Alcock, J.

Japanese: オールコック,J. - おーるこっく
Alcock, J.

…The infrared astronomical observation satellite IRAS, launched in January 1983 as part of an international cooperative project between the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, discovered a moving celestial object on April 25th. It was discovered to be the same as a new 7th magnitude comet discovered on May 4th by Genichi Aratake of Niigata and J. Alcock of the United Kingdom. On May 11th, the comet approached Earth to within 4.3 million km, moving 40 degrees across the sky in one day. …

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Japanese:

…1983年1月,アメリカ,イギリス,オランダ3国の国際協同計画で打ち上げられた赤外線天文観測衛星IRAS(アイラス)が,4月25日,移動する天体を発見した。5月4日,新潟の荒貴源一とイギリスのオールコックJ.Alcockが発見した7等の新すい星がこれと同じものであることがわかった。このすい星は5月11日,地球に430万kmまで接近し,1日に天空を40度も移動した。…

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