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Mike Irwin

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Mike Irwin
Mike Irwin receiving the Herschel Medal from Roger Davies in 2012
Born	Michael J. Irwin
Known for	Discovery of the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy
Awards	Herschel Medal (2012)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Cambridge

Website	www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~mike/

Michael J. Irwin is a British astronomer. He is the director of the Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit and one of the discoverers of the Cetus Dwarf galaxy and the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Research

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Irwin is known worldwide for the leading role he plays in processing of digital optical and infra-red survey data. Currently, his efforts in processing of digital optical and infrared survey data of Vista Data Flow are being used for processing United Kingdom Infrared Telescope data.^[6]

Awards and honours

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In 2012, Royal Astronomical Society awarded Michael Irwin the 2012 Herschel Medal, which recognises investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics.^[7] He has also made contributions in the scientific community by writing and helping write several books.^[3]

List of discovered minor planets

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According to the Minor Planet Center's official discoverer list, Irwin co-discovered 8 minor planets during 1990–1996.^[8]

(8012) 1990 HO₃	29 April 1990	list ^[A]
(8361) 1990 JN₁	1 May 1990	list ^[A]
15810 Arawn	12 May 1994	list ^[A]
(16684) 1994 JQ1	11 May 1994	list ^[A]
(19299) 1996 SZ4	16 September 1996	list ^[B]^[C]
(48443) 1990 HY₅	29 April 1990	list ^[A]

Co-discovery made with: ^A A. Żytkow ^B A. Fitzsimmons ^C I. P. Williams
(58165) 1990 HQ₅	29 April 1990	list ^[A]
(73682) 1990 HU₅	29 April 1990	list ^[A]

References

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^ Levy, David H. (22 November 2000). The Scientific American book of the cosmos. Macmillan. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-312-25453-7. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

^ Ibata, R. A.; Gilmore, G.; Irwin, M. J. (1994). "A dwarf satellite galaxy in Sagittarius". Nature. 370 (6486): 194. Bibcode:1994Natur.370..194I. doi:10.1038/370194a0. S2CID 4335789.

^ ^a ^b Mike Irwin's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)

^ Perlmutter, S.; Aldering, G.; Goldhaber, G.; Knop, R. A.; Nugent, P.; Castro, P. G.; Deustua, S.; Fabbro, S.; Goobar, A.; Groom, D. E.; Hook, I. M.; Kim, A. G.; Kim, M. Y.; Lee, J. C.; Nunes, N. J.; Pain, R.; Pennypacker, C. R.; Quimby, R.; Lidman, C.; Ellis, R. S.; Irwin, M.; McMahon, R. G.; Ruiz‐Lapuente, P.; Walton, N.; Schaefer, B.; Boyle, B. J.; Filippenko, A. V.; Matheson, T.; Fruchter, A. S.; et al. (1999). "Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae". The Astrophysical Journal. 517 (2): 565–586. arXiv:astro-ph/9812133. Bibcode:1999ApJ...517..565P. doi:10.1086/307221. S2CID 118910636.

^ Perlmutter, S.; Gabi, S.; Goldhaber, G.; Goobar, A.; Groom, D. E.; Hook, I. M.; Kim, A. G.; Kim, M. Y.; Lee, J. C.; Pain, R.; Pennypacker, C. R.; Small, I. A.; Ellis, R. S.; McMahon, R. G.; Boyle, B. J.; Bunclark, P. S.; Carter, D.; Irwin, M. J.; Glazebrook, K.; Newberg, H. J. M.; Filippenko, A. V.; Matheson, T.; Dopita, M.; Couch, W. J. (1997). "Measurements of the Cosmological Parameters Ω and Λ from the First Seven Supernovae atz≥ 0.35". The Astrophysical Journal. 483 (2): 565. arXiv:astro-ph/9608192. Bibcode:1997ApJ...483..565P. doi:10.1086/304265. S2CID 118187050.

^ "Home page for Mike Irwin @ Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015.

^ "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists". Royal Astronomical Society. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013.

^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

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