Zhang Daqing
Zhang Daqing (Chinese: 张大庆) (born October 23, 1969) is a Chinese amateur astronomer. He is from Henan province.
He co-discovered periodic comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang. He is the first Chinese amateur astronomer who has a comet name after him. He is also a telescope maker. Periodic comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang is discovered by his self-made telescope on Feb.1st 2002.
External links[]
- http://comet.lamost.org/comet/zhang.htm (in Chinese)
Categories:
- Discoverers of comets
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Kaifeng
- Scientists from Henan
- 21st-century Chinese astronomers
- Chinese scientist stubs
- Astronomer stubs