Carlyle Smith Beals
Carlyle Smith Beals (born June 29, 1899 in Canso , Nova Scotia , † July 2, 1979 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian astronomer .
He taught 1926/27 as a lecturer in physics at Acadia University in Wolfville . From 1927 until 1946 he worked at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria in the Canadian province of British Columbia . Here he examined the emission lines in the spectra of certain hot stars and gas clouds in interstellar space. He also developed astronomical instruments.
In 1946 he was appointed Astronomer of the Dominion in Ottawa . Among other things, created a study on meteorite craters in Canada. He is one of the founders of the Earth Impact Database . In 1964 he retired.
In 1969 he was awarded the rank of Officer of the Order of Canada . In 1971 he gave the Petrie Prize Lecture . The asteroid (3314) Beals and the crater Beals on the moon are named after him.
Web links
- Carlyle Smith Beals (1899-1979) on astro-canada.ca (English)
- Publications by CS Beals in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for CS Beals in the Astrophysics Data System
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| SURNAME | Beals, Carlyle Smith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canso , Nova Scotia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1979 |
| Place of death | Ottawa |