Arnold R. Klemola
Discovered asteroids : 16 | ||
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Number and name | Discovery date | Co-discoverer |
(1770) Schlesinger | May 10, 1967 | C. Cesco |
(1829) Dawson | May 6, 1967 | C. Cesco |
(1934) Jeffers | 2nd December 1972 | |
(1991) Darwin | May 6, 1967 | C. Cesco |
(2014) Vasilevskis | May 2nd 1973 | |
(2131) Mayall | 3rd September 1975 | |
(2179) Platzeck | June 28, 1965 | |
(2202) Pele | 7th September 1975 | |
(2261) Keeler | April 20, 1977 | |
(2308) Schilt | May 6, 1967 | C. Cesco |
(2370) van Altena | June 10, 1965 | |
(2504) Gaviola | May 6, 1967 | C. Cesco |
(3712) Force | 22nd December 1984 | |
(5757) Tichá | May 6, 1967 | C. Cesco |
(8128) Nicomachus | May 6, 1967 | C. Cesco |
(10450) Girard | May 6, 1967 | C. Cesco |
Arnold Richard Klemola (born February 20, 1931 in Pomfret , Connecticut , † January 5, 2019 ) was an American astronomer . He worked at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California .
Klemola was the discoverer or co-discoverer of 16 asteroids as well as the comet 68P / Klemola . He made most of his discoveries with Carlos Cesco .
The asteroid (1723) Klemola was named after him and the headmistress and amateur astronomer Irja Klemola from Turku .
He died at the age of 87 in January 2019.
literature
- American Men & Women of Science. : volume 4, RR Bowker Company. Database Publishing Group, New York, 2009, ISBN 1414433042 , ISBN 9781414433042 , p. 381.
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Klemola, Arnold R. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klemola, Arnold Richard (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pomfret , Connecticut |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 2019 |