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James Craig Watson

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James Craig Watson

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American astronomer (1838-1880)

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Works
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Top works

  • 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
  • Theoretical Astronomy Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies ..
  • Theoretical Astronomy Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies Revolving Aroung the Sun in ..

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Type
Person
Country
US

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Key facts

Born
( 1838-01-28 ) January 28, 1838, Fingal , Upper Canada
Died
November 23, 1880 (1880-11-23) (aged 42), Madison, Wisconsin , US
Education
University of Michigan
Alma mater
University of Michigan
Occupations
professor , physicist , astronomer
Known for
Discovery of comets and asteroids
Awards
Lalande Prize

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Encyclopedic overview

James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 – November 23, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer, discoverer of comets and minor planets, director of the University of Michigan's Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, and awarded with the Lalande Prize in 1869.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Craig Watson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.