- Maya Jupiter
Maya Jupiter is an Australian rapper born in Mexico and is of Mexican and Turkish origin and radio announcer. In 2003 she released her first album, "Today". She took over as host of Triple J's hip-hop show in 2004. She is also a regular host on Channel V, and holds hip hop workshops in community centres. - Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde William Tombaugh (1906-1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930. Tombaugh was born in Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois. After his family moved to Burdett, Kansas, Tombaugh built his first telescope and sent drawings of his observations of Jupiter and Mars to the Lowell Observatory. These resulted in a job offer. Tombaugh was employed at the Lowell Observatory from 1929 to 1945. - Elagabalus
Elagabalus or Heliogabalus, born Varius Avitus Bassus and also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. Elagabalus is one of the most controversial Roman emperors. During his reign, he showed a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. Elagabalus' name is a Latinized form of the Semitic deity El-Gabal, … - Numa Pompilius
According to legend, Numa Pompilius was the second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. After Romulus died, Romans in the city elected a Sabine man to be king, so as to make him loyal to both tribes in Rome. Plutarch tells that Numa was the youngest of Pomponius's four sons, born on the day of Rome's founding. He lived a severe life of discipline and banished all luxury from his home. Tatius, a colleague of Romulus, married his only daughter, Tatia, to Numa. - Giuseppe Piazzi
Giuseppe Piazzi (July 7 1746 - July 22 1826) was an Italian Theatine monk, mathematician, and astronomer. He was born in Ponte in Valtellina, and died in Naples. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo "Giuseppe S. Vaiana". On January 1, 1801, Piazzi discovered a stellar object that moved against the background of stars. At first he thought it was a fixed star, but once he noticed that it moved, … - Simon Marius
Simon Marius (in Latin; German "Simon Mayr") (January 10, 1573 - December 26, 1624) was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, but most of his lifetime he spent in the city of Ansbach. In 1614 Marius published his work "Mundus Iovialis" describing the planet Jupiter and its moons. Here he claimed to have discovered the planet's four major moons some days before Galileo. - Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625-September 14, 1712) was an Italian-French astronomer, engineer, and astrologer. Cassini, also known as Giandomenico Cassini, was born in Perinaldo, nearby Sanremo, at that time in the Republic of Genoa. Cassini was an astronomer at the Panzano Observatory, from 1648 to 1669. He was a professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna and became, in 1671, director of the Paris Observatory. - Scott S. Sheppard
Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. As a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. He has also discovered the second known Neptune Trojan,. Among the named moons he has been involved in the discovery of are: Jupiter *Themisto (2000), … - Camille Flammarion
Camille Flammarion was a French astronomer and author. His full name is sometimes (rarely) given as Nicolas Camille Flammarion. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, as well as several notable early science fiction novels. He also published the magazine "L'Astronomie". He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France. - David H. Levy
David H. Levy (born 1948) is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. Levy was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, but now lives in Arizona. He is married to Wendee Levy. Levy has discovered 22 comets, either independently or with Gene and Carolyn S. Shoemaker, and has written over 30 books, mostly on astronomical subjects. - Ascanius
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 and fought in the Italian Wars. Virgil's Aeneid says he had a role in the founding of Rome as the first king of Alba Longa. According to Livy, Ascanius may have been the son of Aeneas and Lavinia and thus may have been born in Latium. Thirty years after the founding of Lavinium Ascanius founded Alba Longa. - John Duffield
John Duffield is a Knightsbridge based, London financier who is credited with building two fund management groups, Jupiter Asset Management and New Star Asset Management. He is notable for creating more city millionaires than any other finance entrepreneur. He is also widely known for his former marriage to Dame Vivien Duffield. Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/02/05/ccprof05.xml - Seth Barnes Nicholson
Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer. Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois. He was educated at Drake University where he became interested in astronomy. In 1914, at the University of California's Lick Observatory, while observing the recently-discovered Jupiter moon Pasiphaë, he discovered a new one: Sinope, whose orbit he computed for his Ph.D. thesis in 1915. He spent his entire career at Mount Wilson Observatory, … - Claudia Alexander
Claudia J. Alexander, Ph.D., is an American research scientist specializing in geophysics and planetary science. She has worked for the United States Geological Survey and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. As member of the technical staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, … - Willem de Sitter
Willem de Sitter (May 6 1872, Sneek - November 20 1934, Leiden <sup></sup>) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Born in Friesland, De Sitter studied mathematics at Groningen University and then joined the Groningen astronomical laboratory. He worked at the Cape Observatory in South Africa (1897-1899) then, in 1908, de Sitter was appointed to the chair of astronomy at Leiden University. He was director of the Leiden Observatory from 1919 until his death. - Alexis Bouvard
Alexis Bouvard (June 27, 1767 - June 7, 1843) was a French astronomer, born in Contamines, France. Bouvard's achievements included the discovery of eight comets and the compilation of astronomical tables of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. While the former two tables were eminently successful, the latter showed substantial discrepancies with subsequent observations. - Mel Bartels
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 belt, between Mars and Jupiter. Professionally, Bartels works as a software architect near Eugene, Oregon, USA. Bartels is notable for his developing a free suite of realtime software for the computer control of GoTo altitude-azimuth telescope drives. - Rupert Wildt
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 1927 he was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Berlin. He joined the University of Göttingen, specializing in the properties of atmospheres. In 1932 he studied the spectra of Jupiter, and other outer planets, and identified certain absorption bands as belonging to the hydrogen-rich compounds of methane and ammonia. - Johann Franz Encke
Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer, born in Hamburg. He is sometimes confused with Karl Ludwig Hencke, another German astronomer. Encke studied mathematics and astronomy from 1811 at the University of Göttingen under Carl Friedrich Gauss; but he enlisted in the Hanseatic Legion for the campaign of 1813–1814, and became lieutenant of artillery in the Prussian service in 1815. - Franz Xaver von Zach
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, and afterwards lived in London from 1783 to 1786 as tutor in the house of the Saxon minister, Count Brühl. In 1786 he was appointed by Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg director of the new observatory on the Seeberg at Gotha, which was finished in 1791. - Charles Dillon Perrine
Charles Dillon Perrine was an American-Argentine astronomer. Born in Ohio, he worked at Lick Observatory from 1893 to 1909 and then was director of the Argentine National Observatory (today, Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba) in Argentina from 1909 until 1936. In 1901, he and George Ritchey observed the apparent superluminal motion in the nebulosity surrounding Nova Persei 1901. He discovered two moons of Jupiter, today known as Himalia (in 1904) and Elara (in 1905). - Charles T. Kowal
Charles Thomas Kowal (born November 8 1940) is an American astronomer. He discovered two moons of Jupiter: Leda in 1974 and Themisto in 1975, although the latter was lost and not rediscovered until 2000. He also discovered the unusual asteroid/comet 2060 Chiron in 1977. Besides Chiron he discovered or co-discovered a number of other asteroids, including notably the Aten asteroid 2340 Hathor; the Apollo asteroids 1981 Midas, 2063 Bacchus, 2102 Tantalus, … - Brett J. Gladman
Brett J. Gladman, born April 19, 1966, is a Canadian astronomer and an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy, in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy. Gladman is best known for his work in dynamical astronomy in the Solar System. He has studied the transport of meteorites between planets, the delivery of meteoroids from the main asteroid belt, … - David J. Stevenson
David J. Stevenson (born September 2,1948) is a professor of planetary science at Caltech. Originally from New Zealand, he received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in physics, where he proposed a model for the interior of Jupiter. He is well-known for applying fluid mechanics and magnetohydrodynamics to understand the internal structure and evolution of planets and moons. - Forest Ray Moulton
Forest Ray Moulton (April 29, 1872 - December 7, 1952) was a U.S. astronomer. He was born in Le Roy, Michigan, and was educated at Albion College. After graduating in 1894 (A.B.), he performed his graduate studies at the University of Chicago and gained a Ph.D. in 1899. At the University of Chicago he was associate in astronomy (1898-1900), instructor (1900-03), assistant professor (1903-08), associate professor (1908-12), and professor after 1912. - Johann Hieronymus Schröter
Johann Hieronymus Schröter was a German astronomer. Schröter was born in Erfurt, and studied law at Göttingen University from 1762 until 1767, after which he started a ten-year-long legal practice. In 1777 he was appointed Secretary of the Royal Chamber of George III in Hanover, where he made the acquaintance of two of William Herschel's brothers. In 1779 he acquired a three-foot-long (91 cm, … - Johann Peter Salomon
Johann Peter Salomon (baptized February 20, 1745, died November 28, 1815) was a German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario. He was born in Bonn, and played the violin in the court orchestra there before becoming concert master of the orchestra of Prince Heinrich of Prussia. He moved to London in the early 1780s, where he worked as a composer and played violin in a string quartet. He is perhaps best known today, however, as a concert organiser. - Laurance Doyle
Laurance R. Doyle is a scientist who received his PhD from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. He has worked at SETI since 1987 where he is a principal investigator and astrophysicist. His main area of study has been the formation and detection of extrasolar planets, but he has also worked on communications theory. In particular he has written on how patterns in animal communication relate to humans with an emphasis on cetaceans. - Kenneth Franklin
Kenneth Linn Franklin was an American astronomer and educator. Franklin was the chief scientist at the Hayden Planetarium from 1956 to 1984 and was co-credited with discovering radio waves originating on Jupiter, the first detection of signals from another planet. He was often a local and national media figure including during Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, when Franklin was an on-camera astronomy expert for NBC. - Stephen P. Synnott
Stephen P. Synnott is a Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa (recovered), Proteus, and Thebe. - Rick Mahler
Richard Keith Mahler (Born August 5, 1953 in Austin, Texas - Died March 2, 2005 in Jupiter, Florida) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves (1979-1988, 1991), Cincinnati Reds (1989-1990) and Montreal Expos (1991). His brother Mickey was also a major league pitcher, with the two being teammates in 1979. In a 13-year career, Mahler posted a 96-111 record with 952 strikeouts and a 3.99 ERA in 1951.1 innings. - Nicole-Reine Lepaute
Nicole-Reine Étable de la Brière Lepaute was a French astronomer. Her husband Jean André Lepaute -whom she married in 1748- was a royal clockmaker. In 1762 Lepaute calculated the exact time of a coming solar eclipse in 1764. She wrote an article in which she gave a map of the eclipse's extent in 15-minute intervals across Europe. The article was published in "Connaissance des temps" ("Knowledge of the times"). - James V. Scotti
James Vernon Scotti (1960 -) is an American astronomer. He was born in Bandon, Oregon and graduated from Woodway Senior High in Edmonds, Washington in 1978. He received his B.Sc. in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1983. Ever since that time, he has worked on the Spacewatch project, which is one of a number of projects that look for near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). He wrote the first automatic asteroid detection software for the project in 1984. - Stephen J. Edberg
Stephen J. Edberg (b. 1952) is a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is perhaps best known for creating collaborative efforts between amateur and professional astronomers. A professional astronomer since 1970, Steve still considers himself to be an active amateur astronomer as well. Edberg is the Executive Director of one of the world's largest amateur astronomy events, RTMC Astronomy Expo, held each May in Big Bear, California. - Ai Qing
Ai Qing, also written Ai Ch'ing, was a Chinese poet and political prisoner, often regarded as one of the finest modern Chinese poets. He was born in Zhejiang province in eastern China. From 1929-32 he studied in France, learning about topics like the art of Renoir and Van Gogh, the poetry of Mayakovsky and Verhaeren and the philosophy of Kant and Hegel. After returning to Jupiter, China, he was imprisoned for opposing the Kuomintang. - Giuseppe Campani
Giuseppe Campani (1635-1715) was an Italian optician and astronomer who lived in Rome during the latter half of the 17th century. His brother, Matteo Campani-Alimenis, and he were experts in grinding and polishing lenses, especially those of great focal length and slight curvature. These lenses were used in long telescopes of considerable power. The astronomer Cassini made his discoveries with these lenses. Campani also made many observations himself. - Saint Junien
Saint Junien is the patron saint of Poitou plowmen. He was born in the year AD 500 or 501 in the area of "Briosso" (now called Briançais) on an estate named "Champagné" which still exists close to the village of Mairé in the commune of Perigné, Deux-Sèvres, and was educated by his parents who were Gallo-Roman nobility. Although his name is undoubtedly of pagan origin, coming from the Roman gods Juno/Jupiter, … - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (January 28, 1608 - December 31, 1679) was an Italian physiologist and physicist - Yanga R. Fernández
Yanga (Yan) Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida. Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, he grew up in New York City, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and went to high school in Ft. Myers, Florida. After undergraduate studies at Caltech, Yan received his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1999. - Gloria Lee
Gloria Lee (1925 - December 3, 1962) was an airline flight attendant and a follower of Oahspe who became part of the 1950s contactee movement in 1953. Lee claimed to be in telepathic communication with an entity known as JW, who lived on the planet Jupiter, and began to assemble a book of his spiritual teachings as dictated to her. At his direction she founded the "Cosmon Research Foundation" for the purpose of publication and study of JW's superhuman wisdom, …
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