John Tebbutt
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John Tebbutt (May 25 1834 – November 29 1916) was an Australian astronomer.
He is credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" (C/1861 J1).
His face appears on the reverse of the Australian 100-dollar banknote, and a crater on the Moon is named after him.
In 1905 he was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society.
External links
- PASP 21 (1909) 42 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0021//0000042.000.html) (biographical information)
Obituary
- PASP 29 (1917) 115 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0029//0000115.000.html) (one paragraph)Template:Astronomer-stub