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Asteroids discovered: 41
| 525 Adelaide |
October 21, 1908 |
| 581 Tauntonia |
December 24, 1905 |
| 599 Luisa |
April 25, 1906 |
| 600 Musa |
June 14, 1906 |
| 602 Marianna |
February 16, 1906 |
| 603 Timandra |
February 16, 1906 |
| 604 Tekmessa |
February 16, 1906 |
| 611 Valeria |
September 24, 1906 |
| 620 Drakonia |
October 26, 1906 |
| 622 Esther |
November 13, 1906 |
| 636 Erika |
February 8, 1907 |
| 637 Chrysothemis |
March 11, 1907 |
| 638 Moira |
May 5, 1907 |
| 645 Agrippina |
September 13, 1907 |
| 653 Berenike |
November 27, 1907 |
| 655 Briseïs |
November 4, 1907 |
| 660 Crescentia |
January 8, 1908 |
| 661 Cloelia |
February 22, 1908 |
| 662 Newtonia |
March 30, 1908 |
| 673 Edda |
September 20, 1908 |
| 675 Ludmilla |
August 30, 1908 |
| 690 Wratislavia |
October 16, 1909 |
| 691 Lehigh |
December 11, 1909 |
| 694 Ekard |
November 7, 1909 |
| 695 Bella |
November 7, 1909 |
| 696 Leonora |
January 10, 1910 |
| 726 Joëlla |
November 22, 1911 |
| 729 Watsonia |
February 9, 1912 |
| 736 Harvard |
November 16, 1912 |
| 737 Arequipa |
December 7, 1912 |
| 739 Mandeville |
February 7, 1913 |
| 740 Cantabia |
February 10, 1913 |
| 741 Botolphia |
February 10, 1913 |
| 747 Winchester |
March 7, 1913 |
| 755 Quintilla |
April 6, 1908 |
| 756 Lilliana |
April 26, 1908 |
| 757 Portlandia |
September 30, 1908 |
| 767 Bondia |
September 23, 1913 |
| 784 Pickeringia |
March 20, 1914 |
| 792 Metcalfia |
March 20, 1907 |
| 1345 Potomac |
February 4, 1908 |
Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer.
Graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. Served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and then later in Taunton, Massachusetts, Winchester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine.
Discovered or co-discovered some comets, including 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf and 97P/Metcalf-Brewington. Also discovered a number of asteroids.
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