Asteroid (4089) Galbraith

Harvard University economist and polemicist John Kenneth Galbraith (b.1908 in Iona Station, Ontario - d.2006 in Cambridge, MA), renowned for his use of irony and for stressing the human element in the study of economics, rejected "the conventional wisdom" (a term introduced in his 1958 best-seller The Affluent Society) and the idea that economics is a "science".

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Reference: MPC 56957

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Asteroid (6563) Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje (b. 1943), a Canadian novelist, poet and writer, was born in Sri Lanka into a Burgher family. Best known for his novel The English Patient, adapted into an award-winning movie, he returned to his Sri Lankan origins in two other books, Running in the Family and Anil's Ghost.

Orbit type: Amor 

Reference: MPC 56958

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Nova Delphini 1967

Nova Delphini, Discovered by Alcock 8 July 1967 5th Mag
 
R.A. 20h 40.0m Dec +18° 58' (1950)
 
Revised Mag's Sept 1 '67
 
Drawn by T. Dickinson Aug. 8
 
Chart is inverted for telescopic use
 
U Del - Variable Mag 5.6 - 7.5
 
Nova Del R.A. 20 h 40.0 m Dec. +18° 58' (1950)
 
Data Supplied by J.Low, Montreal Centre
 
Decimals Omitted in Star Magnitudes.
 
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Asteroid (304233) Majaess

Daniel Majaess (b. 1984) is a young Canadian observational astronomer who researches the Cepheid distance scale, variable stars, and the Milky Way’s spiral structure and its many star clusters. He frequently makes innovative use of photometric surveys and data from small telescopes.

Orbit type: Main Belt

Reference: MPC 79108

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DDO Program 1974

 

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Asteroid (7542) Johnpond

John Pond (1767–1836), sixth Astronomer Royal, is famous for the introduction of then-modern transit instruments at Greenwich Observatory and for publishing a high-precision star catalogue. Pond received the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. The name was suggested by L. D. Schmadel.

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Dwarf Planet Candidate (90377) Sedna

Sedna is the Inuit goddess of the sea and the mother of all sea creatures. She rewards the people of the land with food from the sea. Without her blessing, hunts fail and the people starve. She is thus one of the most important figures in Inuit legend.

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Survey 1993 Results

Partial Results

These are the results I showed at the 1993 October 8 Kingston Centre meeting. I have only tabulated results for the yes/no type questions. Questions involving the respondent to estimate percentages, or give ideas, or other word-type answers, I did not analyze (too much work!). One exception is question 70B (what organizations do you contribute astronomical data to). Here I sifted through and tabulated the responses, since I was particularly interested in this question.—WM.

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Asteroid (4153) Roburnham

Named in honor of Robert Burnham, senior editor of the magazine "Astronomy".  Over many years he has been partly responsible for its evolution into the astronomical publication with the world’s largest readership.  In 1983, Burnham’s "The Star Book" appeared with a series of clearly designed star charts to guide beginners on their way to an understanding of the night sky.  Robert Burnham grew up in Toronto in the 1970s as a member of the RASC Toronto Centre, following in the footsteps of Terence Dickinson and Richard Berry.

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Asteroid (1065) Amundsenia

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition (1910-12) to discover the South Pole in December 1911 and he was the first expedition leader to (undisputedly) reach the North Pole in 1926. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage (1903-06). He disappeared in June 1928 while taking part in a rescue mission in the Barents Sea.

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