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|+ '''[[Asteroid]]s discovered: 4'''
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| [[7840 Hendrika]] || October 5, 1994
| [[7840 Hendrika]] || October 5, 1994 || <ref name="springer-Hendrika" /><ref name="MPC-Hendrika" />
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| [[10870 Gwendolen]] || September 25, 1996
| [[10870 Gwendolen]] || September 25, 1996 || <ref name="springer-Gwendolen" /><ref name="MPC-Gwendolen" />
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| [[24899 Dominiona]] || January 14, 1997
| [[24899 Dominiona]] || January 14, 1997 || <ref name="springer-Dominiona" /><ref name="MPC-Dominiona" />
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| [[246913 Slocum]] || September 23, 1998
| [[246913 Slocum]] || September 23, 1998 || <ref name="MPC-Slocum" />
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His initial research was on the [[spectroscopy]] of chemically peculiar stars, whose surface compositions differ markedly from that of the [[Sun]], with the aim of understanding the origin of their anomalies. From 1991, he conducted a program of tracking [[Near-Earth asteroid|Earth approaching asteroids]] with the historic telescope built by [[John S. Plaskett]], but the project was cancelled in 1997.
His initial research was on the [[spectroscopy]] of chemically peculiar stars, whose surface compositions differ markedly from that of the [[Sun]], with the aim of understanding the origin of their anomalies. From 1991, he conducted a program of tracking [[Near-Earth asteroid|Earth approaching asteroids]] with the historic telescope built by [[John S. Plaskett]], but the project was cancelled in 1997.


He was the Canadian representative on the [[Spaceguard]] Foundation, a group concerned with assessing the [[asteroid]] impact threat to [[Earth]]. An incidental product of this research was the discovery of four asteroids (of the more than 400,000 now catalogued by the [[Minor Planet Center]]).
He was the Canadian representative on the [[Spaceguard]] Foundation, a group concerned with assessing the [[asteroid]] impact threat to [[Earth]]. An incidental product of this research was the discovery of four asteroids (of the more than 400,000 now catalogued by the [[Minor Planet Center]]).<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="MPC-Discoverers">{{cite web
|title = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
|date = 24 February 2016
|accessdate = March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="springer-Hendrika">{{cite book
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7840) Hendrika
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 618
|date = 2007
|url = http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6700
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3
|accessdate = March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Hendrika">{{cite web
|title = 7840 Hendrika (1994 TL3)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=7840
|accessdate = March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="springer-Gwendolen">{{cite book
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (10870) Gwendolen
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 747
|date = 2007
|url = http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8151
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3
|accessdate = March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Gwendolen">{{cite web
|title = 10870 Gwendolen (1996 SY4)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=10870
|accessdate = March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="springer-Dominiona">{{cite book
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (24899) Dominiona
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 875
|date = 2007
|url = http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9790
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3
|accessdate = March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Dominiona">{{cite web
|title = 24899 Dominiona (1997 AU17)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=24899
|accessdate = March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Slocum">{{cite web
|title = 246913 Slocum (1998 SU63)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=246913
|accessdate = March 2016}}</ref>

}} <!-- end of reflist -->


==Publications ==
==Publications ==

Revision as of 11:55, 19 March 2016

Asteroids discovered: 4[1]
7840 Hendrika October 5, 1994 [2][3]
10870 Gwendolen September 25, 1996 [4][5]
24899 Dominiona January 14, 1997 [6][7]
246913 Slocum September 23, 1998 [8]

Christopher Aikman is an astrophysicist who spent most of his career (from 1968 to 1997) at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.

His initial research was on the spectroscopy of chemically peculiar stars, whose surface compositions differ markedly from that of the Sun, with the aim of understanding the origin of their anomalies. From 1991, he conducted a program of tracking Earth approaching asteroids with the historic telescope built by John S. Plaskett, but the project was cancelled in 1997.

He was the Canadian representative on the Spaceguard Foundation, a group concerned with assessing the asteroid impact threat to Earth. An incidental product of this research was the discovery of four asteroids (of the more than 400,000 now catalogued by the Minor Planet Center).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 24 February 2016. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7840) Hendrika. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 618. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "7840 Hendrika (1994 TL3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (10870) Gwendolen. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 747. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ "10870 Gwendolen (1996 SY4)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (24899) Dominiona. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 875. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "24899 Dominiona (1997 AU17)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ "246913 Slocum (1998 SU63)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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