Biography:Xi Zezong
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Short description: Chinese astronomer, historian, and translator
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Xi Zezong (June 6, 1927, Yuanqu, Shanxi – December 27, 2008, Beijing) was a Chinese astronomer, historian, and translator.[1][2] He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an awardee of the Astronomy Prize.
He identified a possible reference to one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter in the fragmentary ancient works of the 4th-century BC Chinese astronomer Gan De, who may have made observation of either Ganymede or Callisto in summer 365.[3][4]
Honors
Asteroid 85472 Xizezong, discovered by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program in 1997, was named in his honor.[5] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on April 2, 2007 (M.P.C. 59388).[6]
References
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Xi Zezong". Newsletter of the History of Science Society. April 2009. http://www.hssonline.org/publications/Newsletter2009/InMemoriam.html.
- ↑ "Science historian XI Zezong, 81, passes away". http://news.everychina.com/wz40d524/science_historian_xi_zezong_81_passes_away.html.
- ↑ Xi, Zezong Z. (February 1981). "The Discovery of Jupiter's Satellite Made by Gan De 2000 years Before Galileo". Acta Astrophysica Sinica 1 (2): 87. Bibcode: 1981AcApS...1...85X. http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-TTWL198102000.htm.
- ↑ Hughes, David W. (1982). "Was Galileo 2,000 Years Too Late?". Nature 296 (5854): 199. doi:10.1038/296199a0.
- ↑ "(85472) Xizezong = 1997 LF4 = 2000 EJ21". Minor Planet Center. https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=85472.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html.
External links
- 85472 Xizezong, JPL Small-Body Database Browser
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