Richard Hawley Tucker

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Richard Hawley Tucker (born October 29, 1859 in Wiscasset , Maine , † March 31, 1952 in Palo Alto , California ) was an American astronomer .

Tucker studied engineering at Lehigh University , but soon discovered his interest in astronomy . After graduating in 1879, he took a position as an assistant at the Dudley Observatory . In 1883 he returned to Lehigh University as a lecturer in mathematics and astronomy. A year later he received an offer from the Argentine National Observatory to work on an investigation of the southern starry sky. He stayed there for a total of nine years and moved to the Lick Observatory in 1893 . There he dealt with the precise measurement of star positions.

In 1908 he traveled to San Luis in Argentina as part of an expedition . The measurements taken there of star positions in the southern part of the sky, to which he himself contributed over 20,000, were included in the catalog of the Dudley Observatory.

After working in Argentina, he returned to the Lick Observatory and stayed there until his retirement in 1926.

Tucker published 53 scientific articles during his career.

The crater of the moon Tucker was named after him.

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SURNAME Tucker, Richard Hawley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiscasset , Maine , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1952
Place of death Palo Alto , California , USA