25 December 2015 local time (26 Dec 2015 UTC). On 15 June 2016, the LIGO and Virgo collaborations announced that they had verified the signal, making it the second such signal confirmed , after GW150914 , which had been ann
- GW151226 was a gravitational wave signal detected by the LIGO observatory on 25 december 2015 local time (26 Dec 2015 UTC). On 15 June 2016, the LIGO and Virgo collaborations announced tha ...