Gary W. Kronk

Gary W. Kronk (born March 23, 1956 ) is an American amateur astronomer .

Life

Gary W. Kronk received his Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville , Illinois in 1981 . Since 1985 he has worked as a programmer / analyst at Washington University in St. Louis . Kronk is married for the second time and has 2 sons from the first marriage.

Kronk had an interest in astronomy from a young age , but the decisive factor for his later publications was the observation of comet C / 1973 E1 (Kohoutek) . In 1999 he was allowed to participate in the Leonid MAC (Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign) of NASA and United States Air Force , which examined the Leonids over Western Europe and the Atlantic Ocean .

In 2004, the Minor Planet Center (MPC) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced that the asteroid (48300) Kronk was named after Kronk because of its work on cometography.

Comets. A Descriptive Catalog . Enslow Publishers, New York 1984, ISBN 0-89490-071-4 (English).
Meteor Showers. An Annotated Catalog . Enslow Publishers, New York 1988 (English, 2nd edition. Springer Science + Business Media, New York 2014, ISBN 978-1-4614-7896-6 ).
Cometography. A Catalog of Comets . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York (English, 6 volumes).
- Volume 1: Ancient – 1799. 1999, ISBN 0-521-58504-X .
- Volume 2: 1800-1899. 2003, ISBN 0-521-58505-8 .
- Volume 3: 1900-1932. 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-58506-4 .
- Volume 4: 1933-1959. 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-58507-1 .
- with Maik Meyer : Volume 5: 1960–1982. 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-87226-3 .

Gary W. Kronk: About Me. In: Kronk Observatory. Retrieved October 2, 2016 .
About the author . In: Meteor Showers. An Annotated Catalog . 2nd Edition. Springer Science + Business Media, New York 2014, ISBN 978-1-4614-7896-6 , pp. vii (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Kronk, Gary W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American amateur astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1956