langs: 18 июня [ru] / june 18 [en] / 18. juni [de] / 18 juin [fr] / 18 giugno [it] / 18 de junio [es]
days: june 15 / june 16 / june 17 / june 18 / june 19 / june 20 / june 21
Asteroid / Asteroid
#1 4954 Eric
4954 Eric ( prov. designation : 1990 SQ ) is an eccentric, stony asteroid , classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group , approximately 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Brian Roman at Palomar Observatory on 23 September 1990. [4] The asteroid was
- ... ed after its discoverer's son, Eric Roman. Orbit diagram of 4954 Eric with location of object on 18 june 18 2013 4954 Eric Shape model of Eric from its lightcurve Discovery [1] Discovered by Brian P. Roman Di ...
- ... named after its discoverer's son, Eric Roman. Orbit diagram of 4954 Eric with location of object on 18 june 18 2013 4954 Eric Shape model of Eric from its lightcurve Discovery [1] Discovered by Brian P. Roma ...
#2 47171 Lempo
47171 Lempo , or as a binary (47171) Lempo–Hiisi (also known as 1999 TC 36 ), is a trans-Neptunian object and trinary system from the Kuiper belt , located in the outermost regions of the Solar System . It was discovered on 1 October 1999, by American astronomers Eric Rubenstein and Louis-Gregory St
- ... D 2459200.5) Uncertainty parameter 1 Observation arc 46.58 yr (17,013 days) Earliest precovery date 18 june 1974 Aphelion 48.397 AU Perihelion 30.542 AU Semi-major axis 39.470 AU Eccentricity 0.22618 Orbital ...
#3 Haumea
Haumea ( minor-planet designation 136108 Haumea ) is a dwarf planet located beyond Neptune 's orbit. [24] It was discovered in 2004 by a team headed by Mike Brown of Caltech at the Palomar Observatory in the United States and disputably also in 2005 by a team headed by José Luis Ortiz Moreno at the
- ... Hiʻiaka ≈ 310 49 880 (1.79 ± 0.11) x 10 19 January 26, 2005 Namaka ≈ 170 25 657 (1.79 ± 1.48) x 10 18 june 30, 2005 COLLISIONAL FAMILY Main article: Haumea family Haumea is the largest member of its collisi ...
#4 (523662) 2012 MU2
(523662) 2012 MU 2 , provisional designation 2012 MU 2 , is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group . [2] It was discovered on 18 June 2012 by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey at an apparent magnitud
- ... near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group . [2] It was discovered on 18 june 2012 by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey at an apparent magnitude of 19.9 using a 0.68-meter ...
- ... 012 MU 2 Discovery [1] Discovered by Catalina Sky Srvy. Discovery site Catalina Stn. Discovery date 18 june 2012 Designations MPC designation (523662) 2012 MU 2 Alternative designations 2012 MU 2 Minor plane ...
#5 188 Menippe
Menippe ( minor planet designation : 188 Menippe ) is a main belt asteroid . The object has a bright surface and rocky composition. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 18, 1878, in Clinton, New York , and named after Menippe , one of the daughters of Orion in Greek mythology . 188 Menippe A
- ... id . The object has a bright surface and rocky composition. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on june 18, 1878, in Clinton, New York , and named after Menippe , one of the daughters of Orion in Greek mytho ...
- ... 188 Menippe based on its light curve. Discovery Discovered by C. H. F. Peters , 1878 Discovery date 18 june 1878 Designations MPC designation (188) Menippe Pronunciation / m ɛ ˈ n ɪ p iː / [1] Minor planet c ...
#6 162173 Ryugu
162173 Ryugu , provisional designation 1999 JU 3 , is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group . It measures approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) in diameter and is a dark object of the rare spectral type Cb, [11] with qualities of both a C-type asteroid and a B-
- ... d a diamond-shaped body 1 km in diameter and confirmed its retrograde rotation. [22] Between 17 and 18 june 2018, Hayabusa2 went from 330 to 240 km (210 to 150 mi) from Ryugu and captured a series of additio ...
#7 3671 Dionysus
3671 Dionysus is a small binary Amor asteroid , orbiting between Earth and the asteroid belt . It was discovered by Carolyn and Gene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory on 27 May 1984. It is named after Dionysus , the Greek god of wine. Its provisional designation was 1984 KD . It is an outer Earth gra
- ... to Earth. On 19 June 1984 Dionysus passed 0.0305 AU (4,560,000 km; 2,840,000 mi) from Earth. [2] On 18 june 2085 it will pass 0.028 AU (4,200,000 km; 2,600,000 mi) from Earth. [2] MOON In 1997, a team of ast ...
#8 (307261) 2002 MS4
(307261) 2002 MS 4 is a large classical Kuiper belt object and a possible dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt , a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune . [13] It was discovered in 2002 by Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown , and has precovery images back to 8 April 1954. [2] Classical Kuiper belt obje
- ... [1] Discovered by Chadwick A. Trujillo Michael E. Brown Discovery site Palomar Obs. Discovery date 18 june 2002 Designations MPC designation 2002 MS 4 Minor planet category TNO [2] · cubewano (hot) [3] : ...
- ... s) as the largest unnamed object in the Solar System. HISTORY DISCOVERY 2002 MS 4 was discovered on 18 june 2002 by astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, Cal ...
- ... scope that was used to discover 2002 MS 4 at Palomar Observatory Discovery images of 2002 MS 4 from 18 june 2002 FURTHER OBSERVATIONS Since receiving follow-up in August 2002, 2002 MS 4 remained unobserved f ...
#9 (511002) 2013 MZ5
(511002) 2013 MZ 5 , provisional designation 2013 MZ 5 , is a sub-kilometer asteroid , classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group , estimated to measure approximately 300 meters (1,000 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 18 June 2013, by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleaka
- ... roup , estimated to measure approximately 300 meters (1,000 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 18 june 2013, by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory on the island of Maui, Haw ...
- ... in June 2013 Discovery [1] Discovered by Pan-STARRS 1 Discovery site Haleakala Obs. Discovery date 18 june 2013 Designations MPC designation (511002) 2013 MZ 5 Alternative designations 2013 MZ 5 Minor plane ...
#10 2022 BX1
2022 BX 1 is a potentially hazardous asteroid around 200 meters in diameter that was discovered on 25 January 2022 when it was 0.36 AU (54 million km ) from Earth. [1] On 29 January 2022 with an observation arc of 22 days it was rated with a Torino scale of 1 for a virtual impactor on 11 July
- ... ruled out on 9 February 2022 with a 32.9 day observation arc. Nominal approach is expected to occur 18 june 2061. [5] 2022 BX1 nominal approach for 11 July 2061 virtual impactor Observation arc (in days) JPL ...
#11 List of minor planets discovered using the WISE spacecraft
The following is a list of numbered minor planets discovered, co-discovered and re-discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a NASA infrared spaceborne observatory. As of July 2018, the list contains 4093 entries, accredited by the Minor Planet Center as discovered by "WISE". Not
- ... st (312670) 2010 LM 92 12 June 2010 list (312671) 2010 LP 103 13 June 2010 list (312674) 2010 MF 20 18 june 2010 list (312675) 2010 MF 28 19 June 2010 list (312677) 2010 MK 63 24 June 2010 list (312679) 2010 ...
- ... list (321731) 2010 LQ 50 8 June 2010 list (321734) 2010 LC 81 11 June 2010 list (321737) 2010 ML 23 18 june 2010 list (321739) 2010 MK 39 22 June 2010 list (321741) 2010 MW 53 16 June 2010 list (321742) 2010 ...
- ... st (373041) 2011 EB 53 16 April 2010 list (373092) 2011 FB 141 6 April 2010 list (373136) 2011 YF 6 18 june 2010 list (373381) 2012 RT 4 30 March 2010 list (376024) 2010 AD 87 8 January 2010 list (376026) 20 ...
- ... ist (395224) 2010 LT 79 10 June 2010 list (395225) 2010 LV 98 13 June 2010 list (395228) 2010 MW 19 18 june 2010 list (395230) 2010 MD 27 19 June 2010 list (395232) 2010 MB 65 24 June 2010 list (395233) 2010 ...
- ... May 2010 list 398188 Agni 3 June 2010 list (398193) 2010 MR 8 16 June 2010 list (398194) 2010 ME 20 18 june 2010 list (398195) 2010 MZ 25 19 June 2010 list (398196) 2010 MJ 30 20 June 2010 list (398197) 2010 ...
- ... st (400845) 2010 LU 129 15 June 2010 list (400847) 2010 MH 11 17 June 2010 list (400848) 2010 MB 20 18 june 2010 list (400849) 2010 MS 21 18 June 2010 list (400852) 2010 MK 38 21 June 2010 list (400853) 2010 ...
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- ... list (437696) 2014 DP 31 21 May 2010 list (437698) 2014 DA 36 9 April 2010 list (437745) 2014 EY 43 18 june 2010 list (437781) 2015 CS 2 25 May 2010 list (437800) 2015 CP 56 4 February 2010 list (438914) 201 ...
- ... list (439176) 2011 WD 38 12 May 2010 list (439179) 2011 WU 62 12 June 2010 list (439181) 2011 WB 90 18 june 2010 list (439192) 2012 AZ 1 7 June 2010 list (439263) 2012 TT 313 15 June 2010 list (439283) 2012 ...
- ... ist (441960) 2010 LV 117 14 June 2010 list (441961) 2010 MN 6 16 June 2010 list (441963) 2010 MB 24 18 june 2010 list (441966) 2010 MN 37 21 June 2010 list (441969) 2010 MO 70 25 June 2010 list (441970) 2010 ...
- ... st (443745) 2015 LB 35 15 January 2010 list (443746) 2015 LE 35 15 May 2010 list (443754) 2015 MK 8 18 june 2010 list (443769) 2015 MQ 56 22 June 2010 list (443774) 2015 MK 65 14 June 2010 list (443784) 2015 ...
- ... ist (445342) 2010 LM 74 10 June 2010 list (445343) 2010 LB 97 13 June 2010 list (445344) 2010 MQ 23 18 june 2010 list (445346) 2010 MS 71 25 June 2010 list (445347) 2010 MQ 76 26 June 2010 list (445348) 2010 ...
- ... ist (451258) 2010 LA 84 11 June 2010 list (451259) 2010 LX 91 12 June 2010 list (451261) 2010 MR 22 18 june 2010 list (451262) 2010 NA 14 2 July 2010 list (451263) 2010 NZ 16 3 July 2010 list (451264) 2010 N ...
- ... ist (466043) 2011 KK 30 16 April 2010 list (466047) 2011 LE 15 20 May 2010 list (466050) 2011 OQ 19 18 june 2010 list (466095) 2012 BZ 142 15 January 2010 list (466146) 2012 HU 38 2 March 2010 list (466205) ...
- ... st (472194) 2014 DC 131 14 March 2010 list (472208) 2014 EY 21 16 May 2010 list (472228) 2014 FL 64 18 june 2010 list (472282) 2014 VW 10 5 May 2010 list (472292) 2014 WK 205 30 April 2010 list (472305) 2014 ...
- ... ist (477633) 2010 LD 118 14 June 2010 list (477636) 2010 MQ 6 16 June 2010 list (477637) 2010 MK 20 18 june 2010 list (477639) 2010 MC 37 21 June 2010 list (477640) 2010 MD 41 22 June 2010 list (477641) 2010 ...
- ... 0 list (479165) 2013 CY 24 20 May 2010 list (479182) 2013 CL 56 3 May 2010 list (479183) 2013 CY 56 18 june 2010 list (479209) 2013 CV 127 11 July 2010 list (479238) 2013 DN 7 3 May 2010 list (479239) 2013 D ...
- ... list (479881) 2014 HO 6 21 June 2010 list (479898) 2014 HC 33 28 June 2010 list (479916) 2014 HD 52 18 june 2010 list (479947) 2014 HV 167 10 June 2010 list (479956) 2014 HP 185 21 May 2010 list (479962) 201 ...
- ... 2010 list (480506) 2015 MN 21 May 2010 list (480514) 2015 ME 6 28 June 2010 list (480521) 2015 MC 9 18 june 2010 list (480527) 2015 ME 11 8 July 2010 list (480528) 2015 MM 13 25 June 2010 list (480544) 2015 ...
- ... 0 list (482926) 2014 HA 187 10 June 2010 list (482928) 2014 JW 18 May 2010 list (482933) 2014 JC 27 18 june 2010 list (482936) 2014 JR 38 23 June 2010 list (482944) 2014 JL 67 26 April 2010 list (482949) 201 ...
- ... t (483105) 2015 MY 108 28 June 2010 list (483107) 2015 MS 109 3 July 2010 list (483110) 2015 MN 118 18 june 2010 list (483111) 2015 MC 121 11 July 2010 list (483131) 2015 OC 15 30 July 2010 list (483138) 201 ...
- ... ist (503214) 2015 HX 36 11 April 2010 list (503265) 2015 LK 35 10 June 2010 list (503269) 2015 OB 3 18 june 2010 list (503403) 2016 CG 242 8 April 2010 list (503655) 2016 GW 207 16 January 2010 list (503662) ...
- ... 504824) 2010 JW 115 17 February 2010 list (504827) 2010 KZ 117 18 May 2010 list (504830) 2010 MU 24 18 june 2010 list (504831) 2010 MV 75 26 June 2010 list (504834) 2010 NE 88 16 January 2010 list (504835) 2 ...
- ... list (512542) 2016 SK 8 16 May 2010 list (512689) 2016 UK 1 17 April 2010 list (512737) 2016 UT 28 18 june 2010 list (512740) 2016 UH 29 25 May 2010 list (512750) 2016 UF 35 30 May 2010 list (512758) 2016 U ...
- ... list (516892) 2011 OE 43 29 May 2010 list (516893) 2011 QO 20 14 June 2010 list (516935) 2012 AM 13 18 june 2010 list (516937) 2012 BB 24 July 2010 list (516963) 2012 DE 90 7 August 2010 list (517044) 2013 A ...
- ... ist (519110) 2010 MA 10 16 June 2010 list (519111) 2010 MQ 15 17 June 2010 list (519114) 2010 MS 24 18 june 2010 list (519115) 2010 MA 25 19 June 2010 list (519116) 2010 MR 27 19 June 2010 list (519117) 2010 ...
#12 19763 Klimesh
19763 Klimesh , provisional designation 2000 MC , is a stony Phocaea asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by NEAT at Haleakala Observatory in 2000, the asteroid was named for NEAT's software specialist Matthew Klim
- ... sh. [2] 19763 Klimesh Discovery [1] Discovered by NEAT Discovery site Haleakala Obs. Discovery date 18 june 2000 Designations MPC designation (19763) Klimesh Named after Matthew Klimesh ( NEAT team member) [ ...
- ... 13.2 [6] · 13.27 ± 0.13 [3] [8] · 12.89 ± 0.28 [10] · 13.18 [5] DISCOVERY Klimesh was discovered on 18 june 2000, by NASA's and JPL's Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program (NEAT) with the Maui Space Surveilla ...
Comet / Comet
#1 51P/Harrington
51P/Harrington is a periodic comet in the Solar System . Periodic comet with 7 year orbit 51P/Harrington Discovery Discovered by Robert G. Harrington at Palomar Observatory Discovery date 14 August 1953 Orbital characteristics A Epoch 2022-09-18 ( JD 2459840.5) Aphelion 5.724 AU (Q) Perihelion 1.692
- ... a) Eccentricity 0.5436 Orbital period 7.14 yr Inclination 5.427° Last perihelion 12 August 2015 [1] 18 june 2008 Next perihelion 2022-Oct-01 (MPC) [2] 2022-Oct-01 (51P-D) [3] 2022-Oct-03 (JPL) [4] It was dis ...
#2 C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)
Comet C/ 2006 VZ 13 (LINEAR) (also written C/2006 VZ13), is a non-periodic comet discovered November 13, 2006 by the LINEAR . C/ 2006 VZ 13 (LINEAR) Discovery Discovered by LINEAR Discovery date November 13, 2006 Orbital characteristics A Epoch 2007 June 18.0 Perihelion 1.015253 Eccentricity 1.00024
- ... iscovery Discovered by LINEAR Discovery date November 13, 2006 Orbital characteristics A Epoch 2007 june 18. 0 Perihelion 1.015253 Eccentricity 1.000249 Inclination 134.7933 Earth MOID 0.00467 AU (699,000 km; ...
#3 C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)
C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) , or Comet Lemmon is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on October 31, 2019. [2] It made its closest approach to the Sun on June 18, 2020. In June 2020 it was visible near the naked eye limit at an apparent magnitude of 6.0. [3] I
- ... ered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on October 31, 2019. [2] It made its closest approach to the Sun on june 18, 2020. In June 2020 it was visible near the naked eye limit at an apparent magnitude of 6.0. [3] It ...
- ... (outbound) Perihelion 0.91427 AU Earth MOID 0.0288 AU (4.31 million km ; 11.2 LD ) Last perihelion 18 june 2020 Barycentric period ~10,500 yr (inbound) [1] ~5,200 yr (outbound) This perihelion passage will ...
#4 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann , also known as Schwassmann–Wachmann 3 , is a periodic comet that has a 5.4 year orbital period and that has been actively disintegrating since 1995. It last came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) in March 2017 when fragment 73P-BT was separating from the main frag
- ... gments discovered in 2022. The comet was to have been visited by the CONTOUR comet nucleus probe on june 18, 2006, but contact with the probe was lost on August 15, 2002 when it fired its Star 30BP solid rock ...
Galaxy / Galaxy
#1 NGC 7051
NGC 7051 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 100 million light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius . [2] [3] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on July 30, 1827. [4] Barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Aquarius NGC 7051 The barred spiral galaxy NGC 7051, imaged by 2MASS
- ... ] Apparent size (V) 1.3 x 1.1 [1] Other designations IRAS 21171-0859, MCG -2-54-4, PGC 66566 [1] On june 18, 2002 a type II supernova designated as SN 2002dq was discovered in NGC 7051. [5] SEE ALSO NGC 7042 ...
#2 NGC 4753
NGC 4753 is a lenticular galaxy located about 60 million light-years away [2] in the constellation of Virgo . [3] NGC 4753 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on February 22, 1784. [4] It is notable for having distinct dust lanes that surround its nucleus. [5] It is a member of the NGC 475
- ... RNOVAE NGC 4753 has been the host to two supernovae , SN 1965I and SN 1983G . [11] [12] SN 1965I On june 18, 1965 a type 1a supernova was discovered in NGC 4753. [12] [13] SN 1983G Astronomer Robert Evan disc ...
#3 NGC 6356
NGC 6356 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus . It is designated as a II in the Shapley–Sawyer Concentration Class and was discovered by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel on 18 June 1784. The star cluster is more dense and bright towards the middle. NGC 6356
- ... er Concentration Class and was discovered by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel on 18 june 1784. The star cluster is more dense and bright towards the middle. NGC 6356 is located 80' north e ...
Institution / Institution
#1 Wise Observatory
The Florence and George Wise Observatory (IAU code 097) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Tel Aviv University . It is located 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) west of the town of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev desert near the edge of the Ramon Crater , and it is the only professional astronomi
- ... [1] (249712) 2000 QU 68 August 24, 2000 [3] (139308) 2001 KH 20 May 22, 2001 [3] (193766) 2001 MW 1 june 18, 2001 [3] (239963) 2001 MX 1 June 18, 2001 [3] 128054 Eranyavneh June 28, 2003 [2] (143644) 2003 OE ...
- ... 00 [3] (139308) 2001 KH 20 May 22, 2001 [3] (193766) 2001 MW 1 June 18, 2001 [3] (239963) 2001 MX 1 june 18, 2001 [3] 128054 Eranyavneh June 28, 2003 [2] (143644) 2003 OE 3 July 23, 2003 [2] 161315 de Shalit ...
#2 Daniel S. Schanck Observatory
The Daniel S. Schanck Observatory is an historical astronomical observatory on the Queens Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey , United States, and is tied for the seventh oldest observatory in the US alongside the Vassar College Observatory. It is located on George Street near
- ... d is the President's House , which was demolished in 1944. The Schanck Observatory was dedicated on june 18, 1866, with an address given by Joseph P. Bradley (1813–1892), a Rutgers College alumnus (AB 1836) a ...
#3 Dunsink Observatory
The Dunsink Observatory is an astronomical observatory established in 1785 in the townland of Dunsink in the outskirts of the city of Dublin , Ireland . [1] Observatory (1785-) near Dublin, Ireland Dunsink Observatory Dunsink's most famous director was William Rowan Hamilton , who, amongst other thi
- ... f £3,000 in the will of Francis Andrews , who was Provost of Trinity College Dublin at his death on 18 june 1774. The site was established on the south slope of a low hill in the townland of Dunsink , 84m ab ...
#4 Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope ( FAST ; Chinese : 五百米口径球面射电望远镜 ), nicknamed Tianyan ( 天眼 , lit. "Sky's/Heaven's Eye"), is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression ( 大窝凼洼地 ), a natural basin in Pingtang County , Guizhou , southwest China . [1] FAST has a 500 m
- ... determine if some kind of natural radio interference may be the source. [32] [33] More recently, on 18 june 2022, Dan Werthimer , chief scientist for several SETI -related projects, noted, "These signals are ...
#5 Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory
The Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory is a radio telescope observatory , located just south of Warkworth, New Zealand , about 50 km north of the Auckland CBD . It is operated by the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, Auckland University of Technology . The WARK12M 12m Radio T
- ... for transmissions to low orbit satellites. [2] The original 30-metre antenna was decommissioned on 18 june 2008 and demolished. [2] A second antenna and station building were opened on 24 July 1984. This wa ...
#6 San Vittore Observatory
The San Vittore Observatory ( Italian : Osservatorio San Vittore , obs. code : 522 ) is an astronomical observatory in Bologna , Italy. It has made numerous asteroid discoveries during 1980–2000. [1] Minor planets discovered: 99 [1] see § List of discovered minor planets Observatory San Vittor
- ... y 1989 list 6862 Virgiliomarcon 11 April 1991 list 7491 Linzerag 23 September 1995 list 7516 Kranjc 18 june 1987 list 8006 Tacchini 22 August 1988 list 8081 Leopardi 17 February 1988 list 8155 Battaglini 17 ...
#7 Principia Astronomical Observatory
The Principia Astronomical Observatory is an observatory located on the campus of Principia College , in Elsah, Illinois , United States . The observatory was installed on June 18, 1998. [1] It features a 16 [2] inch mirror and is of a Ritchey-Chretien design. The objective focal length of the teles
- ... campus of Principia College , in Elsah, Illinois , United States . The observatory was installed on june 18, 1998. [1] It features a 16 [2] inch mirror and is of a Ritchey-Chretien design. The objective focal ...
- ... Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL Coordinates 38.950198°N 90.345101°W / 38.950198; -90.345101 Established june 18, 1998 Telescopes Ritchey-Chretien 16 in mirror Location of Principia Astronomical Observatory [ edit ...
#8 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory ( SNO ) was a neutrino observatory located 2100 m underground in Vale 's Creighton Mine in Sudbury , Ontario , Canada. The detector was designed to detect solar neutrinos through their interactions with a large tank of heavy water . Underground laboratory in Ontari
- ... light water. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND IMPACT The first scientific results of SNO were published on 18 june 2001, [7] [8] and presented the first clear evidence that neutrinos oscillate (i.e. that they can t ...
Meteorite / Meteorite
#1 HD 102272 b
HD 102272 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 1,200 light-years away in the constellation of Leo . The planet was discovered orbiting the K-type giant star HD 102272 in 2008. The planet was discovered by the radial velocity method, using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope . Another planet, HD 102272 c ,
- ... Discovered by Niedzielski et al. Discovery site McDonald Observatory , United States Discovery date 18 june 2008 Detection method Radial velocity Orbital characteristics Semi-major axis 0.614 ± 0.001 AU (91, ...
#2 HD 102272 c
HD 102272 c is an extrasolar planet approximately 1,200 light-years away in the constellation of Leo . The planet is orbiting the K-type giant star HD 102272 . The planet was discovered by the radial velocity method, using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope . Another planet, HD 102272 b , was also discovere
- ... Discovered by Niedzielski et al. Discovery site McDonald Observatory , United States Discovery date 18 june 2008 Detection method Radial velocity Orbital characteristics Semi-major axis 1.57 ± 0.05 AU (234,9 ...
#3 HD 40307 b
HD 40307 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 40307 , located 42 light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Pictor . The planet was discovered by the radial velocity method, using the European Southern Observatory 's HARPS apparatus, in June 2008. It is the second smal
- ... very was announced at the astrophysics conference that took place in Nantes , France between 16 and 18 june 2008. [3] HD 40307 b was one of three found here at the time. [4] ORBIT AND MASS HD 40307 b is the ...
#4 Kepler-10c
Kepler-10c is an exoplanet orbiting the G-type star [1] Kepler-10 , located around 608 light-years away in Draco . Its discovery was announced by Kepler in May 2011, although it had been seen as a planetary candidate since January 2011, when Kepler-10b was discovered. The team confirmed the observat
- ... ferent in the infrared. [11] The WIYN Observatory 's 3.5m telescope was used for speckle imaging on june 18, 2010; in addition, the PHARO camera on the Palomar Observatory 's 5m telescope was used for its ada ...
Researcher / Researcher
#1 Alexander Stewart Herschel
Alexander Stewart Herschel, DCL, FRS (5 February 1836 – 18 June 1907) was a British astronomer . Alexander Stewart Herschel Born ( 1836-02-05 ) 5 February 1836 Feldhausen, near Cape Town , British Cape Colony (today South Africa) Died 18 June 1907 (1907-06-18) (aged 71) Slough , England Citizenshi
- Alexander Stewart Herschel, DCL, FRS (5 February 1836 – 18 june 1907) was a British astronomer . Alexander Stewart Herschel Born ( 1836-02-05 ) 5 February 1836 Fel ...
- ... -02-05 ) 5 February 1836 Feldhausen, near Cape Town , British Cape Colony (today South Africa) Died 18 june 1907 (1907-06-18) (aged 71) Slough , England Citizenship United Kingdom Alma mater Trinity College, ...
- ... t Laurence where Alexander and his grandfather are buried He died unmarried at Observatory House on 18 june 1907 [11] [13] and was buried in Church of St Laurence, Upton-cum-Chalvey , in the chancel of which ...
#2 Kenneth Franklin
Kenneth Linn Franklin (March 25, 1923 – June 18, 2007) was an American astronomer and educator. Franklin was the chief scientist at the Hayden Planetarium from 1956 to 1984 and was co-credited with discovering radio waves originating on Jupiter , the first detection of signals from another planet. [
- Kenneth Linn Franklin (March 25, 1923 – june 18, 2007) was an American astronomer and educator. Franklin was the chief scientist at the Hayden Plane ...
- ... rty (band) . Kenneth L. Franklin Franklin in the 1960s Born March 25, 1923 Alameda, California Died june 18, 2007 (2007-06-18) (aged 84) Boulder, Colorado Nationality American Alma mater University of Califor ...
#3 Jack Green (geologist)
Jack Green (18 June 1925 – 5 September 2014) was a geologist and geology professor at California State University Long Beach . [1] His active research covered topics such as general volcanology and economic geology , as well as mineralogy , lunar protolife, lunar volcanism, water on the moon [2] and
- Jack Green ( 18 june 1925 – 5 September 2014) was a geologist and geology professor at California State University Long ...
#4 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
- ... 1998 list (40093) 1998 NH 15 July 1998 list (40255) 1999 CN 4 12 February 1999 list (40326) 1999 MA 18 june 1999 list (40445) 1999 RY 35 12 September 1999 list (40742) 1999 TK 2 October 1999 list (40743) 199 ...
#5 António Cabreira
D. António Tomás da Guarda Cabreira de Faria e Alvelos Drago da Ponte [lower-alpha 1] ComSE (30 October 1868 – 21 November 1953) was a Portuguese mathematician , polygraph and publicist. A member of the aristocratic Cabreira family, António Cabreira was a claimant to the Miguelist noble titles of Co
- ... April 1921). [2] He was awarded a honorary doctorate in Mathematics by the University of Arizona on 18 june 1912, and was bestowed with the University of Amsterdam 's Medal of Honour on 23 December 1933, on ...
#6 Christoph Scheiner
Christoph Scheiner SJ (25 July 1573 (or 1575) – 18 June 1650) was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt . Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer (1573–1650) Oil on canvas portrait of Christoph Scheiner.
- Christoph Scheiner SJ (25 July 1573 (or 1575) – 18 june 1650) was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt . Jesuit priest, physicist and as ...
- ... inting out that he was envied by many and "struggled with envy himself." Christoph Scheiner died on 18 june 1650 in Neisse (now Nysa, Poland ). [1] [3] WORKS Pantographice , 1631 Oculus, 1619 Tres epistolae ...
#7 Jacobus Kapteyn
Prof Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD (19 January 1851 – 18 June 1922) was a Dutch astronomer . He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way and was the discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation . [1] Kapteyn was also among the first to suggest the existence of dark matter using stella
- Prof Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD (19 January 1851 – 18 june 1922) was a Dutch astronomer . He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way and was the discov ...
- ... yn Jacobus Kapteyn. Painting by Jan Veth (1921). Born ( 1851-01-19 ) 19 January 1851 Barneveld Died 18 june 1922 (1922-06-18) (aged 71) Amsterdam Nationality Netherlands Alma mater University of Utrecht Know ...
#8 Bernhard Dawson
Bernhard Hildebrandt Dawson (September 21, 1890 – June 18, 1960) was a U.S.-born Argentine astronomer . Argentine astronomer He was born in Kansas City , Missouri and earned a B.S. from the University of Michigan , 1916. From 1913 onward, he worked at the La Plata Observatory , Argentina. In 1933 he
- Bernhard Hildebrandt Dawson (September 21, 1890 – june 18, 1960) was a U.S.-born Argentine astronomer . Argentine astronomer He was born in Kansas City , Miss ...
#9 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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#10 Robert H. McNaught
Robert H. McNaught (born in Scotland in 1956) is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University (ANU). He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory . Scottish-Australian astronomer (born 1956) Minor pla
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#11 John Broughton
John Broughton (born 1952) [2] is an Australian amateur astronomer and artist. He is among the most prolific discoverers of minor planets worldwide, credited by the Minor Planet Center with more than a thousand discoveries made between 1997 and 2008. [1] His observations are done at Reedy Creek Obse
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#12 Nikolai Kardashev
Nikolai Semyonovich Kardashev [1] ( Russian : Никола́й Семёнович Кардашёв , IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ kərdɐˈʂof] ; 25 April 1932 – 3 August 2019 [2] ) was a Soviet and Russian astrophysicist , Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and the deputy director of the Astro Space Center of P
- ... he search for extraterrestrial life: Recent developments; Proceedings of the Symposium, Boston, MA, june 18 21, 1984"". The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments . 112 : 497–504. Bibcode : 198 ...
#13 Henry E. Holt
Henry E. Holt (27 September 1929 - 5 May 2019) [2] was an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets , who has worked as a planetary geologist at the United States Geological Survey and Northern Arizona University . [3] American astronomer (1929–2019) For other people na
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#14 Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German–American university teacher and astronomer at the Litchfield Observatory of Hamilton College , New York, and a pioneer in the study and visual discovery of asteroids . His name is often given as C. H. F. Peters . [
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#15 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
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#16 Allan Sandage
Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer . He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California . [2] He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe . Asteroids discovered:
- Allan Rex Sandage ( june 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer . He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carneg ...
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#17 Rafael Pacheco
Rafael Pacheco Hernández (born 1954 in Madrid ) is a Spanish astronomer of Catalan origin and a prolific discoverer of asteroids , credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of numerous minor planets mostly in collaboration with astronomer Álvaro López-García . [1] [2] Spanish astronomer
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#18 William Kwong Yu Yeung
William Kwong Yu Yeung (born 1960; also known simply as Bill Yeung ; Chinese : 楊光宇 ) is a Hong Kong -born, Canadian amateur astronomer with telescopes based in the United States . [2] [3] Astronomer noted for the discovery of over 2,000 minor planets Minor planets discovered: 2031 [1] see § List
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#19 Charles Wylie (astronomer)
Charles Clayton Wylie (1886–1976) was born in Ida Kansas on June 18, 1886 and died in Cedar Rapids Iowa in April 1976. He earned his first degree from Park College in Missouri in 1908 and a master's degree from Missouri in 1912. After working at the US Naval Observatory from 1913-1919, he went to Il
- Charles Clayton Wylie (1886–1976) was born in Ida Kansas on june 18, 1886 and died in Cedar Rapids Iowa in April 1976. He earned his first degree from Park College in M ...
#20 Edward L. G. Bowell
Edward L. G. "Ted" Bowell (born 1943 in London ), is an American astronomer . Bowell was educated at Emanuel School London, University College, London , and the University of Paris . American astronomer He was principal investigator of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS). He has
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#1 CP Lacertae
CP Lacertae (also known as Nova Lacertae 1936 or CP Lac ) was a nova , which lit up on June 18, 1936 in the constellation Lacerta . It was discovered independently by several observers including Leslie Peltier in the US, E. Loreta in Italy, and Kazuaki Gomi, a Japanese barber who discovered the nova
- CP Lacertae (also known as Nova Lacertae 1936 or CP Lac ) was a nova , which lit up on june 18, 1936 in the constellation Lacerta . It was discovered independently by several observers including ...