James Craig Watson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 144 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 28,1838 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Fingal |
| Canada | |
| Date of died | November 23,1880 |
| Died | Madison |
| Wisconsin | |
| United States | |
| Discovered | 161 Athor |
| 105 Artemis | |
| 93 Minerva | |
| 79 Eurynome | |
| Job | Physicist |
| Astronomer | |
| Academic | |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Books | A Popular Treatise on Comets |
| Theoretical Astronomy . . . | |
| Theoretical Astronomy, Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies | |
| Theoretical Astronomy Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies Revolving Around the Sun in Accordance with the Law of Universal Gravitation, Embracing a Systematic Derivation of the Formulæ for the Calculation of the Geocentric and Heliocentric | |
| Theoretical Astronomy Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies Revolving Around the Sun in Accordance with the Law of Universal Gravitation [Electronic Resource] Embracing a Systematic Derivation of the Formul for the Calculation of The. . . | |
| Theoretical Astronomy Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies Revolving Around the Sun in Accordance with the Law of Universal Gravitation, Embracing . . . the Formulæ for the Calculation of the Geocentric and Heliocentric Places, for the Determination of the Orbits . . . , for the Correction of Approximate Elements, and for the Computation of Special Perturbations; Together with the Theory of | |
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| ID | 1475254 |
James Craig Watson Life story
James Craig Watson was a Canadian-American astronomer, discoverer of comets and minor planets, director of the Ann Arbor Observatory, and awarded with the Lalande Prize in 1869.