Asteroid (3315) Chant

Named in honour of Clarence Augustus Chant (b. 1865, d. 1956), generally referred to as the "father of Canadian astronomy". A renowned teacher, Chant organized the Astronomy Department of the University of Toronto [1] and built up the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada [2]. Chant founded the RASC Observer's Handbook and edited it for half a century. He participated in five solar eclipse expeditions, the most important being the one he led to Australia in 1922 to test Einstein's prediction of the deflection of starlight by a massive body. Chant is also honoured by a lunar crater.

Reference: MPC 12210

More on C.A. Chant

• The Legacy Continues: C.A. Chant and the David Dunlap Observatory JRASC 93, 11 (1999) [3]
• The Growth of the R.A.S.C. and its Guiding Mentor C. A. Chant JRASC 61, 218 (1967) [4]
• C.A. Chant obituary JRASC, 51, 1 (1957) [5]