Charles T. Kowal
Charles Thomas Kowal was an American astronomer known for his observations and discoveries in the Solar System. As a staff astronomer at Caltech's Mount Wilson and Palomar Mountain observatories between 1961 and 1984, he found the first of a new class of Solar System objects, the centaurs, discovered two moons of the planet Jupiter, and discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids, comets and supernovae. He was awarded the James Craig Watson Medal for his contributions to astronomy in 1979.
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Date of Birth
November 8th, 1940
Age
85
Birth Place
United States of America, New York
Date of Death
November 28th, 2011
Died Aged
71
Star Sign
Scorpio
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