Paulo R. Holvorcem
Encyclopedia
Paulo R. Holvorcem is a Brazil
ian amateur astronomer
who lives in Campinas, Brazil
.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
s. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center
with the discovery or co-discovery (with Charles W. Juels
) of about 200 asteroids between 1998 and 2003.
Holvorcem with Juels also discovered two comets: C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem) and C/2005 N1 (Juels-Holvorcem). Holvorcem was also involved in the discovery of C/2011 K1 (Schwartz-Holvorcem).
The asteroid (13421) Holvorcem
was named after him.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian amateur astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
who lives in Campinas, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
He is a prolific discoverer of 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...
s. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , which is part of the Center for Astrophysics along with the Harvard College Observatory ....
with the discovery or co-discovery (with Charles W. Juels
Charles W. Juels
Charles W. Juels was an American amateur astronomer. He was born in New York City, grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1969. Juels was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, one of the top 30 discoverers of minor planets, with 315 to his credit...
) of about 200 asteroids between 1998 and 2003.
Holvorcem with Juels also discovered two comets: C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem) and C/2005 N1 (Juels-Holvorcem). Holvorcem was also involved in the discovery of C/2011 K1 (Schwartz-Holvorcem).
The asteroid (13421) Holvorcem
13421 Holvorcem
13421 Holvorcem is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 11, 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills. It was named after Paulo R. Holvorcem.- External links :*...
was named after him.