Charles Thomas Kowal (November 8, 1940 – November 28, 2011) was an American astronomer known for his observations and discoveries in the Solar System....
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1983 JG, without seeing any cometary coma. However, later images by Charles T. Kowal showed a coma. The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery...
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2060 Chiron (redirect from Slow-moving Object Kowal)
orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal, it was the first-identified member of a new class of objects now known...
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times with Charles X, Charles XI, Charles XII, Charles XIII, Charles XIV and Charles XV. Charles I of England (1600–1649) is followed by Charles II of England...
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104P/Kowal, also known as Kowal 2, is a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered by Charles T. Kowal in 1979. The orbit was confirmed after new sightings...
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Kowal (born 1985), American artist Charles T. Kowal (1940–2011), American astronomer Chester A. Kowal (1904–1966), American politician Edmund Kowal (1931–1960)...
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Leda (moon) (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974, after three...
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discovered it in 1953. SKHB 1 is named for Wallace L. W. Sargent, Charles T. Kowal, F. D. A. Hartwick and Sidney van den Bergh. They also named it G1...
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1981 Midas (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
diameter. It was discovered on 6 March 1973 by American astronomer Charles Kowal at Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California. It was named...
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99P/Kowal, also known as Kowal 1, is a periodic comet in the Solar System that orbits out by Jupiter and has a 15 year orbital period. It has been observed...
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2063 Bacchus (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
contact binary was discovered on 24 April 1977, by American astronomer Charles Kowal at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. It was named...
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monogram of the letters O and K (for 'Object Kowal', a provisional name of the object, for discoverer Charles T. Kowal) was proposed by astrologer Al Morrison...
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Themisto (moon) (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
subsequently lost, and rediscovered in 2000. Themisto was first discovered by Charles T. Kowal and Elizabeth Roemer on 30 September 1975, reported on 3 October 1975...
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Phaethon 1983 Simon F. Green, John K.Davies / IRAS List 2063 Bacchus 1977 Charles T. Kowal List 1866 Sisyphus 1972 Paul Wild List 1620 Geographos 1951 Albert...
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List of astronomers (section T)
1882–1960) Korado Korlević (Croatia, 1958–) Hiroki Kosai (Japan, 1933–) Charles T. Kowal (United States, 1940–2011) Robert Kraft (United States, 1927–2015)...
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Name Year Discoverer 2062 Aten 1976 Eleanor F. Helin 2340 Hathor 1976 Charles T. Kowal 2100 Ra-Shalom 1978 Eleanor F. Helin 3362 Khufu 1984 R. Scott Dunbar...
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2340 Hathor (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
asteroids and measures approximately 210 meters in diameter. Discovered by Charles Kowal in 1976, it was later named after the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor...
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2102 Tantalus (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
(1975 YA) is an Apollo asteroid discovered on December 27, 1975, by C. Kowal at Palomar Observatory. It is a Q-type asteroid. 2102 Tantalus is a potentially...
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had also found two archival photographic plates taken by astronomer Charles T. Kowal in May 1983, who at the time was searching for the hypothesized Planet...
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143P/Kowal–Mrkos is a periodic comet in the Solar System. "143P/Kowal-Mrkos Orbit". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2014-06-18. "Horizons Batch for 143P/Kowal-Mrkos...
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June 9, 1975. She also co-discovered Jupiter’s moon Themisto with Charles T. Kowal in 1975. Themisto was lost soon after its discovery because it is an...
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1996). "Mathematical discovery of planets". Retrieved 2009-09-11. Charles T. Kowal; Stillman Drake (25 September 1980). "Galileo's observations of Neptune"...
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underground subway in Brazil, began operations. American astronomer Charles T. Kowal discovered Leda, the 13th moon of Jupiter to be found up to that time...
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is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974. 1974 Seaborgium Seaborgium...
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2629 Rudra (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
diameter. It was discovered on 13 September 1980, by American astronomer Charles Kowal at the Palomar Observatory in California. The dark B-type asteroid has...
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158P/Kowal–LINEAR is a periodic comet in the Solar System that has an orbit out by Jupiter. The Minor Planet Center had the comet coming to perihelion...
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2241 Alcathous (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
diameter. It was discovered on 22 November 1979, by American astronomer Charles Kowal at the Palomar Observatory in southern California, United States. The...
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2594 Acamas (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
diameter. It was discovered on 4 October 1978, by American astronomer Charles Kowal at the Palomar Observatory in California. The dark Jovian asteroid has...
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XXVIII. Retrieved 2017-07-11. Mazzotta Epifani, E.; Palumbo, P.; Capria, M. T.; Cremonese, G.; Fulle, M.; Colangeli, L. (2006). "The dust coma of the active...
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(b. 1941) November 27 – Judd Woldin, composer (b. 1925) November 28 Charles T. Kowal, astronomer (b. 1940) Lloyd J. Old, physician (b. 1933) November 30...
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