Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p 3696 Herald (1980 OF) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 17, 1980 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM).Named in honor of the Australian amateur astronomer David Herald forhis astrometric observations of comets and his work on occultations by minorplanets. The number of his cometary positions is the second highest in theworld for an amateur astronomer in modern times, and his prompt and reliableattention to new comets discovered in the southern hemisphere has beeninvaluable.. }
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- 3696_Herald comment "3696 Herald (1980 OF) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 17, 1980 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM).Named in honor of the Australian amateur astronomer David Herald forhis astrometric observations of comets and his work on occultations by minorplanets. The number of his cometary positions is the second highest in theworld for an amateur astronomer in modern times, and his prompt and reliableattention to new comets discovered in the southern hemisphere has beeninvaluable.".