Henry L. Giclas
American astronomer (1910–2007)
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Henry Lee Giclas (December 9, 1910 – April 2, 2007) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.[2][3] best known for hiring Robert Burnham Jr. at the Lowell Observatory. He worked on a notable proper motion survey with several relatively nearby stars bearing his name such as Giclas 99-49.
Henry Lee Giclas | |
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| Born | December 9, 1910 |
| Died | April 2, 2007 (aged 96) |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| 1886 Lowell | June 21, 1949 |
| 2061 Anza | October 22, 1960 |
| 2118 Flagstaff | August 5, 1978 |
| 2201 Oljato | December 12, 1947 |
| 2313 Aruna | October 15, 1976 |
| 2347 Vinata | October 7, 1936 |
| 2415 Ganesa | October 28, 1978 |
| 3110 Wagman | September 28, 1975 |
| 3177 Chillicothe | January 8, 1934 |
| 3382 Cassidy | September 7, 1948 |
| 3487 Edgeworth | October 28, 1978 |
| 3695 Fiala | October 21, 1973 |
| 6277 Siok [A] | August 24, 1949 |
| (7731) 1978 UV | October 28, 1978 |
| (10451) 1975 SE | September 28, 1975 |
| (15204) 1978 UG | October 28, 1978 |
| (17353) 1975 TE | October 10, 1975 |
| A co-discovered with Robert D. Schaldach | |
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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]