page_title: Elizabeth Roemer
hierarchical_section_title: Elizabeth Roemer
caption_attribution_description: English: Astronomer Elizabeth Roemer (1929–2016) won the 1946 Science Talent Search and went on to discover the asteroids 1930 Lucifer (discovered October 29, 1964) and 1983 Bok (discovered June 9, 1975). Dr. Roemer is Professor Emerita, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives
context_page_description: Elizabeth Pat Roemer was an American astronomer whose research interests were centered on comets and asteroids.
  In 1955, Roemer earned her PhD from UC Berkeley and continued there as an assistant astronomer for a time. She also conducted research at the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory.
  In 1966, Roemer was hired to be an assistant professor in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. Three years later she was hired to be a full-time professor. Roemer is noted as a recover of lost comets. She discovered the two main-belt asteroids 1930 Lucifer and 1983 Bok. In addition, she took an extensive set of photographic plates of comets over 25 years, attempting to get consistent data for the magnitudes of the comet nuclei. She was well known for detecting 79 returning short period comets during her career. She also was able to compute many orbits for comets and minor planets in our solar system. In 1975, she also co-discovered Themisto, one of the 79 moons of Jupiter.
  The inner main-belt asteroid 1657 Roemera, discovered by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild in 1961, was named in her honor.
context_section_description: Elizabeth Pat Roemer (September 4, 1929 – April 8, 2016) was an American astronomer whose research interests were centered on comets and asteroids.
  In 1955, Roemer earned her PhD from UC Berkeley and continued there as an assistant astronomer for a time. She also conducted research at the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory.
  In 1966, Roemer was hired to be an assistant professor in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. Three years later she was hired to be a full-time professor. Roemer is noted as a recover of lost comets. She discovered the two main-belt asteroids 1930 Lucifer and 1983 Bok. In addition, she took an extensive set of photographic plates of comets over 25 years, attempting to get consistent data for the magnitudes of the comet nuclei. She was well known for detecting 79 returning short period comets during her career. She also was able to compute many orbits for comets and minor planets in our solar system.  In 1975, she also co-discovered Themisto (Jupiter XVIII), one of the 79 moons of Jupiter.
  The inner main-belt asteroid 1657 Roemera, discovered by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild in 1961, was named in her honor (M.P.C. 2347).
caption: Elizabeth Roemer in 1963
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