Erich Karkoschka

Erich Karkoschka

Erich Karkoschka (* 1955) is a planetary researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Lab of the University of Arizona. He discovered a satellite of Uranus, S/1986 U 10 (later named Perdita) on photographs taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft.Cite web|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030926070625.htm|title=Hubble Uncovers Smallest Moons Yet Seen Around Uranus|accessdate=2008-05-02|publisher=Science Daily|year=2003-09-26] He has assembled a number of movies including: the Huygens landing on the Titan moon,Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/05/10/titan.movies/|title=Titan in Motion|accessdate=2008-05-02|publisher=CNN|year=2006-05-10|author=Tariq Malik] the seasonal patterns on Uranus,Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/308715.stm|title=Changing Seasons on Uranus|accessdate=2008-05-02|publisher=BBC News Online|year=1999-03-31] and a rare triple eclipse on Jupiter.Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-102168096.html|title=Triple Eclipse Dots Jupiter|accessdate=2008-05-02|year=2004-11-08|work=The Washington Post]

His book, "The Observer's Sky Atlas",cite book|title=The Observer's Sky Atlas|last=Karkoschka|first=Erich|date=1999|publisher=Springer|id=ISBN 0387986065] has been translated into several languages as a resource for those interested in observing the sky.

An asteroid, 30786 Karkoschka (1988 QC), is named in his honour.Cite web|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=30786|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser|accessdate=2008-07-19]

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