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Carlyle Smith Beals
Carlyle Smith Beals (June 29, 1899 - July 2, 1979) was a Canadian astronomer born in Canso, Nova Scotia.
Beals worked at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, BC, until 1946. There, he studied emission lines in the spectra of certain hot stars, and studied gas clouds in interstellar space. He also developed astronomical instruments.
In 1946, he was made Dominion Astronomer in Ottawa and made a study of meteorite craters in Canada. He retired in 1964.
In 1969 Beals was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The asteroid 3314 Beals and Beals crater on the Moon are both named after him.
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