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American astronomer
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Male
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Birth:
1927
Education:
University of Michigan
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Biography
| 2449 Kenos | 8 April 1978 | |
| 3040 Kozai | 23 January 1979 |
William Liller (born 1927) is an American astronomer, a graduate of the University of Michigan and former Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy at Harvard University. He has discovered two minor planets, several novae and comet C/1988 A1 (Liller).
He is an author of several popular books on the subject of astronomy, a member of the International Astronomical Union, the American Astronomical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and AAVSO. He was also awarded with the Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences. The minor planet 3222 Liller was named in his honor.