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Greetings all,
Just noticed this message come through on the RASC email list... and thought
it would be of interest to many of you on meteorobs!
- Cathy Hall
Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Jedicke <pjedicke@FANSHAWEC.ONdot ca>
To: <RASCALS@ap.stmarysdot ca>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 8:52 PM
Subject: [RASCALS] Asteroid names
Hi everyone,
four new asteroids with Canadian connections were announced in the Minor
Planet Circular on Jan 28. They are
(12014) Bobhawkes = 1996 VX1 Discovered 1996 Nov. 5 by Spacewatch at
Kitt Peak.
Robert Lewis Hawkes (b. 1951) became head of the physics department at
Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, in 2000. His graduate
work at the University of Western Ontario in 1979 was on the dustball theory
of meteoroids.
(12343) Martinbeech = 1993 DT1 Discovered 1993 Feb. 26 by Spacewatch at
Kitt Peak.
Martin Beech (b. 1959) is an assistant professor of astronomy at the
University of Regina, Saskatchewan. He does research on meteor light
curves, the dynamics of meteoroid streams, cometary aging and
meteoroid-stream formation.
(12382) Niagara Falls = 1994 SO5 Discovered 1994 Sept. 28 by Spacewatch at
Kitt Peak.
Niagara Falls is the thundering cataract on the Niagara River between
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and is famous as a honeymoon destination.
Hydroelectric power has been generated there since 1916.
(BTW, somebody typed something wrong, because power generation started in
Niffles in 1906, not 1916.)
(12397) Peterbrown = 1995 FV14 Discovered 1995 Mar. 27 by Spacewatch at
Kitt Peak.
Peter Gordon Brown (b. 1970) studied at the University of Alberta and
the University of Western Ontario and was appointed to the faculty of the
latter. His specialties are meteoroid streams, meteor analysis and
meteorite recovery.
Congrats to all of these deserving Canadians!
Clear skies,
Peter Jedicke, 2VP
2002-02-05
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