Accomplished Amateur Astronomer Claimed by Cancer

 This Astronomer Quietly Achieved Great Things

Chris Anderson Skywatch | Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:15 am | (0) Comments

One of the nice things about astronomy is that it’s a small science, in the sense that the number of professional astronomers is pretty few.

Unlike the vast majority of his peers, Charlie Kowal never got a PhD.

 

Before coming to Hubble, Charlie discovered 81 supernovae, five comets, two moons of Jupiter, and 19 asteroids — including a whole new class of asteroids orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune (the Centaurs).

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