The 365 Days of Astronomy

Actual Astronomy - Naming Asteroids


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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected]

* Our guest today is Peter Jedicke

* I first met Peter when we served on the RASC National Council

* Craige Levine, who is a past guest from last Spring, had moved to London Ont….

 

Bio: Peter was National President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada from 2004 to 2006 and is now a Fellow of the RASC.

He is also Honorary President of the RASC London Centre.

His favourite astronomical topic, both astrophysically and as an observer, is globular clusters and co-authored the RASCC Observer’s Handbook section on Star Clusters. Lastly,  Peter helped start the list of asteroid names with Canadian connections which will be our topic today but….

 

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