Robert Harrington Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Robert Harrington, based on 4 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

4 records1978–19851 events1 places

Chronological biography

1978

Charon1978

Science / Astronomy · Flagstaff, Arizona

Harrington calculates the expected positions of Pluto's suspected satellite, supporting the conclusion that the observed bulge is an orbiting moon.

Charon22 June 1978

Science / Astronomy

Robert Harrington helps confirm and calculate the orbit of Pluto's newly discovered moon, later named Charon.

1985

Charon1985

Science / Astronomy

Harrington's orbital calculations predict a series of mutual Pluto-Charon eclipses and occultations beginning in 1985.

Charon17 February 1985

Science / Astronomy

The first successful observation of a predicted Pluto-Charon mutual event occurs within about forty minutes of Harrington's forecast.

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.