astronomy

Jaume Nomen

Jaume Nomen is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jaume Nomen rather than just read about it. In short: Jaume Nomen Torres (also: Jaime Nomen; born June 23, 1960, in Tortosa, Catalonia) is a Spanish oral and maxillofacial surgeon, amateur astronomer, and discoverer of numerous minor planets. He is of Catalan origin and became publicly known for the discovery of the near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 (later named 367943 Duende) by the OAM team (of which he is a member) during the La Sagra Sky Survey.

Key takeaways

Jaume Nomen belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Jaume Nomen to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Jaume Nomen from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Jaume Nomen Torres (also: Jaime Nomen; born June 23, 1960, in Tortosa, Catalonia) is a Spanish oral and maxillofacial surgeon, amateur astronomer, and discoverer of numerous minor planets. He is of Catalan origin and became publicly known for the discovery of the near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 (later named 367943 Duende) by the OAM team (of which he is a member) during the La Sagra Sky Survey. The asteroid 56561 Jaimenomen is named after him. Nomen is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, a professor at the University of Barcelona, and an active member of GEA (Grup d'Estudis Astronòmics, Barcelona). He has discovered more than sixty asteroids, of which 55 have been numbered. He is the director of the Unicorn Project 3SSS, that places three automatic telescopes of 61 cm in the Piera Observatory, l'Ametlla de Mar Observatory, and Costitx Observatory to increase the capacity of detection and study of asteroids.

References

External links Asteroid 2102 DA14 Has Date With Earth Friday, ABCnews, 15 February 2013 Jaime Nomen of Spain's La Sagra Observatory on YouTube (min. 0:10)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jaume Nomen

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jaume Nomen claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jaume Nomen before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jaume Nomen ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jaume Nomen

In research: Jaume Nomen appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jaume Nomen in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jaume Nomen is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1960 births, 20th-century Spanish astronomers, 21st-century Spanish astronomers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jaume Nomen outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Jaume Nomen in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Jaume Nomen means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Jaume Nomen matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Jaume Nomen?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Jaume Nomen.