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Asteroids discovered: 5
1620 Geographos [1] September 14, 1951
1915 Quetzálcoatl March 9, 1953
1980 Tezcatlipoca [2] June 19, 1950
10000 Myriostos September 30, 1951
(118162) 1951 SX September 29, 1951

Albert George Wilson (born July 28, 1918) is an American astronomer. Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January is a Main belt Asteroid with an Orbital period of 14797878569 Days (4 Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1980 Tezcatlipoca (1950 LA is an Amor asteroid discovered on June 19, 1950 by A Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Rudolph Minkowski (born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski) ( May 28 1895 &ndash January 4 1976) was a German-American Astronomer Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena

He was born in Houston, Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Caltech in 1947; his thesis title was Axially Symmetric Thermal Stresses in a Semi-Infinite Solid. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, Coeducational research university located in Pasadena Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In 1949 he accepted a job at Palomar Observatory, and led the Palomar Sky Survey. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Palomar Observatory is a privately owned Observatory located in San Diego County California, 90 miles (145 Km) Southeast of Mount Wilson The Palomar Sky Survey is a complete Photographic survey of the whole sky which was made by the large Schmidt camera of the newly built Mount Palomar In 1953 he became assistant director of Lowell Observatory, and served as director from 1954 to 1957. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lowell Observatory is an astronomical Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) He later worked at Rand Corporation and other private sector jobs. The RAND Corporation ( R esearch AN d D evelopment is a Nonprofit global policy Think tank first formed to offer research and analysis In 1962 he became founding editor of the astronomical magazine Icarus. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ICARUS International Journal of Solar System Studies is a premier Scientific journal dedicated to the field of Planetary science.

He discovered a number of asteroids, and also co-discovered the periodic comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington. Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but A comet is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun and when close enough to the Sun exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere or a tail —

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