Background
Zhu Jin was born on April 24, 1965 in Beijing, China, with his ancestral home in Lantian County, Shaanxi.
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Zhu Jin
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Education
He enrolled in the Department of Astronomy of Beijing Normal University and graduated in July, 1985. After that he continued studying astronomy in Nanjing University and got his Doctor of Philosophy in July, 1991.
Career
He is the current curator of Beijing Planetarium. He moved to Beijing Planetarium in September 2002, since when working as curator. Zhu Jin is personally involved in the popularization of astronomy actively, and often organizes and gives lectures in Beijing Planetarium and other places in China.
He also engages in astronomy popularization activities in chat shows on radio and television, and amateur astronomy activities specially organized for young people.
As an astronomer, Zhu Jin holds an obvious negative attitude on astrology through his remarks. During the "Dialogue between Astrology and Astronomy" held by Beijing Planetarium on 19 June 2011, he questioned the theory of American astrologer David Railey for several times during their conversation.
He said with regard to astrology: Zhu Jin voted in favor of the International Astronomical Union definition of planet on the International Astronomical Union General Assembly in August 2006, which removed Pluto from the list of planets.
Achievements
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Zhu Jin"s major achievements in astronomy lies in the research of asteroids. He has been the host of the Beijing Schmidt charge-coupled device Asteroid Program since 1994, and by 2001, he had discovered 2728 asteroids which were given provisional designation, 1214 of them being eventually numbered and named permanently. In addition, his team discovered a comet on 3 June 1997, which was later named Zhu-Balam. He is also a member of Small Bodies Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union.
Membership
He is also a member of Small Bodies Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union.
