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unusual facts about Palomar Observatory


James R. Houck

He also led development of Cornell's instrumentation for the Palomar Observatory Hale Telescope.


10252 Heidigraf

It was discovered on March 26 1971 by Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.

19155 Lifeson

The asteroid was discovered on September 22, 1990 at Palomar Observatory and named for Alex Lifeson.

3199 Nefertiti

3199 Nefertiti (1982 RA) is a near-Earth Amor asteroid discovered on September 13, 1982 by husband and wife team Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar.

9680 Molina

9680 Molina (3557 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1960, by C.J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groenefeld on plates taken by T. Gehrels with the Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Michèle Moons

Her name has been given to the main-belt asteroid 7805 Moons, discovered in 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.

Pyrex

In 1932, George Ellery Hale approached Corning with the challenge of fabricating the required optic for his Palomar Observatory project.

Taras Kiceniuk, Jr.

At first he flew his gliders near Palomar Mountain where his father was curator of the Palomar Observatory but later began flying at Torrey Pines Glider Port in La Jolla.


see also

Albert Wilson

Albert George Wilson (1918–2002), American astronomer who worked at Palomar Observatory