The Finnish astronomer Hugo Gylden
Presenter(s): R. Brown
Affiliation(s): Trans-Tasman Occultation Alliance
Session details: Monday, 2026-04-06 01:00:00
Abstract
Gylden pioneered the foundations of present-day orbital mechanics, helping pave the way for the high-accuracy asteroid predictions that occultation observers benefit from. He also has an asteroid named for him – (806) Gyldenia – which I had the good fortune to observe occulting two stars within an hour of each other. I will present the story of these observations also