Charles T. Kowal
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| Asteroids discovered: 19 | |
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| 1876 Napolitania | January 31, 1970 |
| 1939 Loretta | October 17, 1974 |
| 1981 Midas | March 6, 1973 |
| 2060 Chiron | October 18, 1977 |
| 2063 Bacchus | April 24, 1977 |
| 2102 Tantalus | December 27, 1975 |
| 2134 Dennispalm | December 24, 1976 |
| 2241 Alcathous | November 22, 1979 |
| 2340 Hathor | October 22, 1976 |
| 2594 Acamas | October 4, 1978 |
| 2629 Rudra | September 13, 1980 |
| 3163 Randi | August 28, 1981 |
| 3924 Birch[1] | February 11, 1977 |
| 4312 Knacke[2] | November 29, 1978 |
| (4596) 1981 QB | August 28, 1981 |
| (4688) 1980 WF | November 29, 1980 |
| (5660) 1974 MA | June 26, 1974 |
| (24617) 1978 WU[2] | November 29, 1978 |
| (73669) 1981 WL2 | November 25, 1981 |
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Charles Thomas Kowal (born November 8, 1940) is an American astronomer.
He discovered two moons of Jupiter: Leda in 1974 and Themisto in 1975, although the latter was lost and not rediscovered until 2000.
He also discovered the unusual asteroid/comet 2060 Chiron in 1977.
Besides Chiron he discovered or co-discovered a number of other asteroids, including notably the Aten asteroid 2340 Hathor; the Apollo asteroids 1981 Midas, 2063 Bacchus, 2102 Tantalus, and (5660) 1974 MA; the Amor asteroids (4596) 1981 QB and (4688) 1980 WF; and the Trojan asteroids 2241 Alcathous and 2594 Acamas.
He also discovered many supernovas in other galaxies, and discovered or co-discovered some comets, including periodic comets 99P/Kowal, 104P/Kowal, 134P/Kowal-Vavrova, 143P/Kowal-Mrkos, 158P/Kowal-LINEAR (and Chiron has the cometary designation 95P/Chiron).
Kowal won the James Craig Watson Medal in 1979.
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