Events - Scientific Events on January 16
1893 : Max Wolf discovers asteroid #353 Ruperto-Carola
1896 : A Charlois discovers asteroid #414 Liriope
1903 : Max Wolf discovers asteroid #500 Selinur
1909 : P Melotte discovers asteroid #676 Melitta
1912 : H E Wood discovers asteroid #790 Pretoria
1975 : Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #5198 Fongyunwah
1983 : E Bowell discovers asteroid #3464 Owensby, #3766 & #4119 Miles
1985 : Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #6176
1988 : M Mukai & M Takeishi discover asteroid #4634 Shibuya,
1988 : H Debehogne discovers asteroid #4218 Demottoni
1988 : T Hioki & N Kawasato discover asteroid #4100
1988 : T Kojima discovers asteroid #4156, #5348 & #7563
1993 : T Seki discovers asteroid #6660 Matsumoto
1994 : A Boattini & M Tombelli discover asteroid #7196 Baroni,
1994 : V S Casulli discovers asteroid #7529
1996 : Klet discovers asteroid #7796 & #7846
1996 : M Tichy discovers asteroid #7359 Messier
1996 : Z Moravec discovers asteroid #7498 Blanik