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7194 Susanrose

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Discovered
  
18 September 1993

Discoverer
  
Henry E. Holt

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Palomar Observatory

7194 Susanrose (provisional designation: 1993 SR3) is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Henry E. Holt at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on September 18, 1993. It is named after Susan Rose, an American amateur astronomer and astronomy enthusiast. Susan Rose, born Susan F. Campbell, née Brown, Farrell, Aug 9, 1952, Brooklyn, NY, US James Madison HS 1970, Brooklyn College 1974; BS Geology, minor Oceanography and Physics. An avid amateur astronomer since the age of 2, called a moonagazer by her great grandmother who chastised her mother for allowing her to stare at the moon. Member Amateur Observers' Society of NY, AOS, (http://www.aosny.org) 1973–present, Recording Secretary 1989-1992, President 1992-2009, President Emeritus 2009–present AOS Observatory in Southold, NY, renamed Susan F. Rose Observatory Aug 8, 2009, http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/52891802.html Recipient NERAL, Northeast Region of the Astronomical League, 2002 Walter Scott Houston Award, http://www.neral.org/pastawards.htm Caldwell Club Administrator for the Astronomical League, 2001–present Total Solar Eclipse, Feb 26, 1979 from Lewistown, Montana, US Annular Solar Eclipse, May 30, 1984, from Atlanta, Georgia, US Total Solar Eclipse, July 11, 1991, from Ruiz, Mexico Annular Solar Eclipse, Jan 4, 1992, from San Francisco, California, US Annular Solar Eclipse, May 10, 1994, Rochester, New York, US Total Solar Eclipse, Feb 26, 1998, from SS Veendam in the Caribbean Annular Solar Eclipse, June 10, 2002, Mexico Halley's Comet, Galapagos Islands, March 1985 Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004, Jones Beach, Long Island, NY, US Hall of Science, Queens, NY, Planet Earth Lab Instructor, Planetarium Assistant Director, 1974-1981 Air Traffic Controller, JFK Airport, 1981-2008, retired

Rediscovery Image acquired and produced by Thomas Madigan, M.Sc, July 2009: https://abc73c88f60ac54b11b6fe00f162ff3db3a224a8.googledrive.com/host/0Bz-EzKEYScNDeEVNbGlPMmxFUGM/Minor%20Planet%207194%20Susanrose%20%2807292009-Rediscovery%20Blink%29.wmv

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7194 Susanrose Wikipedia