Charles W. Juels

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Charles Juels, 2008

Charles W. Juels (1944-2009) was an American amateur astronomer. He was born in New York City, grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1969. Juels was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, one of the top 30 discoverers of minor planets, with 315 to his credit.[1] He operated out of Fountain Hills Observatory, near Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Juels and Paulo R. Holvorcem won the Harvard-Smithsonian 2003 Comet Award for their joint charge-coupled-device (CCD) electronic-camera discovery of comet C/2002 Y1 on December 28, 2002.[2]

He was a retired Phoenix psychiatrist at the time of his discoveries.

References

• Minor Planet Center: Minor Planet Discoverers

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Name	Juels, Charles W.
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Date of birth	1944
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Date of death	2009
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