| 词条 | Gareth V. Williams |
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CareerHe joined the MPC in January 1990, and as such is the longest-serving staff member presently there. He is an IAU member and is the MPC representative on various IAU committees and working groups, including the Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature and is secretary of the Working Group on Small Body Nomenclature. Gareth got his undergraduate degree in astronomy at University College London, and his PhD in 2013 from the Open University. He is known for recovering the lost asteroids 878 Mildred in 1991 and 719 Albert in 2000. He also identified the earliest known observation of a Jupiter trojan, when he linked A904 RD, an object seen on only a single night by E. E. Barnard, with {{LoMP|12126|{{mp|(12126) 1999 RM|11}}}}.[5] Barnard's observations, which he initially believed belonged to Saturn IX (Phoebe), were sufficient to show that the object was distant, but he did not follow it up. The first Jupiter Trojan to be recognized as such, 588 Achilles, was discovered in 1906.[1] Awards and honorsMinor planet 3202 Graff, a Hilda asteroid discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg in 1908, was named in his honor on 10 April 1990 ({{small|M.P.C. 16245}}).[1][8] References1. ^{{cite web|title=The best off - Gareth Williams|url=http://www.astro.hr/gwilliams/The_best_off/the_best_off.html|website=astro.hr |accessdate=2 April 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403161441/http://www.astro.hr/gwilliams/The_best_off/the_best_off.html |archivedate=3 April 2015 |df=dmy }} [2][3][4][5]2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3202) Graff |last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. |publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg |page = 266 |date = 2007 |isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3 |doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3203 |chapter = (3202) Graff }} 3. ^1 {{cite web |title = Gareth Williams' Personal Web Pages |publisher = Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |url = https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~gwilliams/ |accessdate = 11 April 2018 |deadurl = unfit |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060116221714/http://cfa-www.harvard.edu:80/~gwilliams/ |archivedate= 16 January 2006}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |title = The Earliest Observation of a Trojan – Press Information Sheet |author = Brian G. Marsden |date = 1 October 1999 |url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/pressinfo/TheFirstTrojanObs.html |accessdate = 10 July 2016}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive |work = Minor Planet Center |url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html |accessdate = 10 July 2016}} }} External links
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