Henry L. Giclas
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| Henry Lee Giclas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 9, 1910 Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S. |
| Died |
April 2, 2007 (aged 96) Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Asteroids discovered: 17 | |
|---|---|
| 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) 1949 QC1 [1] | 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 |
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Henry Lee Giclas (December 9, 1910 – April 2, 2007) was an American astronomer.
He worked at Lowell Observatory using the blink comparator, and hired Robert Burnham, Jr. to work there. He discovered a number of comets, including periodic comet 84P/Giclas. He also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Apollo asteroid 2201 Oljato and the Amor asteroid 2061 Anza. Some have tentatively identified Oljato as the parent body of the Chi Orionids meteor shower. The asteroid 1741 Giclas, discovered January 26, 1960 by the Indiana Asteroid Program, is named for him.
H.L. Giclas also worked on a notable proper motion survey with several relatively nearby stars bearing the Giclas name as a result e.g. Giclas 99-49.
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