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Chinese astronomer, historian, and translator
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
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"In Memoriam: Xi Zezong" . Newsletter of the
History of Science Society . April 2009. Archived from
the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011 .
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"Science historian XI Zezong, 81, passes away" . Retrieved October 20, 2011 .
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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 .
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Hughes, David W. (1982).
"Was Galileo 2,000 Years Too Late?" . Nature . 296 (5854): 199.
Bibcode :
1982Natur.296..199H .
doi :
10.1038/296199a0 .
S2CID
5313894 .
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"(85472) Xizezong = 1997 LF4 = 2000 EJ21" . Minor Planet Center . Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
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"MPC/MPO/MPS Archive" . Minor Planet Center . Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
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