[FOTZeiss] Fw: Solar system features named for dead *amateur* astronomers

[Glenn A. Walsh]

FYI

gaw



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--- On Sat, 7/30/11, dfischer at ASTRO.UNI-BONN.DE <dfischer at ASTRO.UNI-BONN.DE> wrote:

From: dfischer at ASTRO.UNI-BONN.DE <dfischer at ASTRO.UNI-BONN.DE>
Subject: Solar system features named for dead *amateur* astronomers
To: HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu
Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011, 11:13 AM

Probably one of the greatest honors to be bestowed on a deceased scientist
is having a feature on a solid solar system body named after him or her.
One such feature will be much in the news (hopefully) in 2012 and beyond:
the large Mars crater Gale which was chosen as the target for the Mars
Science Laboratory rover 'Curiosity' last week. The Gale it is named for
was an Australian *amateur* astronomer, as we learn in the MNRAS obituary
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1946MNRAS.106Q..29. as well as in the
biographical entry
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gale-walter-frederick-6269 - an avid
observer and discoverer, well known in his time, but no professional
scientist. Which makes me wonder: How many other amateur astronomers
(let's say of the 20th century when that term was established) have 'made
it' onto a solar system body?

Dan

P.S.: More biographical info on Gale than the two sources I quote (where
every Google link chain seems to end up eventually) would be welcome
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