29 relations: Amateur astronomy, Asteroid, Astrometry, Astronomical object, Austria, Brian G. Marsden, Comet, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Double star, Erich Meyer, Erwin Obermair, Gareth V. Williams, Impact event, International Astronomical Union, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Jupiter, Kirchschlag bei Linz, Linz, List of minor planets: 13001–14000, Master of Business Administration, Master of Science, Minor Planet Center, Occultation, Photometry (astronomy), Software engineer, Springer Science+Business Media, 1177 Gonnessia, 3184 Raab.
Amateur astronomy
Amateur astronomy is a hobby whose participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes.
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Asteroid
Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.
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Astrometry
Astrometry is the branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies.
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Astronomical object
An astronomical object or celestial object is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists in the observable universe.
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Austria
Austria (Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.8 million people in Central Europe.
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Brian G. Marsden
Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 – 18 November 2010) was an English astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (director emeritus from 2006 to 2010).
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Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.
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Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (formally designated D/1993 F2) was a comet that broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects.
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Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a national honour awarded by the Republic of Austria.
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Double star
In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope.
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Erich Meyer
Erich Meyer (born August 6, 1951) is an Austrian engineer, amateur astronomer and discoverer of asteroids.
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Erwin Obermair
Erwin Obermair (29 August 1946 in Hargelsberg – 15 January 2017 in Linz) was an Austrian amateur astronomer and co-discoverer of asteroids.
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Gareth V. Williams
Gareth Vaughan Williams (born 1965, in Windlesham, England) is an English-American astronomer, who is the associate director of the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center (MPC).
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Impact event
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.
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Johannes Kepler University Linz
The Johannes Kepler University Linz (German: Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, short: JKU) is a public institution of higher education in Austria.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
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Kirchschlag bei Linz
Kirchschlag bei Linz is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
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Linz
Linz (Linec) is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich).
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List of minor planets: 13001–14000
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Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration (MBA or M.B.A.) is a master's degree in business administration (management).
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Master of Science
A Master of Science (Magister Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM, or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries, or a person holding such a degree.
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Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official worldwide organization in charge of collecting observational data for minor planets (such as asteroids and comets), calculating their orbits and publishing this information via the Minor Planet Circulars.
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Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer.
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Photometry (astronomy)
Photometry is a technique of astronomy concerned with measuring the flux, or intensity of an astronomical object's electromagnetic radiation.
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Software engineer
A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of computer software.
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Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media or Springer, part of Springer Nature since 2015, is a global publishing company that publishes books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
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1177 Gonnessia
1177 Gonnessia, provisional designation, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 99 kilometers in diameter.
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3184 Raab
3184 Raab, provisional designation, is a dark background asteroid and a potentially slow rotator from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.
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References
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