Carl Alvar Wirtanen (November 11, 1910 – March 7, 1990) was an American astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets who worked at Lick Observatory...

space telescope. 46P/Wirtanen was discovered photographically on January 17, 1948, by the American astronomer Carl A. Wirtanen. The plate was exposed...

600 (0.038%). 1950 DA was first discovered on 23 February 1950 by Carl A. Wirtanen at Lick Observatory. It was observed for seventeen days and then lost...

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s. They are...

Virtanen (also written as Wirtanen) is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, virta, meaning "river", and -nen is a surname-generating suffix),...

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08148.x. S2CID 16713608. Shane, C. Donald; Wirtanen, Carl A. (1954). "The distribution of extragalactic nebulae". Astronomical...

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Finland Swedish: [(kɑːrl) ˈɡʉstɑːf (ˈeːmil) ˈmɑnːærˌheim] , 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military commander...

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit...

The University of Virginia is a public university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Following is a partial list of its notable alumni, faculty, board members...

diameter. It was discovered on 14 July 1947, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, California. It was...