John K.Davies - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Discovery

Whilst at Leicester University discovered the source of the Geminid meteors , the asteroid called 3200 Phaethon

3200 Phaethon

3200 Phaethon is an asteroid with an unusual orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid . For this reason, it was named after the Greek myth of Phaëton, son of the sun god Helios...

OPTICON project

In 2001 he began as Project Scientist for the OPTICON project, an organisation with the goal of integrating all of European astronomers.

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