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Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) Authors get Asteroid Named After Them

By Robert Trembley  |  18 Jan 2023  |  Sacred Space Astronomy

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The authors of the famous Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website have had asteroids named after them.

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is created, written, coordinated, and has been edited since 1995 by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell. The APOD archive contains the largest collection of annotated astronomical images on the internet.

(270558) Nemiroff = 2002 GB185
Discovery: 2002-04-09 / NEAT / Palomar / 644
Robert J. Nemiroff (b. 1960) is an American physicist working at Michigan Technological University. His main research interests are in gamma-ray bursts, gravitational lensing, and cosmology. As a co-creator of the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) he has provided outstanding contribution to the public understanding of astronomy since 1995.

(234923) Bonnell = 2002 TR382
Discovery: 2002-10-09 / NEAT / Palomar / 644
Jerry T. Bonnell (b. 1954) is an American astrophysicist working at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His main research interests are in γ-ray bursts and active galaxies. As a co-creator of the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) he has provided outstanding contributions to the public understanding of astronomy since 1995.

Source: https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V003/WGSBNBull_V003_001.pdf

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