| (58093) 1934 JP | 9 May 1934 | MPC[1] |
| 1 discovered atLick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, USA | ||
Hamilton Moore Jeffers (13 October 1893 – 28 May 1976) was a noted Americanastronomer and discoverer of(58093) 1934 JP, anasteroid from the inner regions of theasteroid belt.[2][3] The main-belt asteroid1934 Jeffers was named in his honor in February 1976 (M.P.C. 3938).[4]
Jeffers was born inSewickley, Pennsylvania, toPresbyterian minister William Hamilton Jeffers, and Annie Robinson Tuttle (a woman 23 years younger than her husband[5]). His elder brotherRobinson Jeffers would become a noted poet.
He was graduated from theUniversity of California, Berkeley in 1917, and received adoctorate in astronomy from the same institution in 1921. As a graduate student, he was particularly noted at the university'sLick Observatory for the quality of hiscometary observations.
In February 1921, he made instructor of astronomy at theState University of Iowa, and remained so for slightly less than three years. In 1924, he became an assistant astronomer at the Lick Observatory, where he remained until his retirement in 1961, with the exception of the period of 1941 to 1945, during which he took leave to contribute to thewar effort. In 1933, he became an Associate Astronomer; and in 1938 he became a full astronomer.
Jeffers was noted for the accuracy and precision of his work, which included extensive observations ofdouble stars.
During the war years, Jeffers served first at a radiation laboratory of theMassachusetts Institute of Technology, and then as an operations analyst inAlaska and inIndia. Jeffers married his wife Bobbe in 1950. Upon retirement, Jeffers was made astronomer emeritus at the Lick Observatory. He retired toCarmel Highlands.
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