Asteroids named after people called In
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In Die Medial-Fernrohre, Ludwig Schupmann (1851-1920) described a telescope incorporating reflecting and refracting elements and Mangin mirrors that allow for the elimination of chromatic aberrations while using common optical glasses. Instruments of his design were used in early lunar studies and are used now in double-star work.Discovered 23 January 1990 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H., Kushiro
In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Gryphon had an eagle's head, a front half with wings and talons, and at the back a lion's legs and tail. Unfortunately, Alice did not quite like the look of the creature. The Gryphon appears to have been a friend of the Mock Turtle.Discovered 22 December 1990 by Natori, A., Urata, T., Yakiimo
In Japanese mythology, Yatagarasu is the holy crow with three legs. It guided Jinmu, the so-called first emperor, and his troops from Kumano to Nara. The Chinese counterpart of the crow with three legs is said to live in the sun, and it is suspected that the crow is a naked-eye sunspot.Discovered 3 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
In Bro, a small parish on Gotland, there is among other things an old cairn from the bronze age. More than 40 meters in diameter, it is said to be the burial site of chief Baldur.Discovered 19 March 1993 by UESAC, La Silla
In Lummelunda, about 15 km north of Visby, the capital of Gotland, there can be found a 4-km long cave in the limestone.Discovered 20 March 1993 by UESAC, La Silla
In Copenhagen, René Michelsen does physical and dynamical studies of near-Earth objects.Discovered 17 August 1982 by C.-I. Lagerkvist, La Silla
In Carolinian times the Thuringian town of Mühlhausen was the haunt of emperors and kings. It became a Reichstadt in 1180 and a member of the Hanse in 1418. J. S. Bach was an organist here during 1707-1708. The intact city is a jewel of town planning in medieval times.Discovered 10 February 1989 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
In Milan, amateur astronomer Sergio Foglia (b. 1972) has observed minor planets, comets, variable stars and occultations by the moon and minor planets. Since 1996 he has been the Minor Planet Section recorder of the Unione Astrofili Italiani.Discovered 24 February 1995 by M. Tombelli, Cima Ekar
In Amsterdam from 1744 onward, Marc-Michel Rey (1720-1780) was a major figure in the publishing history of the Enlightenment. Manuscripts were smuggled out of France and found their way to Amsterdam, where they were printed and brought back to France clandestinely.Discovered 20 April 1996 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Father William is a character in a poem that a Caterpillar tells Alice to repeat. He is rather old and in the end gets quite annoyed with a youth who, it emerges later in the poem, is his son, and who asks him one question after another.Discovered 19 November 1997 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T., Nachi-Katsuura
In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Alice comes upon a large flower-bed with a border of daisies and a willow-tree growing in the middle. The Tiger-lily tells Alice that all the flowers can talk as well as Alice—and a great deal louder.Discovered 3 March 1998 by T. Urata, Oohira
In Mar. 2005 Ota city and three neighboring towns in the eastern part of Gunma prefecture were combined to form a new Ota city. Astronomical outreach is energetically carried out there by the Ota Uchuno Kai (Ota Astronomical Club).Discovered 11 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
In Korean, Tongil means “reunification”. This minor planet, the first one discovered by a Korean amateur astronomer, is named with the hope for an early reunification of the southern and northern parts of Korea, divided since 1945.Discovered 18 September 1998 by T. H. Lee, Younchun
In Greek mythology Narcissus was a hero from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty. In the various stories, he became obsessed with his own reflection in a pool and, for one reason or another, died as a result.Discovered 1 November 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Beaver
In Saku City, JAXA operates the Usuda Deep Space Center equipped with a 64-m-diameter parabolic antenna, which has been used to communicate with Japanese solar system probes, such as the Halley's comet probes “Sakigake” and “Suisei”, the asteroid probe “Hayabusa” and the lunar orbiter “Kaguya” amongst others.Discovered 16 November 2001 by BATTeRS, Bisei SG Center
The Telescopes In Education (TIE) project makes it possible for many students around the world remotely to use telescopes at Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas, Chile. This is an innovative way to introduce astronomy to young people, among whom it has already developed intense interest.Discovered 10 September 1999 by Masi, G., Mallia, F., Campo Catino
In Greek mythology, King Oenomaus of Pisa was the son of Ares by Harpina and father of Hippodamia. He married Evarete of Argos, the daughter of Acrisius and Eurydice. Oenomaus' chariot race was one legendary origin of the Olympic Games.Discovered 13 July 2007 by P. Kocher, Marly
In Homer's Iliad, Agastrophus was a Paionian hero, famed for his spear, who fought with the Trojans in the Trojan War and who was killed by Diomedes. Agastrophus was the son of Paeon and brother of Laophoon.Discovered 21 August 2008 by P. Kocher, Marly
In Welsh mythology, Manawydan ab Llŷr (son of Llŷr) was a scholar, a magician and a peaceful man.Discovered 5 December 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
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