John K. Davies (astronomer)
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John Keith Davies (born 1955) is a British astronomer.
Discovery
Davies was born in Liverpool, England. Whilst at Leicester University, he discovered the source of the Geminid meteors, the asteroid called 3200 Phaethon.[1]
OPTICON project
In 2001 he began as Project Scientist for the OPTICON project, an organisation with the goal of integrating all of European astronomers.[2]
References
Publications
"Astronomy from Space" (Wiley-Praxis Series in Astronomy & Astrophysics), publication date 1997, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 9780471962588, hardcover, 346 pages, illustrated
"Cosmic Impact", publication date 1986-09-01, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 978-0-312-17024-0, hardcover, 192 pages, illustrated.
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