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Charles Thomas Kowal (November 8, 1940 – November 28, 2011) was an American astronomer known for his observations and discoveries in the Solar System.
Oct 18, 2022 · Kowal was widely known for his discoveries and observations of small solar system bodies and especially for the 1977 discovery of 2060 Chiron, the first and among the largest of the Centaur-class of asteroids which have unstable orbits lying between Jupiter and Neptune.
Science. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Charles T. Kowal. views 3,009,649 updated. Charles T. Kowal. 1940. American astronomer who in 1977 discovered the astronomical body Chiron inside the orbit of Uranus.
Galileo's Sighting of Neptune. He first observed it in 1612 and thought it was a fixed star, some 234 years before it was discovered to be a planet. His data cast doubt on the accuracy of modern...
Sep 1, 1980 · Charles T. Kowal & Stillman Drake. Nature 287 , 311–313 ( 1980) Cite this article. 472 Accesses. 23 Citations. 121 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. The planet Neptune was discovered in 1846....
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Charles Thomas Kowal (November 8, 1940 – November 28, 2011) was an American astronomer known for his observations and discoveries in the Solar System.
