langs: 20 июня [ru] / june 20 [en] / 20. juni [de] / 20 juin [fr] / 20 giugno [it] / 20 de junio [es]
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#1 732 Tjilaki
732 Tjilaki ( prov. designation : A912 HK or 1912 OR ) is a dark background asteroid , approximately 36 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter, located in the inner region of the asteroid belt . It was discovered by German astronomer Adam Massinger at the Heidelberg Observatory on 15 April 1912, and late
#2 6377 Cagney
6377 Cagney , provisional designation 1987 ML 1 , is a carbonaceous Eunomia asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt , approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. 6377 Cagney Discovery [1] Discovered by A. Mrkos Discovery site Kleť Obs. Discovery date 25 June 1987 Designations MPC
32008 Adriángalád , provisional designation : 2000 HM 53 , is a background asteroid and synchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 29 April 2000, by astronomers with the LINEAR program at Lincoln La
#4 6546 Kaye
6546 Kaye ( prov. designation : 1987 DY 4 ) is a dark and elongated background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt . It was discovered on 24 February 1987, by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the South Bohemian Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic. [3] The presumed C-type asteroid
4790 Petrpravec ( prov. designation : 1988 PP ) is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 16 kilometers (10 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 9 August 1988, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California,
17246 Christophedumas , provisional designation 2000 GL 74 , is a stony Koronian asteroid and binary system from the outer regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 4.6 kilometers in diameter. 17246 Christophedumas Christophedumas and its satellite imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope from May to
#7 876 Scott
876 Scott is a minor planet orbiting the Sun . For a long time, its name had been falsely attributed to Robert Falcon Scott . In fact, it was named after discoverer Johann Palisa's financial supporter Miss E. Scott. [2] 876 Scott Discovery Discovered by J. Palisa Discovery site Vienna Discovery
#8 7317 Cabot
7317 Cabot , provisional designation 1940 ED , is a background asteroid in a resonance with Jupiter, located the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 3.6 kilometers (2.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 12 March 1940, by Hungarian astronomer György Kulin at the Konkoly Observat
(417634) 2006 XG 1 provisional designation 2006 XG 1 , is a sub-kilometer asteroid , classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group , that had a low but non-zero probability of impacting Earth on 31 October 2041. The asteroid was discovered on 20 September 200
#10 404 Arsinoë
Arsinoë (from Greek Ἀρσινόη Arsĭnŏē ), [6] minor planet designation 404 Arsinoë , is a large main-belt asteroid . It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. 404 Arsinoë Discovery Discovered by Auguste Charlois Discovery date 20 June 1895 Designations
#11 4337 Arecibo
4337 Arecibo ( prov. designation : 1985 GB ) is a binary Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 14 April 1985, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona
#12 22899 Alconrad
22899 Alconrad , provisional designation 1999 TO 14 , is a Koronian asteroid and binary system from the outer region of the asteroid belt , approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 11 October 1999, by Croatian astronomers Korado Korlević and Mario Jurić at the Višnjan Observatory
(468861) 2013 LU 28 , provisional designation 2013 LU 28 is a highly eccentric trans-Neptunian object , retrograde centaur and damocloid from the outer regions of the Solar System . It was discovered on 8 June 2013 by astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizon
#14 1817 Katanga
1817 Katanga , provisional designation 1939 MB , is a stony Phocaea asteroid in from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 June 1939, by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa
#15 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
#16 (101869) 1999 MM
(101869) 1999 MM , provisional designation 1999 MM is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group . It was discovered on 20 June 1999, by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search ( LONEOS ) at its U.S
#17 6498 Ko
6498 Ko , provisional designation 1992 UJ 4 , is a stony Flora asteroid and exceptionally slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 26 October 1992, by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe
#18 5261 Eureka
5261 Eureka is the first Mars trojan discovered. [5] It was discovered by David H. Levy and Henry Holt at Palomar Observatory on 20 June 1990. [1] It trails Mars (at the L 5 point ) at a distance varying by only 0.3 AU during each revolution (with a secular trend superimposed, changing the distanc
#19 6433 Enya
6433 Enya , provisional designation 1978 WC , is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 18 November 1978, by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic. [10]
#20 20325 Julianoey
20325 Julianoey , provisional designation 1998 HO 27 , is a Vestian asteroid and a synchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 21 April 1998, by astronomers of the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak Nation
161P/Hartley–IRAS is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 21 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with (20 years < period < 200 years). [6] Periodic comet with 21 year orbit 161P/Hartley-IRAS Discovery Discovered by Malcolm Hartley IRAS Discovery date November 4, 1983
Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) is a non-periodic comet discovered in late June 2006 by Robert D. Matson of Irvine, California and Michael Mattiazzo of Adelaide , South Australia in publicly available images of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) . These images were captured by the Solar Wind ANiso
#1 NGC 2936
NGC 2936 is an interacting spiral galaxy located at a distance of 326 million light years , [3] in the constellation Hydra . NGC 2936 is interacting with elliptical galaxy NGC 2937 , located just beneath it. They were both discovered by Albert Marth on Mar 3, 1864. [4] To some astronomers, the galax
The Lovell Telescope / ˈ l ʌ v əl / is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory , near Goostrey , Cheshire in the north-west of England. When construction was finished in 1957, the telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.2 m (250 ft) in diameter; [1] it i
#2 Kitt Peak National Observatory
The Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO ) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona - Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O'odham Nation , 88 kilometers (55 mi) west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona . With more than twenty optical and two radio
#3 List of solar eclipses visible from Russia
This list of solar eclipses visible from Russia enumerates the solar eclipses that have been seen and will be seen in Russia . Lists of solar eclipses Geometry of a total solar eclipse (not to scale) Solar eclipses in antiquity Solar eclipses in the Middle Ages Modern history 16th 17th 18th 19th 20t
#4 National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers
The National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers ( NACAA ) is a biennial national forum for amateur astronomy in Australia. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) The topic
#5 SPECULOOS
SPECULOOS ( Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars ) is a project consisting of SPECULOOS Southern Observatory (SSO) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile and SPECULOOS Northern Observatory (SNO) at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife . [1] [2] For the type of biscuit also known as "spe
The Thirty Meter Telescope ( TMT ) is a planned extremely large telescope (ELT) [5] [6] that has become controversial due to its location on Mauna Kea , [7] [8] [9] [10] on the island of Hawaiʻi . The TMT would become the largest visible-light telescope on Mauna Kea. [11] [12] Future observatory in
#7 Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory ( German : Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl ) is a historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany . The predecessor of the current observatory was originally opened in 1774 in the nea
Union Observatory also known as Johannesburg Observatory ( 078 ) is a defunct astronomical observatory in Johannesburg , South Africa that was operated between 1903 and 1971. It is located on Observatory Ridge , the city's highest point at 1,808 metres altitude in the suburb Observatory . [1] [2] De
Griffith Observatory is an observatory in Los Angeles , California on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park . It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observat
The Calar Alto Observatory ( Centro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía or "Spanish Astronomical Centre in Andalusia") is an astronomical observatory located in Almería province in Spain on Calar Alto , a 2,168-meter-high (7,113 ft) mountain in the Sierra de Los Filabres range. [2] Observatory Calar
The Mannheim Observatory was a tower observatory built between 1772 and 1774 in Mannheim , Germany , which remained in operation until 1880. The observatory was transferred to Karlsruhe and finally in 1898, was established on the Königstuhl near Heidelberg where today's successor institution the Sta
The Murchison Widefield Array ( MWA ) is a joint project between an international consortium of organisations to construct and operate a low-frequency radio array . 'Widefield' refers to its very large field of view (on the order of 30 degrees across). Operating in the frequency range 70–300 MHz,
#13 Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope
The Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope , also known as the Mayall 4-meter Telescope , is a four-meter (158 inches) reflector telescope located at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona and named after Nicholas U. Mayall . It saw first light on February 27, 1973, and was the second-largest telescope
#1 K2-33b
K2-33b (also known by its EPIC designation EPIC 205117205.01 ) is a very young super-Neptune exoplanet , orbiting the pre-main-sequence star K2-33 . It was discovered by NASA 's Kepler spacecraft on its "Second Light" mission. It is located about 456 light-years (140 parsecs ) away from Earth in the
#2 V830 Tauri b
V830 Tauri b is an exoplanet orbiting around the young T Tauri star V830 Tauri, about 427 light-years (131 pc) away from Earth in the constellation of Taurus . The exoplanet has a young age of only about 2 million years. [2] [3] [4] However, a 2020 study was unable to confirm this planet. [5] [not
#1 List of exoplanet search projects
The following is a list of exoplanet search projects . Parts of this article (those related to the number of exoplanets discovered) need to be updated . ( January 2022 )
Jeremiah Paul "Jerry" Ostriker (born April 13, 1937) is an American astrophysicist and a professor of astronomy at Columbia University [3] [4] and is the Charles A. Young Professor Emeritus at Princeton where he also continues as a Senior Research Scholar. [5] Ostriker has also served as a universit
#2 Charles Marie de La Condamine
Charles Marie de La Condamine (28 January 1701 – 4 February 1774) was a French explorer , geographer , and mathematician . He spent ten years in territory which is now Ecuador , measuring the length of a degree of latitude at the equator and preparing the first map of the Amazon region based on astr
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
William Ashley Bradfield AM (20 June 1927 – 9 June 2014) was a New Zealand-born Australian amateur astronomer, notable as a prolific amateur discoverer of comets . [3] He gained a world record by discovering 18 comets, all of which bear his name as the sole discoverer. [4] Australian amateur astrono
James Maxwell Bardeen (May 9, 1939 – June 20, 2022) was an American physicist, well known for his work in general relativity , particularly his role in formulating the laws of black hole mechanics . He also discovered the Bardeen vacuum, an exact solution of the Einstein field equation . American ph
Gerard Peter Kuiper ( English: / ˈ k aɪ p ər / ; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkœypər] ; born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper ; 7 December 1905 – 23 December 1973) was a Dutch astronomer , planetary scientist , selenographer , author and professor. He is the eponymous namesake of the Kuiper belt . Netherlands-bor
Suzanne W. Tourtellotte (January 11, 1945 – June 20, 2013) was an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets , a researcher at Yale University in the United States . [1] [2] American astronomer Suzanne Tourtellotte Born 11 January 1945 Died June 20, 2013 (2013-06-20) (aged 68) Nationality
John Grigg (4 June 1838 – 20 June 1920) was a New Zealand astronomer . New Zealand astronomer For others with the same name, see John Grigg (disambiguation) . He was born in London and married Emma Mitchell in 1858. In 1863 they emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Auckland , however Emma died in
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
#10 Thushara Pillai
Thushara Pillai is an Indian astrophysicist and astronomer with a senior research scientist position at Boston University 's Institute for Astrophysical Research. [1] Her research interests have included molecular clouds , high-mass star formation , magnetic fields , astrochemistry , and the galacti
#11 John Herschel
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS ( / ˈ h ɜːr ʃ əl , ˈ h ɛər -/ ; [2] 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) [1] was an English polymath active as a mathematician , astronomer , chemist , inventor, experimental photographer who invented the blueprint , [3] [4] [5] and did botanical work
Milan Rastislav Štefánik ( Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmilan ˈrascislaw ˈʂcefaːɲik] ( listen ) ; 21 July 1880 – 4 May 1919) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer. During World War I , he served at the same time as a general in the French Army and as Minister of War for Czechoslovak
Karel van der Hucht (born 16 January 1946) is a Dutch astronomer . Dutch astronomer (born 1946) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2022 ) Karel van der Hucht Karel van der Hucht in July 2007 Born Karel Albertus van der Hucht ( 1946-01-16 ) 16 January 1946 (age 76) Nu
John Craig (died 1620) was a Scottish physician and astronomer. He was physician to King James . He corresponded with Tycho Brahe , and associated with John Napier . Scottish physician and astronomer Not to be confused with John Craig (physician, died 1655) , or John Craig (c.1512-1600). John Craig
#15 Esko Valtaoja
Esko Jorma Johannes Valtaoja ( pronounced [ˈesko ˈʋɑltɑˌojɑ] ( listen ) ; born 20 June 1951) is a Finnish professional astronomer and writer. Valtaoja worked as a professor at the University of Turku where he studied quasars . Valtaoja retired in 2015 after holding a popular farewell lecture, that
Joseph Thomas Ward (25 January 1862 – 4 January 1927) was a New Zealand astronomer and telescope maker. Born in England, he migrated to New Zealand circa 1880, and settled in Whanganui. Ward was a pioneer New Zealand telescope maker, instrumental in establishing both the Wanganui Astronomical Societ
#17 Johann Palisa
Johann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer , born in Troppau , Austrian Silesia , now Czech Republic . [1] He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923. [2] Some of his notable discoveries include
#18 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
#19 Cyril Jackson (astronomer)
Cyril V. Jackson (5 December 1903 – February 1988) was a South African astronomer , known for discovering 72 asteroids and a number of comets. South African astronomer Asteroids discovered: 72 1116 Catriona 5 April 1929 1186 Turnera 1 August 1929 1193 Africa 24 April 1931 1194 Aletta 13 May 1931 119
#20 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
Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmology whose central postulate is that the dynamics of ionized gases and plasmas play important, if not dominant, roles in the physics of the universe beyond the Solar System . [2] [ unreliable source? ] [3] In contrast, the current observations and models of co
CK Vulpeculae (also Nova Vulpeculae 1670 ) is an object whose exact nature is unknown. [4] It was once considered to be the oldest reliably-documented nova . It consists of a compact central object surrounded by a bipolar nebula . 1678 Nova seen in the constellation Vulpecula CK Vulpeculae CK Vulpec
#2 SN 2009gj
SN 2009gj was a supernova located approximately 60 million light years away from Earth. It was discovered on June 20, 2009, by New Zealand amateur astronomer and dairy farmer Stuart Parker. [2] [3] 2009 supernova event in the constellation Sculptor SN 2009gj Event type Supernova IIb Date June 20,
#3 V830 Tauri
V830 Tauri is a star located 427 light-years (or 131 parsecs ) away from the Sun in the constellation Taurus . [7] This star is very young, with an age of only 2 million years, [7] [8] compared to the Sun's age, which is 4.6 billion years. Typical for a young stars, it exhibits a strong flare activi