30840 Jackalice
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30840 Jackalice is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Jack B. Newton
and his wife Alice for his astrophotographic accomplishments and their work as a team in astronomy outreach. This minor planet was discovered on April 15, 1991 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker
and David H. Levy
. The naming citation reads:
Jack B. Newton
John "Jack" Borden Newton is a Canadian astronomer known worldwide for his publications and images in amateur astrophotography both in film and CCD. Newton took his first astrophotograph when he was 13 years old of the planet Saturn...
and his wife Alice for his astrophotographic accomplishments and their work as a team in astronomy outreach. This minor planet was discovered on April 15, 1991 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She holds the record for most comets discovered by an individual.- Personal life :...
and David H. Levy
David H. Levy
David H. Levy is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994.-Biography:...
. The naming citation reads:
- Jack Newton (b. 1942) is a Canadian astrophotographer credited with some of the most famous ground-based photographs ever taken. His work, from the sun to a gravitational lens, has appeared in major news magazines. His wife Alice has long assisted him in every one of his outreach efforts, in both Canada and the U.S.