Subject: Re: [guide-user] Congratulations to Bill Gray

Paul Schlyter Nov 21, 2000

"Michael Mattiazzo" <mmatti@...> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: S.E.Guryanov <astron@...>
> To: <guide-user@egroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 November 2000 17:20
> Subject: [guide-user] Congratulations to Bill Gray
>
>> And one more voice with congratulations from Siberia! ;-)))...
>> Sergey Guryanov,
>> (GUIDE 4 up to 7 user from Russia).
>>
>>> The latest IAU circular shows that Bill Gray is the co-calculator of the
>>> orbits of the new satellites of Saturn. Way to go, Bill!
>>
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> And is it true that Bill has an asteroid named after him?
>
> Cheers,
> Michael Mattiazzo,
> Wallaroo, South Australia
> mmatti@...

Yes, that's true. Asteroid (15964) Billgray was discovered on 19 Febr 1998
as 1998 DU by J.M. Roe in Oxaca. See:

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs15501.html


Congratulations, Bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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