Robert G. Harrington
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Robert G. Harrington was an American astronomer
who worked at Palomar Observatory
. He should not be confused with Robert Sutton Harrington
, who was also an astronomer, but was born later and worked at the US Naval Observatory.
He discovered or co-discovered a number of comets, including periodic comets 43P/Wolf-Harrington
, 51P/Harrington, 52P/Harrington-Abell
and the asteroid
/comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington
.
Harrington co-discovered the globular cluster
Palomar 12
with Fritz Zwicky
.
The asteroid
3216 Harrington
was not named after Robert G. Harrington, but rather after Robert Sutton Harrington
. Harrington's name is, however, associated with the asteroid
/comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington
.
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...
who worked at Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...
. He should not be confused with Robert Sutton Harrington
Robert Sutton Harrington
Robert Sutton Harrington was an American astronomer who worked at the United States Naval Observatory . Harrington was born near Newport News, Virginia. His father was an archaeologist. He was married to Betty-Jean Maycock in 1976, with two daughters, Amy and Ann.Harrington worked at the USNO....
, who was also an astronomer, but was born later and worked at the US Naval Observatory.
He discovered or co-discovered a number of comets, including periodic comets 43P/Wolf-Harrington
43P/Wolf-Harrington
43P/Wolf–Harrington is a periodic comet discovered on December 22, 1924, by Max Wolf in Heidelberg, Germany.During the 1997 apparition the comet reached an apparent magnitude a little bit brighter than 12....
, 51P/Harrington, 52P/Harrington-Abell
52P/Harrington-Abell
52P/Harrington–Abell is a periodic comet in our solar system.It was discovered by Robert G. Harrington and George O. Abell in 1955 on plates from the Palomar Sky Survey taken with the 49-inch Samuel Oschin telescope....
and 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...
/comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington
107P/Wilson-Harrington
Comet Wilson–Harrington is a periodic comet .Little known about it distinguishes it from other comets, but for the fact that it is also designated an asteroid, 4015 Wilson–Harrington .The comet was discovered on November 19, 1949, by Albert G...
.
Harrington co-discovered the globular cluster
Globular cluster
A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. The name of this category of star cluster is...
Palomar 12
Palomar 12
Palomar 12 is a globular cluster in the constellation Capricornus that belongs to the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. First discovered on the Palomar Survey Sky plates by Robert G. Harrington and Fritz Zwicky,...
with Fritz Zwicky
Fritz Zwicky
Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy.- Biography :Fritz Zwicky was born in Varna, Bulgaria to a Swiss father....
.
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...
3216 Harrington
3216 Harrington
3216 Harrington is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1980 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...
was not named after Robert G. Harrington, but rather after Robert Sutton Harrington
Robert Sutton Harrington
Robert Sutton Harrington was an American astronomer who worked at the United States Naval Observatory . Harrington was born near Newport News, Virginia. His father was an archaeologist. He was married to Betty-Jean Maycock in 1976, with two daughters, Amy and Ann.Harrington worked at the USNO....
. Harrington's name is, however, associated with 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...
/comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington
107P/Wilson-Harrington
Comet Wilson–Harrington is a periodic comet .Little known about it distinguishes it from other comets, but for the fact that it is also designated an asteroid, 4015 Wilson–Harrington .The comet was discovered on November 19, 1949, by Albert G...
.