Henry L. Giclas

Henry Lee Giclas (December 9, 1910 – April 2, 2007) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.[2][3]

Henry Lee Giclas
Born(1910-12-09)December 9, 1910
Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.
DiedApril 2, 2007(2007-04-02) (aged 96)
Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.
OccupationAstronomer
Asteroids discovered: 17 [1]
1886 LowellJune 21, 1949
2061 AnzaOctober 22, 1960
2118 FlagstaffAugust 5, 1978
2201 OljatoDecember 12, 1947
2313 ArunaOctober 15, 1976
2347 VinataOctober 7, 1936
2415 GanesaOctober 28, 1978
3110 WagmanSeptember 28, 1975
3177 ChillicotheJanuary 8, 1934
3382 CassidySeptember 7, 1948
3487 EdgeworthOctober 28, 1978
3695 FialaOctober 21, 1973
6277 Siok [A]August 24, 1949
(7731) 1978 UVOctober 28, 1978
(10451) 1975 SESeptember 28, 1975
(15204) 1978 UGOctober 28, 1978
(17353) 1975 TEOctober 10, 1975
A co-discovered with Robert D. Schaldach

He worked at Lowell Observatory using the blink comparator, and hired Robert Burnham Jr. to work there. He also worked on a notable proper motion survey with several relatively nearby stars bearing his name such as Giclas 99-49.

Henry Giclas is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 17 numbered minor planets between 1943 and 1978,[1] including 2201 Oljato – tentatively identified as the parent body of the "Chi Orionids" meteor shower – and 2061 Anza, two near-Earth asteroids of the Apollo and Amor group, respectively.[4][5]

He also discovered 84P/Giclas in 1978, a periodic comet of the Jupiter family.[6]

Henry Giclas died of a stroke at the age of 96 in Flagstaff, Arizona.[2] The crater Giclas on Pluto, as well as the asteroid 1741 Giclas, discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program in 1960, are named for him.[3]

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. Joseph S. Tenn. "Henry L. Giclas (1910–2007)". AAS – American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1741) Giclas". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1741) Giclas. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 138. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1742. ISBN 978-3540002383.
  4. "2061 Anza (1960 UA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. "2201 Oljato (1947 XC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 84P/Giclas". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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