Compton Observatory

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Corporate name heading	Compton Observatory *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory Arthur Holly Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Compton (Artificial satellite) Compton GRO CGRO Gamma Ray Observatory (1991- )
See also	Gamma-Ray Observatory *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Compton Observatory Science Workshop [microform], 1992: t.p. (Sept. 23-25, 1991) pref. (Compton Observatory was formerly the Gamma Ray Observatory or 'GRO'; this name change was announced during the workshop) Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, c1993: pref. (named after Arthur Holly Compton; Compton Observatory) p. 3 (Arthur Holly Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (Compton); launched 5 Apr. 1991; spacecraft; Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (Compton); Compton) p. 4 (mission duration anticipated to be 6-10 yrs.) p. 9 (deployed 7 Apr. 1991; sci. oper. began 16 May 1991; orbital altitude 350-450 km.) Compton Observatory newsletter, July 1992: p. 6 (Compton GRO); Aug. 1993: p. 2 (CGRO) PPMI "lessons learned," Gamma Ray Observatory, USAN̲ASAP̲PMIG̲ROA̲VI0̲01 [CF] 1998: disc label (Gamma Ray Observatory) NASA release 91-151, Sept. 23, 1991, accessed online, Sept. 29, 1998 (NASA announced today that the Gamma Ray Observatory, deployed April 7, 1991, from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, will be renamed in honor of Nobel Prize-winning American physicist Arthur Holly Compton. The new official name of the 17-ton orbiting spacecraft is the Arthur Holly Compton Gamma Ray Observatory or Compton Observatory)