Elizabeth Roemer
Elizabeth Roemer ( September 4, 1929 - April 8, 2016 ) was an American astronomer and professor emeritus at the University of Arizona in Tucson .
Roemer received his PhD in astronomy from the University of California at Berkeley in 1955 . She was particularly interested in comets and asteroids , dealing with both astrometry and the physical properties of small celestial bodies.
She discovered the Jupiter moon Themisto and the asteroids (1930) Lucifer and (1983) Bok .
The asteroid (1657) Roemera is named after her.
Web links
- Elizabeth Roemer on the University of Arizona website
- Publications by E. Roemer in the Astrophysics Data System
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elizabeth Roemer, 1929-2016. In: www.lpl.arizona.edu. University of Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, 2016, accessed January 10, 2017 .
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| SURNAME | Roemer, Elizabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1929 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 2016 |