Ayomide Olowookere
Pronouns: he/him
Research Mentor(s): Gary Krenz
Co-Presenter:
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Bentley Historical Library / Other
Presentation Date: April 20
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: Session 2 – 11am – 11:50am
Room: League Ballroom
Authors:
Presenter: 62
Abstract
Currently, I am working in the Detroit Observatory, exploring important figures who worked from there and also the University of Michigan. Last semester, I worked on an astronomer whose name is James Craig Watson. During his time at the University of Michigan, he discovered 22 asteroids such as 79 Eurynome(1863), 139 Jueva(1874), and 121 Hermione(1872). People described him as someone who was able to instantly master any type of subject that he encountered. Additonally, he was considered by President Henry Simmons Frieze as the University’s “Brightest Son”. For this semester, I have decided to look into one of his students, John Martin Schaeberle who had happened to discovered the first comets. I have decided to perform this type of research so I can learn more about important people who studied and worked here at the University of Michigan as well as to better understand the entire college as a whole.
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