Johann Palisa

Johann Palisa

male, deceased (1925)
Comet discoverer, 1073 Gellivara, Asteroiddiscoverer, Austrian, silesia, moon…Amor asteroid, asteroid
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau in Austrian Silesia (now in the Czech Republic). He was a prolific discoverer of...
Allan Sandage

Allan Sandage

male, 83 years old
Asteroiddiscoverer, University of Illinois, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, universe, Ph.D., convert to Christianity
Allan Rex Sandage (born June 18 1926 in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American astronomer.

Korado Korlević

male, 51 years old
Astronomer, croatian, asteroid, Asteroiddiscoverer, 183P/Korlević-Jurić, 7364 Otonkučera
Korado Korlević is a Croatian astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids (1197 as of January 2007, ranging from 7364 Otonkučera to), an...
James Craig Watson

James Craig Watson

male, deceased (1880)
University of Michigan, Astronomer, Canadian American, naturalized citizen of the United States, asteroid, Asteroiddiscoverer
James Craig Watson was a Canadian-American astronomer born in the village of Fingal, Ontario Canada. His family relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan in...
Michael E. Brown

Michael E. Brown

male
Astronomer, Princeton University alumni, Asteroiddiscoverer, california institute of technology, Planetary scientist, American
Michael (Mike) E. Brown has been a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003. He was...
Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde Tombaugh

male, deceased (1997)
Space burials, University of Kansas alumni, from LaSalle County, Illinois, American, University of Kansas, from Kansas…asteroid, Asteroiddiscoverer
Clyde William Tombaugh (1906-1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930. Tombaugh was born in Streator, LaSalle...
Max Wolf

Max Wolf

male, deceased (1932)
Supernova discoverer, Comet discoverer, 43P/Wolf-Harrington, Asteroiddiscoverer, astrophotography, Ph.D.…Trojan asteroid, Amor asteroid, asteroid
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer, a pioneer of astrophotography. He was born in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1888 he was...
Dennis di Cicco

Dennis di Cicco

male, 59 years old
Astronomer, telescope, asteroid, Asteroiddiscoverer, new england, American
Dennis di Cicco joined the staff of Sky & Telescope in 1974, bringing with him an educational background in mechanical engineering and experience...
Giuseppe Piazzi

Giuseppe Piazzi

male, deceased (1826)
from the Province of Sondrio, magnitude, mathematician, monk, Asteroiddiscoverer, Italian
Giuseppe Piazzi (July 7 1746 - July 22 1826) was an Italian Theatine monk, mathematician, and astronomer. He was born in Ponte in Valtellina, and...