Ernest Leonard Johnson

Discovered asteroids : 18

(1568) Aisleen	August 21, 1946
(1580) Betulia	March 22, 1950
(1585) Union	September 7, 1947
(1607) Mavis	3rd September 1950
(1609) Brenda	July 10, 1951
(1618) Dawn	July 5, 1948
(1623) Vivian	August 9, 1948
(1731) Smuts	August 9, 1948
(1760) Sandra	April 10, 1950
(1819) Laputa	August 9, 1948
(1885) Herero	August 9, 1948
(1922) Zulu	April 25, 1949
(2546) Libitina	March 23, 1950
(2651) Karen	August 28, 1949
(2718) Handley	July 30, 1948
(2829) Bobhope	August 9, 1948
(3184) Raab	August 22, 1949
(5038) Overbeek	March 31, 1948

Ernest Leonard Johnson (* before 1900, † around 1977) was a South African astronomer .

Johnson worked at the Union Observatory , where he retired in 1956. He discovered four comets , including the periodic comet 48P / Johnson named after him and the comets C / 1935 A1, C / 1948 R1, C / 1949 K1.

Johnson also discovered 18 asteroids.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 48P / Johnson. Retrieved February 15, 2012 . 
2. ^ Report of the Comet Medal Committee . bibcode : 1936PASP ... 48 ... 52. (English).
3. ^ Report of the Comet Medal Committee . bibcode : 1949PASP ... 61 ... 51. (English).
4. ^ Report of the Comet Medal Committee . bibcode : 1952PASP ... 64 ... 39. (English).

Web links

• Publications by EL Johnson in the Astrophysics Data System
• NN: EL Johnson. Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Vol. 37 (1978), p. 2 (short obituary, English)
• TP Cooper: A history of comet discovery from South Africa. Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Vol. 62 (2003), p. 170 (EL Johnson: p. 175)