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Paul Herget

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American astronomer (1908–1981)

Paul Herget (January 30, 1908 – August 27, 1981) was anAmericanastronomer and director of theCincinnati Observatory. He established theMinor Planet Center in 1947, afterWorld War II.[1][2]

Career

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Herget taught astronomy at theUniversity of Cincinnati. He was a pioneer in the use of machine methods, and eventuallydigital computers, in the solving of scientific and specifically astronomical problems (for example, in the calculation ofephemeris tables forminor planets).

During World War II he applied these same talents to the war effort, helping to locateU-boats by means of the application ofspherical trigonometry.

After the war, Herget established theMinor Planet Center in 1947. He was also named director of theCincinnati Observatory. The Minor Planet Center was eventually relocated in 1978 to theSmithsonian Astrophysical Observatory inCambridge, Massachusetts, where it still operates.

Herget is also credited with helping design the shape of thePringles potato-based chip.[3]

Awards and honors

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Publication of discovery circumstances

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"The Names of the Minor Planets" and "Herget's discovery circumstances" redirect here. For the publication by the MPC, seeMinor Planet Circulars.

In the 1950s and 1960s,Paul Herget compiled a large number of naming citations for minor planets, giving the discovery circumstances as well as background information on the name's origin and on the involved astronomers. His collected work is known asThe Names of the Minor Planets and was published by theCincinnati Observatory in 1955 and 1968.[7] The last publication contains details of the discovery and naming of 1,564 minor planets up to the height of WWII in 1943, and spans from the first discovered minor planet,1 Ceres, up to1564 Srbija.[8] Herget's discovery circumstances were later incorporated into theDictionary of Minor Planet Names, which was prepared by astronomerLutz Schmadel on behalf ofIAU's commission 20. In this work, citations that originate from Herget's original compilation are marked with the letter "H" and the corresponding page number.[7]

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References

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  1. ^Seidelmann, P. K. (January 1982)."Paul Herget".Physics Today.35 (1):86–87.Bibcode:1982PhT....35a..86S.doi:10.1063/1.2890023.
  2. ^abSchmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1751) Herget".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 139.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1752.ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. ^Reilly, M. B. (May 25, 2008)."Celebration Set for June 4: Fifty Years Ago, UC Got Its First Computer".UC News. RetrievedAugust 29, 2023.
  4. ^"James Craig Watson Medal". National Academy of Sciences. RetrievedJune 6, 2021.
  5. ^abSchmadel, Lutz D. (2009). "Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 221.Bibcode:2009dmpn.book.....S.doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4.ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7.
  6. ^Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1755) Lorbach".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 140.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1756.ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  7. ^abSchmadel, Lutz D. (1997)."Introduction, Source of Information".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 16.ISBN 978-3-662-06617-1. RetrievedMay 18, 2016.
  8. ^Paul Herget (1968).The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory.OCLC 224288991.

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