Honorary Member: Rev. Robert O. Evans

Reverend Robert Evans, an Australian amateur astronomer, holds the world record for visual discoveries of supernovae: 42, more than the combined total of all other visual observers combined! Most of these were found using Newtonian telescopes of 10-, 12-, and 16-inch aperture from his backyard.

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Honorary Member: Dr. Audouin C. Dollfus

Dr. Audouin Dollfus was a French astrophysicist who for many years was Head of the Laboratory for Physics of the Solar System at Meudon Observatory in Paris. He is a leading planetary observer. In the 1950s, Dollfus made several balloon flights for high-altitude observations of the Sun and planets, including the first stratospheric ascension in France. He was one of the first to notice brightness ripples in the rings of Saturn. In 1966, when the rings of Saturn were edge-on, he discovered the 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus, orbiting just outside the bright ring system.

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Honorary Member: Dr. David L. Crawford

Dr. Crawford, a native of Pennsylvania, is Emeritus Astronomer at Kitt Peak National Observatory and National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Arizona. From 1963 to 1973, he was Project Manager of the 4-metre Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak, and of its twin, the Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. His research involves galactic structure, stellar photometry, observational instruments and techniques, and light-pollution abatement. Dr.

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Honorary Member: Ralph B. Baldwin

Ralph Baldwin was a native of Michigan and a graduate of the University of Michigan. Due to a position as a part-time planetarium lecturer, he developed an interest in lunar topography. During the 1940s, he formulated the principles of current lunar geology: that lunar craters are the result of impact events, not volcanism; that the lack of active lunar erosion means that the craters are very old; that Earth should have been bombarded in the same way; and that there should be impact structures, large and small, still preserved on Earth.

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Asteroid (187680) Stelck

Charles R. Stelck (b. 1917), a former University of Alberta geology professor, is a renowned Canadian paleontologist, stratigrapher and teacher.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 63643

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Asteroid (187679) Folinsbee

Robert E. Folinsbee (1917-2008) was a Canadian geologist at the University of Alberta. His areas of expertise included geochronology, meteorites and the mineral deposits of northern Canada.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 63643

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Asteroid (175259) Offenberger

Allan Offenberger (b. 1938), a retired physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, was the discoverer's thesis advisor. His principal research was on laser plasma interactions. He now promotes the creation of an "Alberta-Canada Fusion Energy Institute" for developing long-lasting clean-energy sources.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 63642

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Asteroid (168358) CASCA

Named in honour of the Canadian Astronomical Society. The society is devoted to the promotion and advancement of knowledge of the universe through research and education. More information is available here.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Ref: MPC 61768

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Asteroid (157421) Carolpercy

Discovered by T. Glinos, D. Levy and W. Levy at Jarnac.

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Asteroid (157194) Saddlemyer

Named in honour of Leslie K. Saddlemyer (b. 1959), a systems engineer at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics of the National Research Council of Canada. He is currently the project manager for the Gemini Planetary Imager and has been responsible for the care and maintenance of the 1.82-m Plaskett Telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 60302

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