George Coyne and Guy Consolmagno — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Jesuits and Astronomy
The first director of the vatican observatory, at its formal founding in 18 91, was a barnabite priest. There were no jesuits on the staff at that time. It was only in 19 o six that the pope asked the boss of the jesuit to assign jesuits to staff the observatory. I know of four jesuits who have asteroids named for them. One is our founder, loyola. Another is our greatest saint, a savier. And the other two are george and me w. i hardly know what an asteroid is, but guy has been instructing me. People ask me, chriswell, how many jes
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