Carolyn Hurless
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Carolyn Hurless was a United States
astronomer
and an American Association of Variable Star Observers
merit award winner, she made 79,000 observations 1959 until her death in 1987. The asteroid
3434 Hurless
is named in her honour.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
and an American Association of Variable Star Observers
American Association of Variable Star Observers
Since its founding in 1911, the American Association of Variable Star Observers has coordinated, collected, evaluated, analyzed, published, and archived variable star observations made largely by amateur astronomers and makes the records available to professional astronomers, researchers, and...
merit award winner, she made 79,000 observations 1959 until her death in 1987. The asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
3434 Hurless
3434 Hurless
3434 Hurless is an asteroid that was named for the late amateur astronomer Carolyn Hurless, an American Association of Variable Star Observers merit award winner, who made 79,000 observations from 1959 until her death on February 13, 1987.- External links :*...
is named in her honour.