Ascanius

male
roman, founding of rome, greek, venus, trojan war, greek mythology…jupiter
In Greek and Roman mythology, Ascanius was a son of Aeneas and Creusa. After the Trojan War, Ascanius escaped to Latium in Italy with his father...

John Duffield

male
knightsbridge, Jupiter Asset Management, New Star Asset Management, founder, jupiter, Executive Chairman
John Duffield is a Knightsbridge based, London financier who is credited with building two fund management groups, Jupiter Asset Management and New...
Seth Barnes Nicholson

Seth Barnes Nicholson

male, deceased (1963)
University of California, Drake University, Corona, Astronomer, Asteroid discoverer, orbit…jupiter
Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer. Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois. He was educated at...
Claudia Alexander

Claudia Alexander

female
University of Michigan, Ames Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, NASA personnel, planetary science…moons of Jupiter, jupiter
Claudia J. Alexander, Ph.D., is an American research scientist specializing in geophysics and planetary science. She has worked for the United...
Willem de Sitter

Willem de Sitter

male, deceased (1934)
Leiden University faculty, leiden, Astronomer, mathematician, dark matter, Cosmologist…jupiter
Willem de Sitter (May 6 1872, Sneek - November 20 1934, Leiden <sup></sup>) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Born in Friesland,...
Alexis Bouvard

Alexis Bouvard

male, deceased (1843)
Astronomer, saturn, French, orbit, planet, Neptune…jupiter
Alexis Bouvard (June 27, 1767 - June 7, 1843) was a French astronomer, born in Contamines, France. Bouvard's achievements included the discovery of...

Mel Bartels

male, 55 years old
17823 Bartels, Software Architecture, Software Architect, software suite, eugene, realtime software…jupiter
Mel Bartels (born 1954) is an amateur astronomer after whom the asteroid 17823 Bartels was named in 1988. 17823 Bartels lies in the main asteroid...
Rupert Wildt

Rupert Wildt

male, deceased (1976)
Yale University, Princeton University, University of Virginia, professor, Astronomer, German…jupiter
Rupert Wildt was a German-American astronomer. He was born in Munich, Germany, and grew up in that country during World War I and its aftermath. In...
Johann Franz Encke

Johann Franz Encke

male, deceased (1865)
From Hamburg, Astronomer, mathematics, comet halley, gotha, Cotta prize…jupiter
Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer, born in Hamburg. He is sometimes confused with Karl Ludwig Hencke, another German astronomer. Encke...
Franz Xaver von Zach

Franz Xaver von Zach

male, deceased (1832)
Astronomer, German, saxon, saxony, Austrian nobility, Jesuit…jupiter
Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (June 4, 1754-September 2, 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest. He served for some time in the Austrian army,...