Promotion of Astronomy
Eicher has appeared on CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News Channel, WGN radio, National Public Radio, MSNBC, CNBC, and other media outlets to promote the science and hobby of astronomy.
Eicher frequently travels to speak on astronomy or view solar eclipses with tour groups to such places as Austria, Belgium, China, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, the Galapagos Islands, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Tunisia, and Turkey.
He is active promoting astronomy outreach to a younger generation and is president of the Astronomy Foundation, the telescope industry’s first outreach organization, founded in 2009.
Eicher’s service to the astronomy world was recognized in 1990 when the International Astronomical Union named minor planet 3617 Eicher (discovery designation = 1984 LJ) in his honor. The asteroid, a main belt object in orbit between Mars and Jupiter, was discovered by astronomer Brian A. Skiff at Lowell Observatory’s Anderson Mesa Station in 1984 and the citation was proposed and written by astronomer David H. Levy.
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