3529 Dowling

Dowling
Discovery
Discovered by Schelte J. Bus
Discovery site Siding Spring
Discovery date March 2, 1981
Designations
MPC designation 3529
1981 EQ19
Orbital characteristics
Epoch February 8, 2011
Aphelion 2.382 au
Perihelion 1.944 au
2.382 au
Eccentricity 0.184
1343.081 d
19.133 km/s
195.472°
Inclination 2.764°
194.059°
184.613°
Physical characteristics
14.0

    3529 Dowling is a main belt asteroid discovered in March 1981 in the course of the UK Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey, and originally designated as "1981 EQ."

    In 1996 the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union announced the naming of "3529 Dowling" for Dr. Timothy E. Dowling, assistant professor of Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The accompanying citation was:

    "Dowling – An expert in the dynamics of the atmospheres of the giant planets, he determined a relationship between potential vorticity and the zonal wind on Jupiter and developed explicit planetary isentropic-coordinate models for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. He is also a dedicated teacher of planetary science at the undergraduate and graduate levels."[1]

    References

    1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (5th rev. & enl. ed.). Berlin: Springer. p. 296. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

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