DeLisle Stewart
DeLisle Stewart (born March 16, 1870 in Wabasha , Minnesota , † February 2, 1941 in Miami Township , Ohio ) was an American astronomer .
In 1896 he became a member of the Harvard College Observatory , and from 1898 to 1901 he worked at the Observatory in Arequipa , Peru , taking photographs that William Henry Pickering used to discover Saturn's moon Phoebe . He himself discovered many new galactic nebulae .
He later worked at the Observatory in Cincinnati until 1910. There he founded the Cincinnati Astronomical Society .
On August 14, 1901, he discovered the asteroid (475) Ocllo .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ DELISLE STEWART. SPRING GROVE Cincinnati, accessed August 14, 2015 .
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SURNAME | Stewart, DeLisle |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wabasha , Minnesota |
DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1941 |
Place of death | Miami Township , Ohio |