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发帖数: 298 | 1 By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 08:47 am ET
17 May 2002
It's not every day someone finds 11 moons that had gone unnoticed in the four
centuries since the telescope was invented and Galileo figured out that
Jupiter had four satellites and the Earth couldn't be the center of the
universe. Yet, remarkably, it has happened twice in the past two years -- in
January 2001 and again Thursday.
SPACE.com had some questions for the University of Hawaii's David Jewitt, one
of the researche |
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发帖数: 298 | 2 By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 08:47 am ET
17 May 2002
It's not every day someone finds 11 moons that had gone unnoticed in the four
centuries since the telescope was invented and Galileo figured out that
Jupiter had four satellites and the Earth couldn't be the center of the
universe. Yet, remarkably, it has happened twice in the past two years -- in
January 2001 and again Thursday.
SPACE.com had some questions for the University of Hawaii's David Jewitt, one
of the researche |
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发帖数: 166 | 3 http://www.shawprize.org/
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2012 is awarded in equal shares to
David C Jewitt
and
Jane Luu
for their discovery and characterization of trans-Neptunian bodies,
an archeological treasure dating back to the formation of the solar system
and the long-sought source of short period comets.
http://www.kavliprize.no/
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics is shared between
David C. Jewitt, University of California, USA,
Jane X. Luu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 298 | 5 By David Tytell
May 16, 2002 | Scott S. Sheppard and David F. Jewitt (University of Hawaii)
announced yesterday the discovery of 11 new moons around Jupiter. With the
finding, Jupiter now has 39 confirmed satellites.
The pair made their observations using the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii
Telescope and 88-inch University of Hawaii telescope located on Mauna Kea,
Hawaii. The first set of images were taken over six nights in December 2001.
Follow-up observations conducted in January, February and |
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发帖数: 298 | 7 By David Tytell
May 16, 2002 | Scott S. Sheppard and David F. Jewitt (University of Hawaii)
announced yesterday the discovery of 11 new moons around Jupiter. With the
finding, Jupiter now has 39 confirmed satellites.
The pair made their observations using the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii
Telescope and 88-inch University of Hawaii telescope located on Mauna Kea,
Hawaii. The first set of images were taken over six nights in December 2001.
Follow-up observations conducted in January, February and |
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