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    Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the...
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    theories of a ninth planet within the Solar System. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that...
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    Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) was a project designed to discover asteroids and comets that orbit near the Earth. The project, funded...
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    Russell Lowell Maria White Lowell, poet, abolitionist, and wife of James Russell Lowell Percival Lowell, author, astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory, and...
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  • astronomy in the first place. Cogshall convinced Percival Lowell, director of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to take Vesto in as a temporary...
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    trustee of the Lowell Observatory. During that time, he purchased three new telescopes for the observatory and was instrumental in pushing Lowell astronomers...
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    the Perkins Telescope was moved to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell is the largest private observatory (non-university or government affiliated)...
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  • when he discovered his first comet. This led to his being hired by Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1958 to work on a survey of stellar proper...
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    Percival Lowell and the Lowell Observatory as well as working as a partner at the well-regarded law firm of Putnam, Putnam & Bell. Putnam's role in Lowell Observatory's...
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  • This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
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  • Gilbert, Sarah (2 May 2017). "Lowell Observatory to Lead $3.25-Million Project to Upgrade Telescope Array". Lowell Observatory. Fisher, Jason (2013) [2006]...
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    field in 1894 when he was working at the Lowell Observatory. During this time he was an assistant to Percival Lowell, but fell out with him when his experiments...
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    lenses by hand. His skill and determination led to a position at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he conducted photographic surveys of...
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    Lowell Observatory. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2020. "The Giovale Open Deck Observatory". Lowell Observatory. Archived...
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  • in England and 1951–57 in Australia at Mount Stromlo Observatory. He was at Lowell Observatory in Arizona from 1957-1958 and at Harvard from 1958-60...
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    was initially a partnership between Discovery Communications and Lowell Observatory. The research partnerships have been extended to include Boston University...
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  • Mesa Station is an astronomical observatory established in 1959 as a dark-sky observing site for Lowell Observatory. It is located at Anderson Mesa in...
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    and Aonia Planum to the southeast. Lowell crater is named for Percival Lowell who built the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1894, and then...
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    She became a member of the Friends of Lowell Observatory in 2006, as well as a member of the Percival Lowell Society. Before dying, she made a donation...
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    1951) was an American astronomer. He was involved with both of the Lowell Observatory solar system projects, observations of the planet Mars and the search...
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    Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (category United States Naval Observatory)
    consortium that included NRL with the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS) and Lowell Observatory. The NPOI primarily produces space imagery and...
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    1888: Lick Observatory, US 1890: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, US 1894: Lowell Observatory, US 1895: Theodor Jacobsen Observatory, US 1897: Yerkes...
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    prominence. Eldest son Percival Lowell wrote several books on the Far East and on the planet Mars, and founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Their...
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  • Lowell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lowell may refer to: Lowell, Arkansas Lowell, Florida Lowell, Idaho Lowell, Indiana Lowell, Maine Lowell,...
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  • name of the newly discovered dwarf planet by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on. 1931 – The Empire...
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  • Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (category Astronomical observatories)
    three 4-inch (10 cm) telescopes located at Lowell Observatory, Palomar Observatory, and Teide Observatory to locate exoplanets. It was made using the...
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    Pluto (category Discoveries by the Lowell Observatory)
    the Yerkes Observatory on August 20, 1909. Percival's widow, Constance Lowell, entered into a ten-year legal battle with the Lowell Observatory over her...
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    of the stellar division of Kitt Peak National Observatory and later the director of Lowell Observatory from 1977-1986. He was also one of the founders...
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    Lowell (1819–1891). As Percival Lowell's third cousin, Guy became the sole trustee of the Lowell Observatory after his cousin's death in 1916. Lowell...
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  • Berlin. 1930 – The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory. 1940 – The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union officially...
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