Captain James Cook and 3061 Cook Asteroid - London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 51° 30.384 W 000° 07.754
30U E 699221 N 5710048
This monument honoring Captain James Cook is near the Admiralty Arch in London...not far from Trafalgar Square.
Waymark Code: WMDX3K
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/04/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
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This bronze sculpture of Captain Cook depicts him as a young man. He wears a tricorn hat and a long overcoat. He holds in each hand a cylindrical article..perhaps a scrolled map and a telescope.
The work is on a tall stone plinth which has the following inscription:

"Captain James Cook, RN FRS, born 1728, died 1772.

Circumnavigator of the globe, explorer of the pacific ocean, he laid the foundations of the British Empire in Australia and New Zealand, chartered the shores of Newfoundland and traversed the ocean gates of Canada, both east and west.

Unveiled by H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Connaught on behalf of the British Empire League, 7th July 1914."

The artist is Sir Thomas Brock.

Read more about him at (visit link)

As for the Asteroid, Wikipedia's brief entry (visit link) reads:

"3061 Cook (1982 UB1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1982 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM)." with the margin notes:

"Discovered by Bowell, E.
Discovery site Flagstaff (AM)
Discovery date October 21, 1982
Designations
MPC designation 3061
Named after James Cook
Alternate name(s) 1982 UB1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 3.6970525
Peri 2.4799289
Eccentricity 0.1970418
Orbital period 1982.5213211
Mean anomaly 295.39463
Inclination 3.25908
Longitude of ascending node 98.12626
Argument of peri 244.03628
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.9"

Note there is also a Cook Crater on Earth's moon. See (visit link)
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