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Henry L. Giclas

Henry L. Giclas

American astronomer (1910–2007)

Henry Lee Giclas (December 9, 1910 – April 2, 2007) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.[2][3]

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He worked at Lowell Observatory using the blink comparator, and hired Robert Burnham Jr. to work there. He also worked on a notable proper motion survey with several relatively nearby stars bearing his name such as Giclas 99-49.

Henry Giclas is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 17 numbered minor planets between 1943 and 1978,[1] including 2201 Oljato – tentatively identified as the parent body of the "Chi Orionids" meteor shower – and 2061 Anza, two near-Earth asteroids of the Apollo and Amor group, respectively.[4][5]

He also discovered 84P/Giclas in 1978, a periodic comet of the Jupiter family.[6]

Henry Giclas died of a stroke at the age of 96 in Flagstaff, Arizona.[2] The crater Giclas on Pluto, as well as the asteroid 1741 Giclas, discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program in 1960, are named for him.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    Joseph S. Tenn. "Henry L. Giclas (1910–2007)". AAS – American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. [3]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1741) Giclas". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1741) Giclas. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 138. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1742. ISBN 978-3540002383.
  4. [4]
    "2061 Anza (1960 UA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. [5]
    "2201 Oljato (1947 XC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. [6]
    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 84P/Giclas". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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