Charles T. Kowal Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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).
| 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 | February 11 1977 | with E. Bowell |
| 4312 1978 WW11 | November 29 1978 | with S. J. Bus |
| 4596 1981 QB | August 28 1981 | |
| 4688 1980 WF | November 29 1980 | |
| 5660 1974 MA | June 26 1974 | |
| 24617 1978 WU | November 29 1978 | with S. J. Bus |
| 73669 1981 WL2 | November 25 1981 |
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