6696 Eubanks
Encyclopedia
6696 Eubanks is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 1, 1986 by Oak Ridge Observatory
at Harvard.
It is named after Marshall Eubanks of the US Naval Observatory, In honor of his contributions to astronomy
and geodesy
, among them his development of the navy radio interferometry
network and his analysis of data relating to Earth's rotation and polar motion
. The name was proposed by I.I. Shapiro.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on September 1, 1986 by Oak Ridge Observatory
Oak Ridge Observatory
The Oak Ridge Observatory, also known as the George R. Agassiz Station, is located at 42 Pinnacle Road, Harvard, Massachusetts, and was formerly operated by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a facility of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory .The observatory was established in...
at Harvard.
It is named after Marshall Eubanks of the US Naval Observatory, In honor of his contributions to astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
and geodesy
Geodesy
Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...
, among them his development of the navy radio interferometry
Interferometry
Interferometry refers to a family of techniques in which electromagnetic waves are superimposed in order to extract information about the waves. An instrument used to interfere waves is called an interferometer. Interferometry is an important investigative technique in the fields of astronomy,...
network and his analysis of data relating to Earth's rotation and polar motion
Polar motion
Polar motion of the earth is the movement of Earth's rotational axis across its surface. This is measured with respect to a reference frame in which the solid Earth is fixed...
. The name was proposed by I.I. Shapiro.