Robert A. Garfinkle

(amateur astronomer and historian)

Robert Garfinkle is a noted American astronomical historian, author and lecturer, with a special interest in matters related to lunar nomenclature.

Career

A professional writer, Bob has Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and English from Cal State Hayward.

Garfinkle, R. A. 1998. A.L.P.O. lunar dark-haloed crater catalog: updated, corrected, and amended. Strolling Astron., Vol. 40, No. 4, p. 181 - 184.
Douglass, Eric; Garfinkle, Robert A. 2004. The Moon - the Maestlin Region: geology and geologic history. Journal of the Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers (The Strolling Astronomer), Vol. 46, No. 3, p. 26 - 30.
Robert A Garfinkle. 2004. Polar Moon. Astronomy, December 1, 84-89.
Charles Kapral & Robert Garfinkle. 2005. GLR Lunar Domes Catalog.
Garfinkle, Robert A. 2006. The discovery of the correct birth date for selenographer Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger. Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 116, No. 2, p. 76.
Garfinkle, R. A.; Pfeiffer, B. 2007. Discovery of the real person behind the name of the lunar crater Kinau. Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.117, no.2, p.81-84.
Bob is writing an expansive lunar observing guide.

Garfinkle, Robert A. 1997. Star-hopping: your visa to viewing the universe. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press.
Dyer, Alan, Garfinkle, Robert A. et al. 2001. Backyard astronomy: your guide to starhopping and exploring the universe. Time-Life Books.