Joel Hastings Metcalf
Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer, humanitarian and minister.[1]
Reverend Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and in Taunton, Massachusetts, Winchester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine.
He discovered or co-discovered several comets, including 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf and 97P/Metcalf-Brewington, and also 41 asteroids during 1905–1914, as credited by the Minor Planet Center.[2]
Two of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroids 726 Joëlla and 792 Metcalfia, were named in his honor.[3] [4]
Asteroids Discovered
[edit ]Bibliography
[edit ]Metcalf, Joel H. (1906). "An Amateur's Observatory". Popular Astronomy. 14: 211. Bibcode:1906PA.....14..211M.
Metcalf, Joel H. (1906). "A New Method for the Discovery of Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal. 23: 306. Bibcode:1906ApJ....23..306M. doi:10.1086/141344 .
Metcalf, Joel H. (1907). "A Photographic Method for the Detection of Variability in Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal. 25: 264. Bibcode:1907ApJ....25..264M. doi:10.1086/141441.
Metcalf, Joel H. (1912). "The Asteroid Problem". Popular Astronomy. 20: 201. Bibcode:1912PA.....20..201M.
See also
[edit ]Stoneham, Rachel Metcalf (1939). "Joel H. Metcalf, Clergyman-Astronomer". Popular Astronomy. 47: 22. Bibcode:1939PA.....47...22S.
References
[edit ]- ^ Bailey, S. I. (1925). "Joel Hastings Metcalf". Popular Astronomy. 33: 493. Bibcode:1925PA.....33..493B.
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(792) Metcalfia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (792) Metcalfia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 74. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_793. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(726) Joëlla". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (726) Joëlla. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 70. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_727. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.