1955 McMath is the name of an asteroid

Asteroid

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 which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory

Goethe Link Observatory

The Goethe Link Observatory is an astronomical observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana , owned by Indiana University and operated by the Indiana Astronomical Society. It is named in honour of Dr. Goethe Link, an Indianapolis surgeon, who built it with his private funds. Construction of the observatory...

 near Brooklyn, Indiana

Brooklyn, Indiana

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 by the Indiana Asteroid Program

Indiana Asteroid Program

The Indiana Asteroid Program was a program of photographic asteroid observations made with a 10-inch f/6.5 Cooke triplet astrographic camera at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana. The program was initiated by Frank K. Edmondson of Indiana University in 1949 and continued until 1967...

. 1955 McMath was discovered on September 22, 1963 by F. K. Edmondson. Mr Edmonson named the asteroid in memory of Robert R. McMath (1891-1962). Robert McMath was a bridge engineer and businessman and an astronomer. He co-founded the McMath-Hulbert Observatory

McMath-Hulbert Observatory

The McMath-Hulbert Solar Observatory is a decommissioned solar observatory in Lake Angelus, Michigan, USA. It was established in 1929 as a private observatory by father and son Francis Charles McMath and Robert Raynolds McMath and their friend, Judge Henry Hulbert...

 in Lake Angelus, MI This observatory was deeded to the University of Michigan in 1931, he served as its director from 1931 to 1961. He was an adviser to the National Science Foundation in its early years and he chaired the panel that advised NSF on the need for a national observatory. A site on Kitt Peak

Kitt Peak

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, AZ

Arizona

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 was finely chosen for The McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

The McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope is a 1.6-m f/54 reflecting solar telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, USA. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith and built in 1962. It is the largest telescope of its kind in the world and is named for astronomers Robert McMath and Keith...

. Robert McMath served as the first president of AURA from 1957 to 1958. and thereafter as chairman of the AURA board.