Posted on 06/17/2006 6:56:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Asteroid Spoelhof (previously known as 2004 XU3) was discovered December 3, 2004 by Calvin professor of physics and astronomy Larry Molnar. Asteroid Griffioen (previously known as 2003 RA11) was discovered on September 5, 2003 by Calvin student Andrew Vanden Heuvel... "As president of the college during the launch of Sputnik," says Molnar, "it was clear to Spoelhof that science needed to be taught at the college much more completely than had been the case. In particular he felt astronomy and geology should be taught as specific topics, with laboratory science as well as lectures. He approached friends of Calvin about donating money for the observatory equipment and the te Velde family granted the college funds for the purchase of a telescope."
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