About Xi Zezong
Lived 1927 – 2008 (aged 81). Xi Zezong was a Chinese astronomer, translator, historian and journalist.
Xi Zezong (June 6, 1927 – December 27, 2008) was a Chinese astronomer, historian, and translator. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an awardee of the Astronomy Prize. He was born in Yuanqu County, Shanxi.
Xi Zezong identified a possible reference to one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter in the fragmentary ancient works of the 4th-century BC Chinese astronomer Gan De, who may have made observation of either Ganymede or Callisto in summer 365 BC.
He died in Beijing at age 81.
Honors Asteroid 85472 Xizezong, discovered by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program in 1997, was named in his honor.
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Who was Xi Zezong?
astronomer (1927–2008)
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Xi Zezong was born on 6 June 1927.
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Xi Zezong died on 27 December 2008 in Beijing.
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Xi Zezong was an astronomer, translator, historian and journalist.
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Xi Zezong was Chinese.
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