15727 Ianmorison
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15727 Ianmorison is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1990 by L. D. Schmadel and F. Borngen at Tautenburg
. It is named for Ian Morison, the Gresham Professor of Astronomy
, Gresham College, London. He is also associated with the Jodcast
podcast.
Tautenburg
Tautenburg, a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia in Germany, houses the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory....
. It is named for Ian Morison, the Gresham Professor of Astronomy
Gresham Professor of Astronomy
The Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596 / 7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors.The...
, Gresham College, London. He is also associated with the Jodcast
Jodcast
The Jodcast is a podcasting project set up by volunteer astronomers based at Jodrell Bank Observatory. It delivers various shared audio and video media materials about up-to-date astronomical activities carried out from UK to all over the world. Currently the Jodcast releases every half month. Its...
podcast.