Frank K. Edmondson (born August 1, 1912) is an American astronomer. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics. ...

Edmondson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in Seymour, Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University in 1933 and received a fellowship to work at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he stayed until 1935, working as an observing assistant to Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the ex-planet Pluto. After earning his Ph.D. under the direction of Bart Bok at Harvard University in 1937, Edmondson returned to Indiana University as a faculty member in the department of astronomy. In 1944, he become the department's chair, a position he held until 1978. Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee  - Mayor Tom Barrett Area    - City  97 sq mi (251. ... Seymour is a city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. ... Indiana University is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Lowell Observatory Percival observing Mars from the Clark telescope at the Lowell Observatory. ... Nickname: City of Seven Wonders Location in Coconino County the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona County Coconino County Mayor Joseph C. Donaldson Area    - City 63. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An image of Clyde Tombaugh Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 0. ... Bart Jan Bok (Hoorn, April 28, 1906 – Tucson, August 5, 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[1] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

An early accomplishment of Edmondson's was the creation of the Indiana Asteroid Program, a photographic program to locate asteroids that were "lost" when systematic observations were interrupted by World War II. He also negotiated the donation of the privately-owned Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana to Indiana University. Nearly 7000 photographic plates for asteroid orbit studies were taken with a 10-inch astrographic camera at the Goethe Link Observatory. These plates are now archived at Lowell Observatory. The Indiana Asteroid Program was a program of photographic asteroid observations made with a 10-inch f/6. ... 253 Mathilde, a C-type asteroid. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... The Goethe Link Observatory is an astronomic observatory at the University of Indiana. ... Brooklyn is a town located in Morgan County, Indiana. ... Photographic plates were one of the earliest forms of photographic film, in which a light-sensitive emulsion of silver salts was applied to a glass plate. ... Astrograph in Bolivia. ...

In addition to pursuing studies in stellar kinematics, galactic structure, asteroid astrometry and the history of astronomy, Edmondson served as Program Director for Astronomy of the National Science Foundation (1956-1957), treasurer of the American Astronomical Society (1954-1975) and statistical advisor to Dr. Alfred Kinsey during his studies of human sexuality. He also advised in the development and site selection of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, which include the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile and the National Solar Observatory in New Mexico. He was also instrumental in creating the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), a consortium of seven universities that manages the three observatories plus the Space Telescope Science Institute which directs research with the Hubble Space Telescope. He was AURA's president from 1962 to 1965. 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Since his retirement from Indiana University in 1983, Edmondson has devoted himself to compiling histories of AURA and the Indiana University astronomy department. The asteroid 1761 Edmondson is named for him. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1761 Edmondson is a main-belt asteroid discovered March 30, 1952 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana. ...

Book

• AURA and its US National Observatories, Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-521-55345-8

References

• 90th Birthday Biography, Indiana University Department of Astronomy
• Homepage, Indiana University Department of Astronomy

External link

• International Catalog of Sources: Oral history interview with Frank K. Edmondson, 21 April 1977 and 2 February 1978 (description).