Connie Walker (astronomer)
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Connie Walker is an American
astronomer
and senior employee of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
. She works in the NOAO's Research Based Science Education department, helping teachers develop curricula to help children learn about Astronomy. She is the director of Project Astro.
Walker was honored by having an asteroid
, 29292 Conniewalker
, named after her.
United States
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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 senior employee of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
The National Optical Astronomy Observatory is the United States national observatory for ground based nighttime ultraviolet-optical-infrared astronomy. The National Science Foundation funds NOAO to provide forefront astronomical research facilities for US astronomers...
. She works in the NOAO's Research Based Science Education department, helping teachers develop curricula to help children learn about Astronomy. She is the director of Project Astro.
Walker was honored by having an 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...
, 29292 Conniewalker
29292 Conniewalker
29292 Conniewalker is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 24, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar. It is named after astronomer Connie Walker- External links :*...
, named after her.