Erich Karkoschka
Male, Person
1955 –
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Who is Erich Karkoschka?
Erich Karkoschka is a planetary researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona. He discovered a satellite of Uranus, S/1986 U 10 on photographs taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. He has assembled a number of movies including: the Huygens landing on the Titan moon, the seasonal patterns on Uranus, and a rare triple eclipse on Jupiter.
His book, The Observer's Sky Atlas, has been translated into several languages as a resource for those interested in observing the sky.
An asteroid, 30786 Karkoschka, is named in his honour.
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