Joel Hastings Metcalf

Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer, humanitarian and minister.[2]

Asteroids discovered: 41 [1]
525 AdelaideOctober 21, 1908
581 TauntoniaDecember 24, 1905
599 LuisaApril 25, 1906
600 MusaJune 14, 1906
602 MariannaFebruary 16, 1906
603 TimandraFebruary 16, 1906
604 TekmessaFebruary 16, 1906
611 ValeriaSeptember 24, 1906
620 DrakoniaOctober 26, 1906
622 EstherNovember 13, 1906
636 ErikaFebruary 8, 1907
637 ChrysothemisMarch 11, 1907
638 MoiraMay 5, 1907
645 AgrippinaSeptember 13, 1907
653 BerenikeNovember 27, 1907
655 BriseïsNovember 4, 1907
660 CrescentiaJanuary 8, 1908
661 CloeliaFebruary 22, 1908
662 NewtoniaMarch 30, 1908
673 EddaSeptember 20, 1908
675 LudmillaAugust 30, 1908
690 WratislaviaOctober 16, 1909
691 LehighDecember 11, 1909
694 EkardNovember 7, 1909
695 BellaNovember 7, 1909
696 LeonoraJanuary 10, 1910
726 JoëllaNovember 22, 1911
729 WatsoniaFebruary 9, 1912
736 HarvardNovember 16, 1912
737 ArequipaDecember 7, 1912
739 MandevilleFebruary 7, 1913
740 CantabiaFebruary 10, 1913
741 BotolphiaFebruary 10, 1913
747 WinchesterMarch 7, 1913
755 QuintillaApril 6, 1908
756 LillianaApril 26, 1908
757 PortlandiaSeptember 30, 1908
767 BondiaSeptember 23, 1913
784 PickeringiaMarch 20, 1914
792 MetcalfiaMarch 20, 1907
1345 PotomacFebruary 4, 1908

Reverend Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and in Taunton, Massachusetts, Winchester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine.

He discovered or co-discovered several comets, including 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf and 97P/Metcalf-Brewington, and also 41 asteroids during 1905–1914, as credited by the Minor Planet Center.[1]

Two of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroids 726 Joëlla and 792 Metcalfia, were named in his honor.[3][4]

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. S.I. Bailey: Joel Hastings Metcalf. Popular Astronomy, Vol. 33 (1925), p. 493
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(792) Metcalfia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (792) Metcalfia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 74. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_793. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(726) Joëlla". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (726) Joëlla. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 70. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_727. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
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