- 30840 Jackalice
30840 Jackalice (mp|1991 GC|2) is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of
Jack B. Newton and his wife Alice for his astrophotographic accomplishments and their work as a team in astronomy outreach. This minor planet was discovered onApril 15 ,1991 byCarolyn S. Shoemaker andDavid H. Levy . The naming citation reads::Jack Newton (b. 1942) is a Canadian astrophotographer credited with some of the most famous ground-based photographs ever taken. His work, from the sun to a gravitational lens, has appeared in major news magazines. His wife Alice has long assisted him in every one of his outreach efforts, in both Canada and the U.S.
External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=30840 JPL Small-Body Database Browser 30840 Jackalice]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html Alphabetical list of minor planet names (ASCII)] (Minor Planet Center)
* [http://www.astronomyoutreach.net/astronomers.d/newton.d/index.html Biographical Data on Jack Newton]
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