Asteroid (229781) Arthurmcdonald

Arthur B. McDonald (b. 1943) is a Canadian physicist who received the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of neutrino oscillations, showing that the neutrino has mass.

Orbit type: Main Belt 
MPC 100610

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Asteroid (21367) Edwardpleva

Edward Gustav Pleva (1912–2008) was a geography educator who taught for 39 years at Western University and was editor of The Canadian Oxford School Atlas. Name suggested by R. and P. Jedicke.

Orbit type: Main Belt 
MPC 100606

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Asteroid (21362) Dickarmstrong

Richard Armstrong (1937–1991) studied radiogenic isotope geochemistry, geology of the American Cordillera, geochronology, and Earth’s geochemical evolution.
Name suggested by R. and P. Jedicke.

Orbit type: Main Belt 
MPC 100606

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Asteroid (21350) Billgardner

William David Anstruther Gardner (b. 1974) is an amateur astronomer in Ingersoll, Ontario, active in the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, London Centre. Name suggested by R. and P. Jedicke.

Orbit type: Main Belt 
MPC 100606

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Asteroid (21349) Bevoke

John Beverly "Bev" Oke (1928–2004) did his PhD at Princeton University and had an outstanding career in spectroscopy and instrument design for large telescopes. Name suggested by R. and P. Jedicke.

Orbit type: Main Belt 
MPC 100606

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Asteroid (21336) Andyblanchard

Andy Blanchard (b. 1956) founded AstroCATS, an annual telescope exhibit, in 2013, and won a Service Award from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in 2016.
Name suggested by Robert Jedicke and Peter Jedicke.

Orbit type: Main Belt
MPC 100606

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Asteroid (21330) Alanwhitman

Alan Douglas Whitman (b. 1946) is a Canadian amateur astronomer and former weather service officer. He is a skillful observer and has written and lectured widely. Name suggested by Robert Jedicke and Peter Jedicke.

Orbit type: Main Belt
MPC 100606

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The Sky This Month - June 2016

Bootes The Herdsman


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JRASC 2016 June

Inside this issue:

  • Great World Wide Star Count and Globe At Night
  • Cleaning Optics
  • Letter from Hungary
  • The RASC Board of Directors
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RASC Centres provide views of May 9 Transit of Mercury

Several RASC Centres are providing opportunities for the public to observe the rare transit of Mercury on Monday May 9, 2016.

Mercury will take over seven hours to move across the face of the Sun. The planet will appear as a small black dot silhouetted on the Sun''s face. 

 

Transit of Mercury – Monday May 9, 2016

Planned Public Observing Sites

Edmonton Centre

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