Philip Herbert Cowell
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| Minor planets discovered: 1 | |
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| 4358 Lynn | October 5, 1909 |
Philip Herbert Cowell (August 7, 1870–June 6, 1949) was a British astronomer.
He became second chief assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1896 and later became the Superintendent of HM Nautical Almanac Office during 1910–1930. He worked on celestial mechanics, and orbits of comets and minor planets in particular. He also carefully studied the discrepancy that then existed between the theory and observation of the position of the Moon.
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1911.
He discovered the asteroid 4358 Lynn.
The asteroid 1898 Cowell is named after him.
[edit] External links
- Obituaries
- (1950) "Obituary Notices : Cowell, Philip Herbert". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 110: 125–128.
- (August 1949) "Notes : Obituaries". The Observatory 69: 159. (one line)
- (October 1949) "General Notes". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 61: 241. (one paragraph)
