Walter Frederick Gale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian astronomer and banker
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Place of Birth: Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
About Walter Frederick Gale
- Walter Frederick Gale (27 November 1865 – 1 June 1945) was an Australian banker.
- Gale was born in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales.
- He had a strong interest in astronomy and built his first telescope in 1884.He discovered a number of comets, including the lost periodic comet 34D/Gale.
- He also discovered five southern double stars with the prefix GLE, and several dark sky objects, including the planetary nebula, IC 5148 in Grus.
- In 1892, he described oases and canals on Mars.
- He was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1935 for "discoveries of comets and his work for astronomy in New South Wales." A crater on Mars, Gale Crater, was named in his honour.
- It was selected as the 2012 landing site for the Curiosity Rover.
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