- 1989 in science
The year 1989 in
science andtechnology involved many significant events, some listed below.Astronomy
* August - the
asteroid 4769 Castalia is the first asteroid directly imaged, byradar fromArecibo .
*Asteroid 5128 Wakabayashi is discovered byMasahiro Koishikawa .
*4292 Aoba is discovered.
*4871 Riverside is discovered.
*6089 Izumi is discovered.
*6190 Rennes is discovered
*8084 Dallas is discovered.Computer science
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July 26 - A federalgrand jury indictsCornell University studentRobert Tappan Morris, Jr. for releasing acomputer virus , making him the first person to be prosecuted under the1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act .Physics
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March 23 -Stanley Pons andMartin Fleischmann announcecold fusion at theUniversity of Utah .Awards
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Nobel Prize s
** Physics -Norman F. Ramsey ,Hans G. Dehmelt ,Wolfgang Paul
** Chemistry -Sidney Altman ,Thomas R. Cech
** Medicine -J. Michael Bishop ,Harold E. Varmus
*Turing Award - William (Velvel) KahanDeaths
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February 27 -Konrad Lorenz (b. 1903),zoologist .
*August 12 -William Bradford Shockley (b. 1910),physicist .
*October 11 -M. King Hubbert (b. 1903),geophysicist .
*December 14 -Andrei Sakharov (b. 1921), nuclearphysicist .
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