Palomar Observatory in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Palomar Observatory in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1963–1975

Historical events in Palomar Observatory

1963

Quasars

Maarten Schmidt · Astronomy

Schmidt identifies the redshift of quasar 3C 273, opening new relativistic astrophysics questions

1974

Discovery of Leda

Charles Kowal · Astronomy

Discovers Leda, a small irregular moon of Jupiter.

1975

Discovery of Themisto

Charles Kowal · Astronomy

With Elizabeth Roemer, discovers the Jovian moon later named Themisto before it is temporarily lost.

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