Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer, humanitarian and minister.
Reverend Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and in Taunton, Massachusetts, Winchester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine.
He discovered or co-discovered several comets, including 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf and 97P/Metcalf-Brewington, and also 41 asteroids during 1905–1914, as credited by the Minor Planet Center.
Two of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroids 726 Joëlla and 792 Metcalfia, were named in his honor.
Asteroids Discovered Asteroids discovered: 41 525 AdelaideOctober 21, 1908581 TauntoniaDecember 24, 1905599 LuisaApril 25, 1906600 MusaJune 14, 1906602 MariannaFebruary 16, 1906603 TimandraFebruary 16, 1906604 TekmessaFebruary 16, 1906611 ValeriaSeptember 24, 1906620 DrakoniaOctober 26, 1906622 EstherNovember 13, 1906636 ErikaFebruary 8, 1907637 ChrysothemisMarch 11, 1907638 MoiraMay 5, 1907645 AgrippinaSeptember 13, 1907653 BerenikeNovember 27, 1907655 BriseïsNovember 4, 1907660 CrescentiaJanuary 8, 1908661 CloeliaFebruary 22, 1908662 NewtoniaMarch 30, 1908673 EddaSeptember 20, 1908675 LudmillaAugust 30, 1908690 WratislaviaOctober 16, 1909691 LehighDecember 11, 1909694 EkardNovember 7, 1909695 BellaNovember 7, 1909696 LeonoraJanuary 10, 1910726 JoëllaNovember 22, 1911729 WatsoniaFebruary 9, 1912736 HarvardNovember 16, 1912737 ArequipaDecember 7, 1912739 MandevilleFebruary 7, 1913740 CantabiaFebruary 10, 1913741 BotolphiaFebruary 10, 1913747 WinchesterMarch 7, 1913755 QuintillaApril 6, 1908756 LillianaApril 26, 1908757 PortlandiaSeptember 30, 1908767 BondiaSeptember 23, 1913784 PickeringiaMarch 20, 1914792 MetcalfiaMarch 20, 19071345 PotomacFebruary 4, 1908
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External links Joel Hastings Metcalf – Minister, Humanitarian, Astronomer Joel H. Metcalf "home page" Metcalf, Joel Hastings (1866-1925)