| Astronomer |
Discoveries |
DOB–DOD |
Country |
Link-label; info, links, and notes |
Name(s) at MPC |
Cite |
|---|
| Hiroshi Abe (astronomer) |
28 |
1958–pres. |
 |
H. Abe; |
H. Abe |
(5379) |
| Masanao Abe |
2 |
1967–pres. |
|
M. Abe; disc: MPC and MPC |
M. Abe |
(8926) |
| Mark Abraham (astronomer) |
3 |
n.a. |
 |
M. Abraham; amateur, Src |
M. Abraham |
— |
| Christopher Aikman |
4 |
1943–pres. |
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G. C. L. Aikman; |
G. C. L. Aikman |
— |
| Makio Akiyama |
16 |
1950–pres. |
|
M. Akiyama; Susono Observatory |
M. Akiyama |
(4904) |
| Vladimir Albitsky |
10 |
1891–1952 |
 |
V. Albitskij; Simeiz Observatory |
V. Albitskij |
(1783) |
| Gregory Scott Aldering |
4 |
1962–pres. |
|
G. Aldering; |
G. Aldering |
(26533) |
| Heikki A. Alikoski |
13 |
1912–1997 |
 |
H. Alikoski; Turku Obs. |
H. Alikoski |
(1567) |
| Éric J. Allen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
É. J. Allen; |
E. J. Allen |
— |
| Rhiannon Lynne Allen |
5 |
n.a. |
|
R. L. Allen; R. Lynne Jones |
R. L. Allen; L. Allen |
(10297) |
| Martin Altmann |
10 |
n.a. |
 |
M. Altmann; ARI-Gaia, first disc: (552651) |
M. Altmann |
— |
| Jeff T. Alu |
24 |
1966–pres. |
|
J. Alu; amateur |
J. Alu |
(4104) |
| Leonard L. Amburgey |
2 |
1945–pres. |
|
L. L. Amburgey; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC |
L. L. Amburgey |
— |
| Joe Anderson (astronomer) |
7 |
n.a. |
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J. Anderson; , co-disc. w/ #C. Veillet |
J. Anderson |
— |
| A. David Andrews |
1 |
1933–pres. |
|
A. D. Andrews; |
A. D. Andrews |
— |
| Milan Antal |
17 |
1935–1999 |
 |
M. Antal; |
M. Antal |
(6717) |
| Plinio Antolini |
4 |
1920–2012 |
 |
P. Antolini; amateur, (bio-it) |
P. Antolini |
— |
| Pierre Antonini |
35 |
1933–pres. |
 |
P. Antonini; amateur |
P. Antonini |
(12580) |
| Masakatsu Aoki |
2 |
1957–pres. |
|
M. Aoki; amateur; unrelated to 5337 |
M. Aoki |
— |
| Rolf Apitzsch |
89 |
1943–pres. |
|
R. Apitzsch; amateur, (bio-de) |
R. Apitzsch |
(29214) |
| Masaru Arai |
45 |
1952–pres. |
|
M. Arai; amateur |
M. Arai |
(21082) |
| Hiroshi Araki |
3 |
1935–pres. |
|
H. Araki; unrelated to 4718 |
H. Araki |
— |
| Sylvain Arend |
51 |
1902–1992 |
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S. Arend; |
S. J. Arend |
(1502) |
| Claire Armstrong |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. Armstrong; amateur, wife of M. Armstrong |
C. Armstrong |
(15967) |
| James D. Armstrong |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. D. Armstrong; |
J. D. Armstrong |
— |
| Mark Armstrong (astronomer) |
2 |
1958–pres. |
|
M. Armstrong; amateur, husband of C. Armstrong, unrelated to 6469 |
M. Armstrong |
— |
| Atsuo Asami |
12 |
n.a. |
|
A. Asami; |
A. Asami |
— |
| David J. Asher |
10 |
1966–pres. |
|
D. J. Asher; |
D. J. Asher |
(6564) |
| Karl Augustesen |
6 |
1945–pres. |
 |
K. Augustesen; |
K. Augustesen |
(5171) |
| Walter Baade |
10 |
1893–1960 |
|
W. Baade; |
W. Baade |
(1501) |
| Ulrika Babiaková |
14 |
1976–2002 |
|
U. Babiaková; |
U. Babiakova |
(32531) |
| Paolo Bacci |
1 |
1968–pres. |
|
P. Bacci; amateur; (bio-it) |
P. Bacci |
(108205) |
| Hannes Bachleitner |
2 |
1965–pres. |
 |
H. Bachleitner; also Johannes Bachleitner, amateur, disc: MPC and MPC |
H. Bachleitner |
(172932) |
| Solon Irving Bailey |
1 |
1854–1931 |
|
S. I. Bailey; unrelated to 449922 |
S. I. Bailey |
— |
| David D. Balam |
56 |
n.a. |
|
D. D. Balam; |
D. D. Balam |
(3749) |
| Loren C. Ball |
108 |
1948–pres. |
|
L. Ball; amateur |
L. Ball |
(16095) |
| Thomas J. Balonek |
9 |
n.a. |
|
T. J. Balonek; |
T. J. Balonek; T. Balonek |
— |
| Odette Bancilhon |
1 |
1908–1998 |
|
O. Bancilhon; disc: List of minor planets: 1001–2000#333 |
O. Bancilhon |
(1713) |
| Susan Banh |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Banh; (bio-it) |
S. Banh |
— |
| Nigel P. Bannister |
1 |
n.a. |
|
N. P. Bannister; University of Leicester |
N. P. Bannister |
— |
| Yoshiaki Banno |
1 |
1952–1991 |
|
Y. Banno; |
Y. Banno |
(3394) |
| Evelin Bányai |
1 |
n.a. |
 |
E. Bányai; |
E. Banyai |
— |
| Cesare Barbieri |
11 |
1942–pres. |
|
C. Barbieri; |
C. Barbieri |
(13992) |
| John C. Barentine |
6 |
1976–pres. |
|
J. C. Barentine; John Caleb Barentine |
J. C. Barentine |
(14505) |
| Kristina M. Barkume |
1 |
n.a. |
|
K. M. Barkume; (bio-it) |
K. M. Barkume |
— |
| Ewan Barr |
5 |
n.a. |
|
E. Barr; (bio-it) |
E. Barr |
— |
| Sergio Barros |
7 |
n.a. |
 |
S. Barros; (bio-it) |
S. Barros |
— |
| Sandro Bartolini |
1 |
1974–pres. |
|
S. Bartolini; unrelated to 12399 |
S. Bartolini |
(11337) |
| Maria A. Barucci |
3 |
n.a. |
|
M. A. Barucci; disc: MPC, MPC and MPC |
M. A. Barucci; M. Barucci |
(3485) |
| James Bauer (astronomer) |
1 |
1968–pres. |
|
J. Bauer; James M. Bauer, James "Gerbs" Bauer |
J. Bauer |
(16232) |
| Ivo Baueršíma |
1 |
1931–pres. |
.svg.png)
 |
I. Baueršíma; (bio-de) |
I. Bauersima |
— |
| Johann M. Baur |
15 |
1930–2007 |
|
J. M. Baur; amateur, (bio-de) |
J. M. Baur |
(11673) |
| David E. Beatty |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Beatty; (bio-it); unrelated to 2925 |
D. Beatty |
— |
| D. Beaver |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Beaver; amateur, co-discoverer with J. Dellinger at Needville, TX |
D. Beaver |
— |
| Andrew C. Becker |
644 |
1973–pres. |
|
A. C. Becker; (bio-it) |
A. C. Becker; A. Becker |
(5280) |
| Jim Bedient |
8 |
n.a. |
|
J. Bedient; |
J. Bedient |
— |
| E. S. Beeson |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. S. Beeson; unrelated to 5241 |
E. S. Beeson |
— |
| Raoul Behrend |
14 |
1964–pres. |
|
R. Behrend; (bio-fr) |
R. Behrend |
(18874) |
| Bruce Edward Behymer |
1 |
1983–pres. |
|
B. E. Behymer; (bio-it) |
B. E. Behymer |
— |
| Sergey Belyavsky |
36 |
1883–1953 |
|
S. Belyavskyj; |
S. Beljavskij |
— |
| Graham E. Bell |
57 |
n.a. |
|
G. Bell; |
G. Bell |
— |
| Federico Bellini |
1 |
n.a. |
|
F. Bellini; (bio-it), unrelated to 18509 |
F. Bellini |
— |
| Yuri A. Belyaev |
7 |
n.a. |
|
Yu. A. Belyaev; it:Jurij A. Beljaev, fr:Iouri Beliaïev, unrelated to 2030 |
Yu. A. Belyaev |
— |
| Denis Bergeron |
2 |
1956–pres. |
|
D. Bergeron; (bio-it) |
D. Bergeron |
— |
| Fabrizio Bernardi |
23 |
1972–pres. |
|
F. Bernardi; |
F. Bernardi |
(27983) |
| Laurent Bernasconi |
41 |
1966–pres. |
|
L. Bernasconi; amateur, (bio-fr) |
L. Bernasconi |
(13793) |
| K. Berney |
1 |
n.a. |
|
K. Berney; |
K. Berney |
— |
| Gary M. Bernstein |
3 |
n.a. |
|
G. Bernstein; C/2014 UN271, UPenn |
G. Bernstein |
— |
| Emanuel Bettelheim |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. Bettelheim; |
E. Bettelheim |
— |
| Francesco Biasci |
1 |
n.a. |
|
F. Biasci; |
F. Biasci |
— |
| Wolf Bickel |
852 |
1942–pres. |
|
W. Bickel; amateur |
W. Bickel |
(4324) |
| Jamie Biggs |
1 |
n.a. |
.svg.png) |
J. Biggs; |
J. Biggs |
— |
| Guillaume Bigourdan |
1 |
1851–1932 |
|
G. Bigourdan; disc: 390 |
G. Bigourdan |
— |
| Harald Bill |
1 |
1964–pres. |
|
H. Bill; amateur |
H. Bill |
(196035) |
| Gary W. Billings |
6 |
n.a. |
|
G. W. Billings; amateur, (bio-fr) |
G. W. Billings |
(73703) |
| Richard P. Binzel |
3 |
1958–pres. |
|
R. P. Binzel; |
R. P. Binzel |
(2873) |
| Kurt Birkle |
9 |
1939–2010 |
|
K. Birkle; (bio-de) |
K. Birkle |
(4803) |
| Mirel Bîrlan |
2 |
1963–pres. |
 |
M. Birlan; (bio-ro), co-disc. w/ #O. Vaduvescu |
M. Birlan |
(10034) |
| Peter Birtwhistle |
94 |
1958–pres. |
|
P. Birtwhistle; amateur, Src |
P. Birtwhistle |
(65100) |
| Manolo Blasco |
5 |
n.a. |
 |
M. Blasco; (bio-it) |
M. Blasco |
— |
| Laurent Blind |
1 |
1965–pres. |
|
L. Blind; |
C. R. L. Blind; L. Blind |
(90533) |
| Adam Block (astrophotographer) |
1 |
1973–pres. |
|
A. Block; (bio-it) |
A. Block |
(172525) |
| Andrea Boattini |
296 |
1969–pres. |
|
A. Boattini; |
A. Boattini |
(8925) |
| Hermann Boehnhardt |
1 |
n.a. |
|
H. Boehnhardt; |
H. Boehnhardt |
— |
| Andreas Boeker |
2 |
1964–2011 |
|
A. Boeker; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it),[2] |
A. Boeker |
(29483) |
| Michel Bœuf |
12 |
n.a. |
|
M. Boeuf; (bio-it), HP |
M. Boeuf |
— |
| Henri M. J. Boffin |
11 |
n.a. |
|
H. Boffin; |
H. M. J. Boffin; H. Boffin |
— |
| Alfred Bohrmann |
9 |
1904–2000 |
|
A. Bohrmann; |
A. Bohrmann |
(1635) |
| Tom Boles |
1 |
1944–pres. |
 |
T. Boles; amateur |
T. Boles |
(7648) |
| Dennis Borgman |
1 |
1952–pres. |
|
D. Borgman; |
D. Borgman |
(95219) |
| Gennadiy Borisov |
1 |
1962–pres. |
 |
G. Borisov; discovered 2I/Borisov |
G. Borisov |
— |
| Freimut Börngen |
538 |
1930–pres. |
|
F. Börngen; |
F. Borngen |
(3859) |
| Alphonse Borrelly |
18 |
1842–1926 |
|
A. Borrelly; |
A. Borrelly |
(1539) |
| Josep Maria Bosch |
7 |
n.a. |
 |
J. M. Bosch; amateur, also see (266983) |
J. M. Bosch |
— |
| Grégoire Bourban |
4 |
n.a. |
|
G. Bourban; disc: MPC and MPC |
G. Bourban |
— |
| Paul Bourgeois |
1 |
1898–1974 |
|
P. Bourgeois; (bio-it) |
P. Bourgeois |
(1543) |
| Edward L. G. Bowell |
571 |
1943–pres. |
|
E. Bowell; |
E. Bowell |
(2246) |
| Louis Boyer (astronomer) |
40 |
1901–1999 |
|
L. Boyer; |
L. Boyer |
(1215) |
| Richard P. Boyle |
13 |
1943–pres. |
|
R. P. Boyle; disc: MPC and MPC, Src Archived 2022-03-29 at the Wayback Machine |
R. P. Boyle |
(302849) |
| Joseph L. Brady |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. L. Brady; (bio-it) |
J. L. Brady |
— |
| Nigel Brady (astronomer) |
7 |
n.a. |
 |
N. Brady; |
N. Brady |
— |
| Steve Brady (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
S. Brady; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
S. Brady |
— |
| Alexis Brandeker |
4 |
1974–pres. |
 |
A. Brandeker; |
A. Brandeker |
— |
| Vanja Brcic |
2 |
n.a. |
 |
V. Brcic; (bio-it) |
V. Brcic |
— |
| John Broughton |
1189 |
1952–pres. |
|
J. Broughton; amateur |
J. Broughton |
(24105) |
| Jeffery A. Brown |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. A. Brown; Src Archived 2023-04-27 at the Wayback Machine |
J. A. Brown |
— |
| Michael E. Brown |
29 |
1965–pres. |
|
M. E. Brown; |
M. E. Brown |
(11714) |
| Ladislav Brožek |
23 |
1952–pres. |
|
L. Brožek; |
L. Brozek |
— |
| Jim Bruton |
2 |
n.a. |
|
J. Bruton; James Bruton, disc: MPC and MPC, Src |
J. Bruton |
— |
| Dan Bruton |
5 |
1967–pres. |
|
W. D. Bruton; (bio-fr) |
W. D. Bruton |
— |
| Jacobus Albertus Bruwer |
4 |
1915–pres. |
 |
J. A. Bruwer; (bio-it) |
J. A. Bruwer |
(1811) |
| Emil Buchar |
1 |
1901–1979 |
|
E. Buchar; (bio-it) |
E. Buchar |
(3141) |
| Marc Buie |
1132 |
1958–pres. |
|
M. W. Buie; |
M. W. Buie |
(7553) |
| Christian Buil |
5 |
n.a. |
|
C. Buil; amateur, (bio-fr) |
C. Buil |
(6820) |
| Todd Burdullis |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. Burdullis; CFHT Src |
T. Burdullis |
— |
| Geoffrey Burks |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Burks; |
G. Burks |
— |
| Matthew R. Burleigh |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. R. Burleigh; |
M. R. Burleigh |
— |
| Bella A. Burnasheva |
13 |
1944–pres. |
|
B. A. Burnasheva; |
B. A. Burnasheva |
(4427) |
| Robert Burnham Jr. |
1 |
1931–1993 |
|
R. Burnham; |
R. Burnham |
(3467) |
| Joseph A. Burns |
1 |
1941–pres. |
|
J. A. Burns; |
J. A. Burns |
(2708) |
| Schelte J. Bus |
1683 |
1956–pres. |
|
S. J. Bus; |
S. J. Bus |
(3254) |
| Matthias Busch |
13 |
1968–pres. |
|
M. Busch; amateur Src and Src |
M. Busch |
(7687) |
| Philippe Buttani |
1 |
1966–pres. |
|
P. Buttani; amateur, (bio-fr) |
P. Buttani |
(18167) |
| Luca Buzzi |
1 |
1982–pres. |
|
L. Buzzi; amateur, (bio-it) |
L. Buzzi |
(6517) |
| Rodolfo Calanca |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Calanca; (bio-it) |
R. Calanca |
— |
| R. Campbell (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Campbell; (545933), (obs.697) |
R. Campbell |
– |
| Michael P. Candy |
3 |
1928–1994 |
|
M. P. Candy; (bio-it) |
M. P. Candy |
(3015) |
| Albino Carbognani |
1 |
1965–pres. |
|
A. Carbognani; |
A. Carbognani |
(27269) |
| Luigi Carnera |
16 |
1875–1962 |
|
L. Carnera; |
L. Carnera |
(39653) |
| Don W. Carona |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. W. Carona; |
D. W. Carona |
— |
| Alfredo Caronia |
4 |
n.a. |
|
A. Caronia; (bio-it) |
A. Caronia |
— |
| Rafael Carrasco Garrorena |
1 |
1902–1981 |
|
R. Carrasco; (bio-it), unrelated to 4171 |
R. Carrasco |
— |
| Uri Carsenty |
1 |
1949–pres. |
 |
U. Carsenty; (bio-fr) |
U. Carsenty |
(13333) |
| Claudio Casacci |
8 |
1958–pres. |
|
C. Casacci; |
C. Casacci |
(4814) |
| James Len Casady |
3 |
n.a. |
|
L. Casady; |
L. Casady |
— |
| Ferrán Casarramona |
2 |
n.a. |
|
F. Casarramona; (bio-it) |
F. Casarramona |
— |
| Ricard Casas (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
R. Casas; (bio-it) |
R. Casas |
— |
| Flavio Castellani |
6 |
n.a. |
|
F. Castellani; (bio-it) |
F. Castellani |
— |
| Vincenzo Silvano Casulli |
200 |
1944–pres. |
|
V. S. Casulli; amateur |
V. S. Casulli |
(7132) |
| Gabriele Cattani |
18 |
n.a. |
|
G. Cattani; |
G. Cattani |
— |
| Cyril Cavadore |
5 |
1969–pres. |
|
C. Cavadore; (bio-it) |
C. Cavadore |
(9811) |
| Marco Cavagna |
19 |
1958–2005 |
|
M. Cavagna; amateur |
M. Cavagna |
(10149) |
| G. Cavalletti |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Cavalletti; |
G. Cavalletti |
— |
| Anthony J. Cecce |
18 |
n.a. |
|
A. J. Cecce; (bio-fr) |
A. J. Cecce |
— |
| Vasco Cecchini |
2 |
1932–pres. |
|
V. Cecchini; amateur, (bio-it) |
V. Cecchini |
(13798) |
| Edvardas Černis |
1 |
n.a. |
 |
E. Černis; |
E. Cernis |
— |
| Kazimieras Černis |
154 |
1958–pres. |
|
K. Černis; |
K. Cernis |
— |
| Vincenzo Cerulli |
1 |
1859–1927 |
|
V. Cerulli; disc: MPC |
V. Cerulli |
(31028) |
| Carlos Ulrrico Cesco |
19 |
19XX–1987 |
 |
C. U. Cesco; |
C. U. Cesco |
(1571) |
| Mario R. Cesco |
6 |
n.a. |
|
M. R. Cesco; son of C. U. Cesco, (bio-it) |
M. R. Cesco |
— |
| Brian C. Chaboyer |
1 |
n.a. |
|
B. Chaboyer; IAU Archived 2022-03-24 at the Wayback Machine |
B. Chaboyer |
— |
| Jean Chacornac |
6 |
1823–1873 |
|
J. Chacornac; |
J. Chacornac |
(1622) |
| Marcus Tristan Chamberlin |
2 |
n.a. |
|
M. T. Chamberlin; disc: MPC, unrelated to 9250 |
M. T. Chamberlin |
— |
| Zhang Jiaxiang |
1 |
1932–2019 |
 |
C.-H. Chang; |
C.-H. Chang |
(4760) |
| Man-Ti Chang |
5 |
n.a. |
|
M.-T. Chang; |
M.-T. Chang |
— |
| Zhāng Yùzhé |
1 |
1902–1986 |
|
Y. C. Chang; |
Y. C. Chang |
(2051) |
| Farid Char |
1 |
1983–pres. |
|
F. Char; amateur, disc: [Src]; MPC; (bio-sp Archived 2024-04-27 at the Wayback Machine) |
F. Char |
— |
| Auguste Charlois |
99 |
1864–1910 |
|
A. Charlois; |
A. Charlois |
(1510) |
| Robin Chassagne |
1 |
1962–pres. |
|
R. Chassagne; (bio-it) |
R. Chassagne |
(15037) |
| Robert Chemin |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Chemin; (bio-it) |
R. Chemin |
(3913) |
| Jun Chen (astronomer) |
11 |
n.a. |
|
J. Chen; |
J. Chen |
— |
| Tao Chen (astronomer) |
3 |
1980–pres. |
|
T. Chen; disc: MPC, Chen Tao, 陈韬 (天文学家) (bio-it), (bio-zh) |
T. Chen |
(19873) |
| Y.-C. Cheng |
1 |
n.a. |
|
Y.-C. Cheng; |
Y.-C. Cheng |
— |
| Lyudmila Chernykh |
267 |
1935–2017 |
|
L. I. Chernykh; Ludmila I. Chernykh |
L. I. Chernykh |
(2325) |
| Nikolai Chernykh |
537 |
1931–2004 |
|
N. S. Chernykh; Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh |
N. S. Chernykh |
(2325) |
| Dennis K. Chesney |
38 |
n.a. |
|
D. K. Chesney; |
D. K. Chesney |
— |
| Dmitry Chestnov |
23 |
n.a. |
|
D. Chestnov; Dmitrij Nikolaevič Čestnov |
D. Chestnov; D. N. Chestnov |
— |
| Eugene Chiang |
1 |
1973–pres. |
|
E. Chiang; (bio-it) |
E. Chiang |
— |
| Paolo Chiavenna |
15 |
n.a. |
|
P. Chiavenna; |
P. Chiavenna |
— |
| Jack B. Child |
13 |
1951–pres. |
|
J. B. Child; (bio-fr) |
J. B. Child |
(4580) |
| K.-J. Choo |
1 |
n.a. |
 |
K.-J. Choo; |
K.-J. Choo |
— |
| Per Rex Christensen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. R. Christensen; (bio-it) |
P. R. Christensen |
— |
| Bernard Christophe |
96 |
n.a. |
|
B. Christophe; amateur, (bio-fr) |
B. Christophe |
— |
| Joseph Churms |
2 |
1926–1994 |
|
J. Churms; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
J. Churms |
— |
| Jacqueline Ciffréo |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Ciffréo; disc: 108P/Ciffréo; (fr) |
J. Ciffreo |
— |
| James L. Clem |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. L. Clem; CV Archived 2022-09-25 at the Wayback Machine |
J. L. Clem |
— |
| Roy Clingan |
64 |
1950–pres. |
|
R. Clingan; amateur, (bio-it) |
R. Clingan |
(33747) |
| Edwin Foster Coddington |
3 |
1870–1950 |
|
E. F. Coddington; |
E. F. Coddington |
— |
| S. Cofré |
11 |
n.a. |
|
S. Cofré; |
S. Cofre |
— |
| Jérôme Eugène Coggia |
5 |
1849–1919 |
|
J. Coggia; |
J. Coggia |
— |
| Seth M. Cohen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Cohen; unrelated to MPC |
S. Cohen |
— |
| Robert Francis Coker |
4 |
n.a. |
|
R. Coker; (bio-it) |
R. Coker |
— |
| François Colas |
2 |
1959–pres. |
|
F. Colas; (bio-it) |
F. Colas |
(9553) |
| Simon Collander-Brown |
2 |
n.a. |
|
S. Collander-Brown; disc: MPC, Src |
S. Collander-Brown |
— |
| Matthew Collier (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
M. Collier; disc: MPC, unrelated to MPC, (bio-fr) |
M. Collier |
— |
| Michael Collins (astronomer) |
51 |
n.a. |
|
M. Collins; Myke Collins, unrelated to MPC, (bio-fr) |
M. Collins |
— |
| Ermes Colombini |
4 |
1956–pres. |
|
E. Colombini; amateur, mentioned: MPC |
E. Colombini |
(7030) |
| Juan Pablo Colque |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. P. Colque; Juan Pablo Colque Saavedra, co-disc. w/ #F. Pozo |
J. P. Colque |
— |
| Enrico Colzani |
1 |
1956–pres. |
|
E. Colzani; amateur, Gruppo Astrofili Brianza (bio-it) |
E. Colzani |
(79847) |
| Josep Comas i Solà |
11 |
1868–1937 |
|
J. Comas i Solà; |
J. Comas Sola |
(1102), (1655) |
| Paul G. Comba |
691 |
1926–2017 |
|
P. G. Comba; amateur |
P. G. Comba |
(7636) |
| Martin Connors |
1 |
1954–pres. |
|
M. Connors; |
M. Connors |
(13700) |
| Walter R. Cooney Jr. |
47 |
1962–pres. |
|
W. R. Cooney Jr.; amateur |
W. R. Cooney Jr. |
(35365) |
| Pablo Cottenot |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. Cottenot; disc: MPC |
P. Cottenot |
— |
| Fernand Courty |
2 |
1862–1921 |
|
F. Courty; disc: MPC and MPC |
F. Courty |
— |
| Philip Herbert Cowell |
1 |
1870–1949 |
|
P. H. Cowell; |
P. H. Cowell |
(1898) |
| Greg Crawford |
3 |
n.a. |
|
G. Crawford; at Bagnall Beach Observatory, unrelated to 7327 |
G. Crawford |
— |
| Lucy D. Crespo da Silva |
1 |
1978–2000 |
|
L. Crespo da Silva; Lucy d'Escoffier Crespo da Silva, (bio-it) |
L. Crespo da Silva |
(96747) |
| Kiyoshi Kurosu |
2 |
1965–pres. |
|
K. Cross; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
K. Cross |
— |
| Alex Cruz (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
A. Cruz; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, unrelated to 21502, (bio-it) |
A. Cruz |
— |
| Balázs Csák |
3 |
1979–pres. |
|
B. Csák; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
B. Csak |
— |
| Tibor Csörgei |
1 |
1972–pres. |
|
T. Csörgei; |
T. Csorgei |
(270472) |
| Ignacio de la Cueva |
3 |
n.a. |
|
I. d. l. Cueva; C85 |
I. d. l. Cueva |
— |
| Steve Cullen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Cullen; LightBuckets |
S. Cullen |
— |
| Leland E. Cunningham |
4 |
1904–1989 |
|
L. E. Cunningham; Leland Erskin Cunningham |
L. E. Cunningham |
(1754) |
| Heber Doust Curtis |
1 |
1872–1942 |
|
H. D. Curtis; unrelated to 3621 |
H. D. Curtis |
— |
| Karl F. J. Cwach |
1 |
n.a. |
|
K. F. J. Cwach; amateur, (bio-it) |
K. F. J. Cwach |
— |
| Germano D'Abramo |
3 |
1973–pres. |
|
G. D'Abramo; |
G. D'Abramo |
(16154) |
| Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
1 |
1822–1875 |
|
H. d'Arrest; disc: MPC |
H. d'Arrest |
(9133) |
| Ivano Dal Prete |
1 |
n.a. |
|
I. Dal Prete; amateur, (bio-it) |
I. Dal Prete |
— |
| Gergely Dálya |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Dálya; |
G. Dalya |
— |
| Nichole M. Danzl |
6 |
n.a. |
|
N. Danzl; (bio-it) |
N. Danzl |
(10720) |
| Juliet C. Datson |
3 |
1980–pres. |
|
J. C. Datson; Juliet Clare Datson, assumed GER nat' |
J. C. Datson |
(202736) |
| E.-M. David |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E.-M. David; |
E.-M. David |
— |
| Donald R. Davis |
2 |
n.a. |
|
D. Davis; |
D. Davis |
(3638) |
| Richard G. Davis |
4 |
n.a. |
|
R. G. Davis; (bio-fr) |
R. G. Davis |
— |
| B. C. Dawson |
1 |
n.a. |
|
B. C. Dawson; assumed |
B. C. Dawson |
— |
| Matt Dawson (astronomer) |
6 |
1959–pres. |
 |
M. Dawson; amateur, Src |
M. Dawson |
(13750) |
| Leo Anton Karl de Ball |
1 |
1853–1916 |
|
K. de Ball; disc: MPC |
K. de Ball |
— |
| Peter De Cat |
23 |
n.a. |
|
P. De Cat; (bio-it) |
P. De Cat |
— |
| Annibale de Gasparis |
9 |
1819–1892 |
|
A. de Gasparis; |
A. de Gasparis |
(4279) |
| David R. De Graff |
2 |
n.a. |
|
D. R. De Graff; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
D. R. DeGraff |
— |
| Fiore De Luise |
3 |
1977–pres. |
|
F. De Luise; Campo Imperadore |
F. D. Luise |
(84012) |
| Miguel de Pascual Martínez |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. de Pascual; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
M. de Pascual |
— |
| José De Queiroz |
3 |
1954–pres. |
|
J. De Queiroz; amateur |
J. De Queiroz |
(72042) |
| Charles P. de Saint-Aignan |
12 |
1977–pres. |
|
C. P. de Saint-Aignan; |
C. P. de Saint-Aignan |
(5995) |
| Giovanni de Sanctis |
42 |
1949–pres. |
|
G. DeSanctis; |
G. De Sanctis |
(3268) |
| James A. DeYoung |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. DeYoung; USNO-astronomer,Src Archived 2017-03-02 at the Wayback Machine (bio-it) |
J. DeYoung |
— |
| Henri Debehogne |
743 |
1928–2007 |
|
H. Debehogne; |
H. Debehogne |
(2359) |
| Catherine E. Delahodde |
1 |
1974–pres. |
|
C. E. Delahodde; |
C. E. Delahodde |
(15008) |
| Ian dell'Antonio |
10 |
n.a. |
|
I. dell'Antonio; Ian P. dell'Antonio, Deep Lens Survey |
I. Dell'Antonio |
— |
| Joseph A. Dellinger |
83 |
1961–pres. |
|
J. Dellinger; amateur, (bio-it) |
J. Dellinger |
(78392) |
| Eugène Joseph Delporte |
66 |
1882–1955 |
|
E. Delporte; |
E. Delporte |
(1274) |
| Audrey C. Delsanti |
2 |
1976–pres. |
|
A. C. Delsanti; disc: MPC and MPC. Src |
A. C. Delsanti; A. Dalsanti |
— |
| Christophe Demeautis |
13 |
n.a. |
|
C. Demeautis; amateur, (bio-fr) |
C. Demeautis |
(14141) |
| Alíz Derekas |
3 |
1977–pres. |
|
A. Derekas; (bio-it) |
A. Derekas |
— |
| Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch |
1 |
1901–1986 |
 |
A. Deutsch; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Dejč, disc: MPC |
A. Deutsch |
— |
| Harlan Devore |
1 |
n.a. |
|
H. Devore; (bio-it) |
H. Devore |
— |
| Dennis di Cicco |
60 |
1950–pres. |
|
D. di Cicco; |
D. di Cicco |
(3841) |
| Aldo Di Clemente |
1 |
1948–pres. |
|
A. Di Clemente; amateur |
A. Di Clemente |
(91214) |
| Mario Di Martino |
2 |
1947–pres. |
|
M. Di Martino; Turin Observatory |
M. Di Martino |
(3247) |
| Andrea Di Paola |
20 |
1970–pres. |
|
A. Di Paola; |
A. Di Paola; A. D. Paola |
(27130) |
| Mario Di Sora |
5 |
1961–pres. |
|
M. Di Sora; amateur, (bio-it) |
M. Di Sora; M. DiSora |
(21999) |
| Wilhelm Dieckvoß |
2 |
1908–1982 |
|
W. Dieckvoß; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-de) |
W. Dieckvoss |
(1706) |
| Elizabeth R. Dillon |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. R. Dillon; amateur, (bio-it) |
E. R. Dillon |
(78393) |
| William G. Dillon |
58 |
1957–pres. |
|
W. G. Dillon; (bio-it) |
W. G. Dillon |
(78393) |
| Alessandro Dimai |
1 |
1962–pres. |
|
A. Dimai; amateur, (bio-it) |
A. Dimai |
(25276) |
| Bojan Dintinjana |
1 |
n.a. |
 |
B. Dintinjana; |
B. Dintinjana |
— |
| David S. Dixon |
25 |
1947–pres. |
|
D. S. Dixon; amateur, at Jornada Observatory (715), (bio-it) |
D. S. Dixon |
(51741) |
| Petar Đurković |
2 |
1908–1981 |
 |
P. Đurković; see DMP |
P. Djurkovic |
— |
| Jerzy Dobrzycki |
1 |
1927–2004 |
 |
J. Dobrzycki; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
J. Dobrzycki |
— |
| Fabio Dolfi |
3 |
1966–pres. |
|
F. Dolfi; amateur |
F. Dolfi |
(26177) |
| Sauro Donati |
22 |
1959–pres. |
|
S. Donati; amateur, (bio-it) |
S. Donati |
(69977) |
| Alain Doressoundiram |
2 |
1968–pres. |
|
A. Doressoundiram; (bio-fr) |
A. Doressoundiram |
(7456) |
| Eric Dose |
2 |
n.a. |
|
E. Dose; Farpoint |
E. Dose |
— |
| François Dossin |
5 |
1927–1998 |
|
F. Dossin; (bio-fr) |
F. Dossin |
— |
| Adam Draginda |
2 |
n.a. |
|
A. Draginda; CFHT |
A. Draginda |
— |
| Luiz Duczmal |
2 |
n.a. |
 |
L. Duczmal; Luiz Henrique Duczmal, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
L. Duczmal |
— |
| Raymond Smith Dugan |
16 |
1878–1940 |
|
R. S. Dugan; |
R. S. Dugan |
(2772) |
| R. Scott Dunbar |
10 |
n.a. |
|
R. S. Dunbar; Roy Scott Dunbar, (bio-it) |
R. S. Dunbar; S. Dunbar |
(3718) |
| A. Dunlap-Smith |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Dunlap-Smith; |
A. Dunlap-Smith |
— |
| A. Dunn |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Dunn; inferred, unrelated to MPC |
A. Dunn |
— |
| Philippe Dupouy |
2 |
1952–pres. |
|
P. Dupouy; amateur, (bio-it) |
P. Dupouy |
(214485) |
| Douglas Tybor Durig |
52 |
1961–pres. |
|
D. T. Durig; (bio-it) |
D. T. Durig |
— |
| Chris F. Durman |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. F. Durman; (bio-it), discovery with Bev M. Ewen-Smith |
C. F. Durman |
— |
| Wolfgang J. Duschl |
1 |
n.a. |
|
W. J. Duschl; |
W. J. Duschl |
— |
| Marino Dusić |
2 |
n.a. |
|
M. Dusić; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-de) |
M. Dusic |
— |
| Ron Dyvig |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Dyvig; (bio-it) |
R. Dyvig |
— |
| Max Eastman (astronomer) |
9 |
n.a. |
|
M. Eastman; amateur, (735), Src |
M. Eastman |
— |
| J. Edmonds |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Edmonds; inferred |
J. Edmonds |
— |
| Ilgmārs Eglītis |
21 |
1951–pres. |
 |
I. Eglītis; (bio-fr) |
I. Eglitis |
(320153) |
| Norbert Ehring |
5 |
1937–pres. |
|
N. Ehring; amateur, (bio-de),[2] |
N. Ehring |
— |
| Leonid Elenin |
122 |
1981–pres. |
|
L. Elenin; amateur |
L. Elenin |
— |
| James L. Elliot |
29 |
1943–2011 |
|
J. L. Elliot; |
J. L. Elliot |
(3193) |
| Eric Walter Elst |
3870 |
1936–pres. |
|
E. W. Elst; |
E. W. Elst; E. Elst |
(3936) |
| Gary P. Emerson (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Emerson; (bio-it), unrelated to 8225 |
G. Emerson |
— |
| Mark Emmerich |
2 |
1967–pres. |
|
M. Emmerich; amateur,[2] Guidestar (A17), disc: MPC and MPC with Sven Melchert |
M. Emmerich |
— |
| Kin Endate |
625 |
1960–pres. |
|
K. Endate; amateur |
K. Endate |
(4282) |
| Emil Ernst |
1 |
1889–1942 |
|
E. Ernst; (bio-de) |
E. Ernst |
— |
| Gilbert A. Esquerdo |
2 |
1976–pres. |
|
G. A. Esquerdo; disc: MPC and MPC |
G. A. Esquerdo |
(14026) |
| N. Wyn Evans |
1 |
n.a. |
|
W. Evans; Src, unrelated to 3032 |
W. Evans |
— |
| Bev M. Ewen-Smith |
1 |
n.a. |
|
B. M. Ewen-Smith; (bio-it), co-discovery with Chris F. Durman |
B. M. Ewen-Smith |
— |
| Giancarlo Fagioli |
22 |
1940–pres. |
|
G. Fagioli; amateur, (bio-it) |
G. Fagioli |
(27959) |
| Norman Falla |
22 |
n.a |
|
N. Falla; amateur, (bio-it), Src Archived 2017-06-19 at the Wayback Machine |
N. Falla |
— |
| Anikó Farkas–Takács |
4 |
n.a. |
|
A. Farkas; (546025), Src |
A. Farkas |
— |
| Tony L. Farnham |
3 |
1964–pres. |
|
T. L. Farnham; disc: MPC, MPC and MPC |
T. L. Farnham |
(16946) |
| K. L. Faul |
1 |
n.a. |
|
K. L. Faul; inferred |
K. L. Faul |
— |
| Gina Fedon |
3 |
n.a. |
|
G. Fedon; (bio-it) |
G. Fedon |
— |
| James Ferguson (American astronomer) |
3 |
1797–1867 |
|
J. Ferguson; USNO-astronomer,Src Archived 2017-03-02 at the Wayback Machine |
J. Ferguson |
(1745) |
| Antonio Ferragamo |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Ferragamo; (Src) |
A. Ferragamo |
— |
| M. Ferrando |
38 |
n.a. |
|
M. Ferrando; co-discoverer with R. Ferrando |
M. Ferrando |
— |
| Rafael Ferrando |
235 |
1966–pres. |
|
R. Ferrando; |
R. Ferrando |
(161545) |
| Joan Lluís Ferrer |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. L. Ferrer; C85 |
J. L. Ferrer |
— |
| Walter Ferreri |
15 |
1948–pres. |
|
W. Ferreri; |
W. Ferreri |
(3308) |
| Mario A. Ferrero |
2 |
1904–1965 |
|
M. Ferrero; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
M. Ferrero |
(7684) |
| Ignacio Ramón Ferrín Vázquez |
12 |
1943–pres. |
 |
I. R. Ferrín; (bio-it) |
I. R. Ferrin; I. Ferrin |
— |
| Martin Fiedler |
5 |
1978–pres. |
|
M. Fiedler; amateur, (bio-de) |
M. Fiedler |
— |
| Greg Fisch |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Fisch; (bio-it) |
G. Fisch |
— |
| Alan Fitzsimmons |
17 |
n.a. |
|
A. Fitzsimmons; (bio-it); (HP and Src) |
A. Fitzsimmons |
(4985) |
| Ellen Fletcher |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. Fletcher; inferred Src |
E. Fletcher |
— |
| Jean-Christophe Le Floch |
1 |
1965–pres. |
|
J.-C. Le Floch; |
L. Floch |
(145445) |
| Hans Jørn Fogh Olsen |
4 |
1943–pres. |
|
H. J. Fogh Olsen; (bio-it) |
H. J. Fogh Olsen |
(5323) |
| Sergio Foglia |
3 |
1972–pres. |
|
S. Foglia; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, related: (197P/LINEAR-it) |
S. Foglia |
(13147) |
| Wilhelm Julius Foerster |
1 |
1832–1921 |
|
W. Förster; Wilhelm Foerster, MPC-typo: Forster |
W. Forster |
(6771) |
| Peter Forshay |
2 |
n.a. |
|
P. Forshay; inferred; data analyst, at CFHT; co-discoverer #M. Micheli: Src Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine |
P. Forshay |
— |
| Giuseppe Forti |
49 |
1939–2007 |
|
G. Forti; Beppe Forti, at Arcetri Observatory |
G. Forti |
(6876) |
| Filip Fratev |
28 |
1974–pres. |
 |
F. Fratev; founder (A79) |
F. Fratev |
— |
| Richard Fredrick |
1 |
1953–pres. |
|
R. Fredrick; amateur |
R. Fredrick |
(41943) |
| T. F. Fric |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. F. Fric; inferred, co-discovery with R. J. Gilbrech |
T. F. Fric |
— |
| Royal Harwood Frost |
1 |
1879–1950 |
|
R. H. Frost; disc: MPC |
R. H. Frost |
— |
| Hiroshi Fujii |
2 |
n.a. |
|
H. Fujii; wrong person? |
H. Fujii |
— |
| Tetsuya Fujii |
22 |
1960–pres. |
|
T. Fujii; amateur |
T. Fujii |
(4343) |
| Yasuhide Fujita |
3 |
1961–pres. |
|
Y. Fujita; amateur, Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory |
Y. Fujita |
(11974) |
| Hideo Fukushima |
2 |
1953–pres. |
|
H. Fukushima; (bio-it) |
H. Fukushima |
(6345) |
| Gábor Fűrész |
1 |
1978–pres. |
|
G. Fűrész; (bio-it) |
G. Furesz |
— |
| Toshimasa Furuta |
82 |
n.a. |
|
T. Furuta; |
T. Furuta |
— |
| Fumihiko Futaba |
2 |
n.a. |
|
F. Futaba; inferred; disc: MPC and MPC |
F. Futaba |
— |
| Marissa Gahran |
2 |
n.a. |
|
M. Gahran; disc MPC and MPC (bio-it) |
M. Gahran |
— |
| Steven L. Gaiser |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. L. Gaiser; inferred |
S. L. Gaiser |
— |
| Štefan Gajdoš |
15 |
1959–pres. |
|
Š. Gajdoš; (bio-it) |
S. Gajdos |
(213636) |
| Avishay Gal-Yam |
1 |
1970–pres. |
|
A. Gal-Yam; (bio-it) |
A. Gal-Yam |
— |
| Adrián Galád |
81 |
1970–pres. |
|
A. Galád; |
A. Galad |
(32008) |
| Emanuela Galliani |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. Galliani; amateur, (bio-it) |
E. Galliani |
— |
| Paul Garossino |
14 |
1953–pres. |
|
P. Garossino; Paul G. A. Garossino |
P. Garossino; P. G. A. Garossino |
(78394) |
| Gordon J. Garradd |
33 |
1959–pres. |
|
G. J. Garradd; Gordon John Garradd, amateur |
G. J. Garradd |
(5066) |
| Antonio Garrigós-Sánchez |
1 |
1961–pres. |
|
A. Garrigós-Sánchez; amateur, (B37), Src and Src Archived 2019-05-10 at the Wayback Machine |
A. Garrigos |
— |
| Romain Gauderon |
5 |
n.a. |
|
R. Gauderon; (bio-it), co-discoveries with R. Behrend |
R. Gauderon |
— |
| Michael Geffert |
5 |
1953–pres. |
|
M. Geffert; (bio-de), Src, Src, Src Archived 2018-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, not to be confused with Martin Geffert |
M. Geffert |
(12747) |
| Tom Gehrels |
4661 |
1925–2011 |
 |
T. Gehrels; |
T. Gehrels |
(1777) |
| Teddy George |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. George; Observing Assistant at CFHT during 2003–2008 Src |
T. George |
— |
| Oleg Geraščenko |
2 |
n.a. |
 |
O. Geraščenko; Oleg Gerashchenko, (bio-it), first: (120405) |
O. Gerashchenko |
— |
| Vladimir Gerke |
13 |
n.a. |
|
V. Gerke; amateur, Src |
V. Gerke |
— |
| Herta Gessner |
1 |
n.a. |
|
H. Gessner; (bio-it) |
H. Gessner |
— |
| Pierangelo Ghezzi |
18 |
1956–pres. |
|
P. Ghezzi; amateur, variable stars (bio-it) |
P. Ghezzi |
(46691) |
| Alex R. Gibbs |
2 |
1967–pres. |
|
A. R. Gibbs; with Catalina Sky Survey, discoverer of comets, disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
A. R. Gibbs |
(14220) |
| James B. Gibson (astronomer) |
27 |
n.a. |
|
J. Gibson; (bio-it) |
J. Gibson |
(2742) |
| Henry L. Giclas |
17 |
1910–2007 |
|
H. L. Giclas; |
H. L. Giclas |
(1741) |
| Richard Gierlinger |
43 |
1967–pres. |
|
R. Gierlinger; amateur at (B21), (bio-it) |
R. Gierlinger |
(136367) |
| Richard J. Gilbrech |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. J. Gilbrech; inferred, co-discovery with T. F. Fric |
R. J. Gilbrech |
— |
| Alan C. Gilmore |
42 |
n.a. |
|
A. C. Gilmore; |
A. C. Gilmore |
(2537) |
| Ricardo Gil-Hutton |
1 |
1958–pres. |
|
R. Gil-Hutton; co-disc. w/ J. Licandro |
R. Gil-Hutton |
(4878) |
| Valter Giuliani |
22 |
1960–pres. |
|
V. Giuliani; (bio-it) |
V. Giuliani |
— |
| Alessio Giunta |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Giunta; INAF |
A. Giunta |
— |
| Brett J. Gladman |
20 |
1966–pres. |
|
B. Gladman; |
B. Gladman |
(7638) |
| Mitch Glaze |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Glaze; inferred, amateur, at (649) |
M. Glaze |
— |
| Arianna E. Gleason |
5 |
1980–pres. |
|
A. Gleason; |
A. Gleason |
(10639) |
| Tom Glinos |
21 |
1960–pres. |
|
T. Glinos; amateur, (bio-it) |
T. Glinos |
(7124) |
| Hermann Goldschmidt |
14 |
1802–1866 |
|
H. Goldschmidt; amateur |
H. Goldschmidt |
(1614) |
| David B. Goldstein (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. B. Goldstein; unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) |
D. B. Goldstein |
— |
| Josep Juliá Gómez Donet |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. J. Gomez; (bio-it) |
J. J. Gomez |
(90140) |
| François Gonnessiat |
2 |
1856–1934 |
|
F. Gonnessiat; |
F. Gonnessiat |
(1177) |
| Luis E. González |
2 |
n.a. |
|
L. E. González; Luis Eduardo González, disc: MPC, MPC, and C/1981 M1, Img, (bio-it) |
L. E. Gonzalez |
— |
| Vittorio Goretti |
32 |
1939–2016 |
|
V. Goretti; Src |
V. Goretti |
(7801) |
| Paul Götz |
20 |
1883–1962 |
|
P. Götz; Max Wolf's assistant |
P. Gotz |
(2278) |
| Andrew Graham (astronomer) |
1 |
1815–1908 |
 |
A. Graham; disc: MPC |
A. Graham |
— |
| Albert D. Grauer |
4 |
1942–pres. |
|
A. D. Grauer; (bio-it) |
A. D. Grauer |
(18871) |
| Tommy Grav |
4 |
1973–pres. |
 |
T. Grav; (bio-de) |
T. Grav |
(12309) |
| Mauro Graziani |
2 |
n.a. |
|
M. Graziani; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, co-discoverer w/ F. Tozzi, (bio-it) |
M. Graziani |
— |
| Robert Greimel |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Greimel; inferred, Src |
R. Greimel |
— |
| Dave Grennan |
2 |
n.a. |
|
D. Grennan; disc: MPC, HP, chng Dave to David Grennan |
D. Grennan |
— |
| Markus Griesser (astronomer) |
10 |
1949–pres. |
|
M. Griesser; amateur, Eschenberg Observatory, (bio-de) |
M. Griesser |
(11547) |
| Ian P. Griffin |
28 |
1958–pres. |
|
I. P. Griffin; (bio-de) |
I. P. Griffin |
— |
| A. Grigsby |
2 |
n.a. |
|
A. Grigsby; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC |
A. Grigsby |
— |
| John Gross (astronomer) |
7 |
1959–pres. |
|
J. Gross; amateur |
J. Gross |
(33800) |
| Arie William Grossman |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Grossman; unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) |
A. Grossman |
— |
| Gavril Grueff |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Grueff; (bio-it) |
G. Grueff |
— |
| C. Gualdoni |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. Gualdoni; |
C. Gualdoni |
— |
| Joan Guarro i Fló |
5 |
n.a. |
|
J. Guarro i Fló; (bio-it) |
J. Guarro |
— |
| Daria Guidetti |
2 |
1978–pres. |
|
D. Guidetti; |
D. Guidetti |
(27005) |
| Ernesto Guido |
6 |
1977–pres. |
|
E. Guido; |
E. Guido |
(120361) |
| Amanda Sickafoose Gulbis |
2 |
1975–pres. |
|
A. Gulbis; disc: MPC (parents) and MPC |
A. Gulbis |
(9525) |
| Sun Guoyou |
1 |
1984–pres. |
|
G. Sun; also Guoyou Sun, amateur, disc: C/2015 F5 (SWAN-XingMing), supernovae, novae, variable/double stars, planetary nebulae at Xingming Obs. |
G. Sun |
(546756) |
| Cynthia Gustava |
3 |
n.a. |
|
C. Gustava; (bio-it) |
C. Gustava |
— |
| Knut Anton Walter Gyllenberg |
1 |
1886–1952 |
|
K. Gyllenberg; (bio-it) |
K. Gyllenberg |
— |
| Bernhard Häusler |
1 |
1958–pres. |
|
B. Häusler; amateur, Src |
B. Haeusler |
— |
| Olivier R. Hainaut |
12 |
1966–pres. |
|
O. R. Hainaut; |
O. R. Hainaut |
(14972) |
| Mark Hammergren |
2 |
1964–pres. |
|
M. Hammergren; (bio-it) |
M. Hammergren |
(7917) |
| Terry Handley |
7 |
1952–2015 |
|
T. Handley; amateur |
T. Handley |
(16695) |
| A. T. Hansen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. T. Hansen; Src |
A. T. Hansen |
— |
| Leif Hansen (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
L. Hansen; (bio-it) |
L. Hansen |
— |
| M. W. Hansen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. W. Hansen; inferred |
M. W. Hansen |
— |
| D. S. Hardage |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. S. Hardage; co-disc. w/ D. T. Durig, Cordell-Lorenz |
D. S. Hardage |
— |
| Karl Ludwig Harding |
1 |
1765–1843 |
|
K. Harding; disc: MPC |
K. Harding |
(2003) |
| Eugene A. Harlan |
2 |
1921–2014 |
|
E. A. Harlan; (bio-it) |
E. A. Harlan |
— |
| Malcolm Hartley |
3 |
1947–pres. |
|
M. Hartley; cometary discoveries, Siding Spring, UK Schmidt Telescope |
M. Hartley |
(4768) |
| Johannes Franz Hartmann |
3 |
1865–1936 |
|
J. Hartmann; unrelated to MPC |
J. Hartmann |
— |
| Takashi Hasegawa |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. Hasegawa; unrelated to MPC |
T. Hasegawa |
— |
| Nariyasu Hashimoto |
7 |
n.a. |
|
N. Hashimoto; co-discoverer with #T. Sakamoto |
N. Hashimoto |
— |
| Shuji Hayakawa |
41 |
1958–pres. |
|
S. Hayakawa; Syuji Hayakawa, (bio-it) |
S. Hayakawa |
(4647) |
| David Healy (astronomer) |
231 |
1936–2011 |
|
D. Healy; |
D. Healy |
(66479) |
| Zsuzsanna Heiner |
15 |
1949–pres. |
|
Z. Heiner; (bio-it) |
Z. Heiner |
— |
| Joseph Helffrich |
13 |
1890–1971 |
|
J. Helffrich; |
J. Helffrich |
(2290) |
| Eleanor F. Helin |
903 |
1932–2009 |
|
E. F. Helin; |
E. F. Helin |
(3267) |
| Stephan Hellmich |
9 |
1981–pres. |
|
S. Hellmich; DLR–Asteroids and Comets, Src Archived 2020-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, Img Archived 2023-01-14 at the Wayback Machine |
S. Hellmich |
(322577) |
| Karl Ludwig Hencke |
2 |
1793–1866 |
|
K. L. Hencke; |
K. L. Hencke |
(2005) |
| Arne Henden |
1 |
1950–pres. |
|
A. Henden; |
A. Henden |
(33529) |
| Prosper-Mathieu Henry |
7 |
1849–1903 |
|
P. M. Henry; |
P. M. Henry |
— |
| Paul-Pierre Henry |
7 |
1848–1905 |
|
P. P. Henry; |
P. P. Henry |
— |
| David R. Herald |
3 |
n.a. |
|
D. Herald; amateur |
D. Herald |
(3696) |
| Carl W. Hergenrother |
33 |
1973–pres. |
|
C. W. Hergenrother; |
C. W. Hergenrother |
(3099) |
| Kenneth E. Herkenhoff |
2 |
n.a. |
|
K. Herkenhoff; (bio-it) |
K. Herkenhoff |
— |
| Ejnar Hertzsprung |
2 |
1873–1967 |
|
E. Hertzsprung; |
E. Hertzsprung |
(1693) |
| Merrill Hess |
2 |
1955–pres. |
|
M. Hess; amateur |
M. Hess |
(162158) |
| Michael Hibbs |
2 |
n.a. |
|
M. Hibbs; Mike Hibbs, (545829), Tarleton State University Obs. (I43) |
M. Hibbs |
– |
| David Higgins (astronomer) |
1 |
1961–pres. |
|
D. Higgins; David J. Higgins; amateur, disc: MPC |
D. Higgins |
(33750) |
| Richard E. Hill |
7 |
1949–pres. |
|
R. Hill; Richard Erik Hill, Richard Rik Hill, (bio-it), Src Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine |
R. Hill |
(118945) |
| John Russell Hind |
10 |
1823–1895 |
|
J. R. Hind; |
J. R. Hind |
(1897) |
| Tsutomu Hioki |
56 |
n.a. |
|
T. Hioki; (bio-it) |
T. Hioki |
(5072) |
| Masanori Hirasawa |
52 |
n.a. |
|
M. Hirasawa; |
M. Hirasawa |
— |
| Joe Hobart |
47 |
1944–pres. |
|
J. Hobart; chng to Joseph R. Hobart |
J. Hobart |
(4225) |
| Gabriella Hodosán |
9 |
n.a. |
|
G. Hodosán; inferred |
G. Hodosan |
– |
| Sebastian F. Hönig |
571 |
1977–pres. |
|
S. F. Hönig; (bio-it), Src Archived 2018-12-11 at the Wayback Machine |
S. F. Hoenig |
(51983) |
| Cuno Hoffmeister |
5 |
1892–1968 |
|
C. Hoffmeister; |
C. Hoffmeister |
(1726), (4183) |
| Mark Hollands |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Hollands; |
M. Hollands |
— |
| William Holliday (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
W. Holliday; inferred |
W. Holliday |
— |
| Matthew J. Holman |
11 |
1967–pres. |
|
M. J. Holman; |
M. J. Holman |
(3666) |
| Robert Holmes (astronomer) |
125 |
1956–pres. |
|
R. Holmes; Robert E. Holmes Jr., amateur, Astronomical Research Inst. (H21) Src, (bio-it) |
R. Holmes |
(5477) |
| Henry E. Holt |
690 |
1929–pres. |
|
H. E. Holt; |
H. E. Holt |
(4435) |
| Paulo R. Holvorcem |
424 |
1967–pres. |
|
P. R. Holvorcem; Paulo Holvorcem |
P. R. Holvorcem; P. Holvorcem |
(13421) |
| Ulrich Hopp |
1 |
n.a. |
|
U. Hopp; (bio-it) |
U. Hopp |
— |
| H. Hori |
3 |
n.a. |
|
H. Hori; disc: MPC, MPC and MPC.[3] |
H. Hori |
— |
| Felix Hormuth |
117 |
1975–pres. |
|
F. Hormuth; |
F. Hormuth |
(10660) |
| Kamil Hornoch |
1 |
1972–pres. |
|
K. Hornoch; amateur |
K. Hornoch |
(14124) |
| Irwin K. Horowitz |
1 |
n.a. |
|
I. Horowitz; (bio-it) |
I. Horowitz |
— |
| Tara Houlden |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. Houlden; with Emily Ross |
T. Houlden |
— |
| Léo Houziaux |
3 |
1932–pres. |
|
L. Houziaux; (bio-fr) |
L. Houziaux |
(24945) |
| Meredith Howard |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Howard; inferred, unrelated to MPC |
M. Howard |
— |
| Ellen Howell |
1 |
1961–pres. |
|
E. Howell Bus; former wife of S. J. Bus; discoverer of comet 88P/Howell; DMP; (bio-it); |
E. Howell Bus |
(2735) |
| Steve Howell |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Howell; PSI |
S. Howell |
— |
| Xiangyao Hsiao |
17 |
n.a. |
 |
X. Y. Hsiao; disc: MPC; grandfather 349785 |
X. Y. Hsiao; H.-Y. Hsiao |
— |
| Edwin Hubble |
1 |
1889–1953 |
|
E. Hubble; |
E. Hubble |
(2069) |
| John Huchra |
1 |
1948–2010 |
|
J. Huchra; |
J. Huchra |
(4656) |
| Gary Hug |
340 |
n.a. |
|
G. Hug; amateur |
G. Hug |
— |
| Joseph Hunaerts |
2 |
1912–1979 |
|
J. Hunaerts; Joseph J. Hunaerts, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-fr) |
J. Hunaerts |
— |
| Kiichirō Furukawa |
92 |
1929–2016 |
|
K. Furukawa; MPC-typo: Hurukawa |
K. Hurukawa |
(3425) |
| Dieter Husar |
1 |
1947–pres. |
|
D. Husar; (bio-it) |
D. Husar |
(211343) |
| Robert Hutsebaut |
10 |
1941–pres. |
|
R. Hutsebaut; amateur, (bio-it) |
R. Hutsebaut |
(117572) |
| Ho Seong Hwang |
2 |
n.a. |
|
H. S. Hwang; |
H. S. Hwang |
— |
| Giampiero Iatteri |
1 |
1941–2004 |
|
G. Iatteri; amateur, (bio-it) |
G. Iatteri |
(29561) |
| Jorge Iglesias Páramo |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Iglesias-Paramo; Jorge Iglesias-Páramo, co-disc. w/ #O. Vaduvescu |
J. Iglesias-Paramo |
— |
| Yasukazu Ikari |
20 |
n.a. |
|
Y. Ikari; (bio-it) |
Y. Ikari |
— |
| Kustaa Aadolf Inkeri |
1 |
1908–1997 |
|
K. Inkeri; (bio-it), unrelated to MPC |
K. Inkeri |
— |
| Shigeru Inoda |
17 |
1955–2008 |
|
S. Inoda; amateur, (bio-de) |
S. Inoda |
(5484) |
| Masaru Inoue (astronomer) |
12 |
n.a. |
|
M. Inoue; unrelated to 6637, (bio-it) |
M. Inoue |
— |
| Sergei I. Ipatov |
8 |
1952–pres. |
|
S. I. Ipatov; Sergij Ivanovič Ipatov, Sergueï Ivanovitch Ipatov |
S. I. Ipatov; S. Ipatov |
(14360) |
| Michael J. Irwin |
8 |
n.a. |
|
M. J. Irwin; unrelated to 3959, (bio-fr) |
M. J. Irwin; M. Irwin |
— |
| Koichi Itagaki |
3 |
1947–pres. |
|
K. Itagaki; amateur, (bio-it) |
K. Itagaki |
(14551) |
| Kazuyoshi Itō |
1 |
n.a. |
|
K. Itō; |
K. Ito |
— |
| Miguel Itzigsohn |
15 |
18XX–1978 |
|
M. Itzigsohn; (bio-es) |
M. Itzigsohn |
(1596) |
| Nikolaj Ivanov (astronomer) |
3 |
n.a. |
|
N. Ivanov; (alt. Nikolay Ivanov; Николай Иванов) unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) |
N. Ivanov |
— |
| Violeta G. Ivanova |
14 |
n.a. |
|
V. G. Ivanova; |
V. G. Ivanova; V. Ivanova |
(4365) |
| Jurij Mykolajovyč Ivaščenko |
21 |
1961–pres. |
|
Y. Ivaščenko; Yuri Ivaščenko, disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
Y. Ivashchenko |
— |
| Masayuki Iwamoto |
6 |
1954–pres. |
|
M. Iwamoto; |
M. Iwamoto |
(4951) |
| Shun-ei Izumikawa |
2 |
n.a. |
|
S. Izumikawa; |
S. Izumikawa |
— |
| Gerhard Jackisch |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Jackisch; (bio-it) |
G. Jackisch |
— |
| Cyril Jackson (astronomer) |
72 |
1903–1988 |
|
C. Jackson; |
C. Jackson |
(2193) |
| Cristóvão Jacques (astronomer) |
6 |
n.a. |
|
C. Jacques; (bio-it) |
C. Jacques |
— |
| Herve Jacquinot |
1 |
n.a. |
|
H. Jacquinot; Observatoire des Terres Blanches, (B26) |
H. Jacquinot |
— |
| Jost Jahn |
9 |
1959–pres. |
|
J. Jahn; amateur, discovery of (471926) aka 2013 KN6 at (C95) SATINO Remote Obs.; Src; (bio-it) |
J. Jahn |
(10340) |
| Quentin Jamieson |
3 |
n.a. |
|
Q. Jamieson; |
Q. Jamieson |
— |
| David James (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
D. James; first disc. (558168), co-disc. w/ #R. L. Allen |
D. James |
— |
| Robert Jedicke |
9 |
1963–pres. |
|
R. Jedicke; 179P/Jedicke, 269P/Jedicke, (bio-it) |
R. Jedicke |
(5899) |
| Hamilton M. Jeffers |
1 |
1893–1976 |
|
H. M. Jeffers; Hamilton Moore Jeffers |
H. M. Jeffers |
(1934) |
| Emmanuël Jehin |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. Jehin; TRAPPIST, U Liège |
E. Jehin |
— |
| Peter Jekabsons |
2 |
1943–1990 |
|
P. Jekabsons; amateur, (bio-it) |
P. Jekabsons |
(3188) |
| Benjamin Jekhowsky |
12 |
1881–1975 |
|
B. Jekhovsky; |
B. Jekhovsky |
(1606) |
| Kåre S. Jensen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
K. S. Jensen; (bio-it) |
K. S. Jensen |
— |
| Poul Jensen (astronomer) |
98 |
n.a. |
|
P. Jensen; at Brorfelde Observatory |
P. Jensen |
(5900) |
| Young-Beom Jeon |
45 |
n.a. |
|
Y.-B. Jeon; |
Y.-B. Jeon |
— |
| David C. Jewitt |
52 |
1958–pres. |
|
D. C. Jewitt; |
D. C. Jewitt; D. J. Jewitt |
(6434) |
| Jin Zhangwei |
2 |
1968–pres. |
|
Z.-W. Jin; Zhang-Wei Jin, first disc: (263906), (bio-it) |
Z.-W. Jin; Z. Jin |
(546844) |
| Ernest Leonard Johnson |
18 |
18xx–1977 |
|
E. L. Johnson; |
E. L. Johnson |
— |
| Michael L. Johnson |
2 |
n.a. |
|
M. L. Johnson; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
M. L. Johnson |
— |
| David Jones (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Jones; La Palma (IAU Archived 2022-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, Bio) |
D. Jones |
— |
| Gilbert R. Jones |
7 |
n.a. |
|
G. R. Jones; inferred, disc: MPC |
G. R. Jones |
— |
| Richard E. Jones |
2 |
n.a. |
|
R. E. Jones; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
R. E. Jones |
— |
| Amy B. Jordan (astronomer) |
30 |
n.a. |
|
A. B. Jordan; |
A. B. Jordan |
— |
| Charles W. Juels |
475 |
1944–2009 |
|
C. W. Juels; amateur |
C. W. Juels |
(20135) |
| Mario Jurić |
125 |
1979–pres. |
|
M. Jurić; |
M. Juric |
— |
| Anlaug Amanda Kaas |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. A. Kaas; |
A. A. Kaas |
— |
| Tetsuo Kagawa |
115 |
1969–pres. |
|
T. Kagawa; at Gekko Observatory |
T. Kagawa |
(6665) |
| Franz Kaiser |
21 |
1891–1962 |
|
F. Kaiser; Heidelberg astronomer |
F. Kaiser |
(3183) |
| Watari Kakei |
3 |
1947–pres. |
|
W. Kakei; (bio-fr) |
W. Kakei |
— |
| Dušan Kalmančok |
7 |
1945–pres. |
|
D. Kalmančok; |
D. Kalmancok |
(29824) |
| Lars Kamél |
2 |
1960–pres. |
|
L. Kamél; disc: MPC and MPC |
L. Kamel |
(4254) |
| Karl Walter Kamper |
3 |
1941–1998 |
|
K. W. Kamper; (bio-it) |
K. W. Kamper |
— |
| Kiyotaka Kanai |
1 |
1951–pres. |
|
K. Kanai; amateur |
K. Kanai |
(26168) |
| Ethan Kandler |
3 |
n.a. |
|
E. Kandler; (bio-it) |
E. Kandler |
— |
| Jens Kandler |
25 |
1973–pres. |
|
J. Kandler; (bio-de) |
J. Kandler; J. Kander |
(8861) |
| Hiroshi Kaneda |
705 |
1953–pres. |
|
H. Kaneda; orbit computer |
H. Kaneda |
(4677) |
| Lyudmila Karachkina |
130 |
1948–pres. |
|
L. G. Karachkina; |
L. G. Karachkina |
(8019) |
| Y. Karavaev |
1 |
n.a. |
|
Y. Karavaev; |
Y. Karavaev |
— |
| Stefan Karge |
61 |
1963–pres. |
|
S. Karge; amateur |
S. Karge |
(378917) |
| Ádám Kárpáti |
2 |
n.a. |
|
Á. Kárpáti; disc: MPC and MPC, unrelated to MPC |
A. Karpati |
— |
| Galina Ričardovna Kastel' |
9 |
n.a. |
|
G. R. Kastel'; ITA astronomer, (bio-it) |
G. R. Kastel' |
(3982) |
| John J. Kavelaars |
11 |
1966–pres. |
|
J. J. Kavelaars; |
J. J. Kavelaars |
(154660) |
| Kōyō Kawanishi |
13 |
1959–pres. |
|
K. Kawanishi; |
K. Kawanishi |
(5591) |
| Nobuhiro Kawasato |
105 |
n.a. |
|
N. Kawasato; |
N. Kawasato |
(4910) |
| James Edward Keeler |
2 |
1857–1900 |
|
J. E. Keeler; |
J. E. Keeler |
(2261) |
| János Kelemen |
4 |
1951–pres. |
|
J. Kelemen; Piszkéstető Stn., Src, Src Archived 2023-01-14 at the Wayback Machine |
J. Kelemen |
(545784) |
| Stephen Kent (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Kent; |
S. Kent |
— |
| Susan D. Kern |
63 |
1977–pres. |
|
S. D. Kern; Susan D. Benecchi (née Kern), at Space Telescope Science Institute, (bio-it) |
S. D. Kern |
(21458) |
| James W. Kessel |
26 |
n.a. |
|
J. W. Kessel; |
J. W. Kessel |
— |
| B. Khafizov |
1 |
n.a. |
 |
B. Khafizov; |
B. Khafizov |
— |
| Pamela M. Kilmartin |
41 |
n.a. |
|
P. M. Kilmartin; |
P. M. Kilmartin |
(3907) |
| Seung-Lee Kim |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S.-L. Kim; inferred |
S.-L. Kim |
— |
| A. Király |
5 |
n.a. |
|
A. Király; |
A. Kiraly |
— |
| Randolph L. Kirk |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Kirk; (bio-it) |
R. Kirk |
— |
| Karsten Kirsch |
3 |
n.a. |
|
K. Kirsch; co-disc: MPC, MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
K. Kirsch |
— |
| László L. Kiss |
56 |
1972–pres. |
|
L. Kiss; (bio-it) |
L. Kiss |
(113202) |
| Minoru Kizawa |
12 |
1947–pres. |
|
M. Kizawa; |
M. Kizawa |
— |
| Marcel Klein |
6 |
1984–pres. |
|
M. Klein; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, Src[2] |
M. Klein |
— |
| Arnold Richard Klemola |
16 |
1931–2019 |
|
A. R. Klemola; (bio-de) |
A. R. Klemola |
(1723) |
| Jan T. Kleyna |
8 |
n.a. |
|
J. Kleyna; (bio-it) |
J. Kleyna |
— |
| Rainer Kling |
88 |
1952–pres. |
|
R. Kling; amateur, (bio-de) |
R. Kling |
(185639) |
| Alain Klotz |
7 |
1947–pres. |
|
A. Klotz; amateur, (bio-fr) |
A. Klotz |
(10222) |
| Mary Ellen Knewston |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Knewtson; (vs. Knewston), inferred, amateur |
M. Knewtson |
— |
| Zoran Knežević (astronomer) |
1 |
1949–pres. |
|
Z. Knežević; |
Z. Knezevic |
(3900) |
| André Knöfel |
18 |
1963–pres. |
|
A. Knöfel; amateur, (bio-de) |
A. Knofel |
(16438) |
| Viktor Knorre |
4 |
1840–1919 |
|
V. Knorre; Victor Karlovich Knorre |
V. Knorre |
(14339) |
| Jurō Kobayashi |
2 |
1949–pres. |
|
J. Kobayashi; amateur, (bio-it) |
J. Kobayashi |
(6022) |
| Takao Kobayashi |
2479 |
1961–pres. |
|
T. Kobayashi; |
T. Kobayashi |
(3500) |
| Michal Kočer |
8 |
n.a. |
|
M. Kočer; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
M. Kocer |
— |
| Bernd Koch |
3 |
1955–pres. |
|
B. Koch; amateur, (bio-it) |
B. Koch |
(191494) |
| Peter Kocher |
113 |
1939–pres. |
|
P. Kocher; amateur, (bio-fr), HP Archived 2020-11-03 at the Wayback Machine |
P. Kocher |
(115950) |
| Michael König |
2 |
1966–pres. |
|
M. König; amateur, disc: MPC, Src Archived 2024-04-29 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2024-04-29 at the Wayback Machine[2] |
M. Koenig |
— |
| Luboš Kohoutek |
76 |
1935–pres. |
|
L. Kohoutek; |
L. Kohoutek |
(1850) |
| Masahiro Koishikawa |
19 |
1952–pres. |
|
M. Koishikawa; |
M. Koishikawa |
(6097) |
| Takuo Kojima |
45 |
1955–pres. |
|
T. Kojima; amateur, (bio-it) |
T. Kojima |
(3644) |
| Ales Kolář |
2 |
n.a. |
|
A. Kolář; disc: MPC and MPC, (differs from Jan Kolář MPC, MPC) |
A. Kolar |
— |
| Eberhard Koldewey |
2 |
1937–pres. |
|
E. Koldewey; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
E. Koldewey |
(11352) |
| Peter Kolény |
35 |
n.a. |
|
P. Kolény; |
P. Koleny |
— |
| Arthur König (astronomer) |
1 |
1895–1969 |
|
A. König; son of Arthur Peter König, (bio-it) |
A. Konig |
(3815) |
| August Kopff |
68 |
1882–1960 |
|
A. Kopff; |
A. Kopff |
(1631) |
| Korado Korlević |
1295 |
1958–pres. |
|
K. Korlević; amateur |
K. Korlevic |
(10201) |
| Leonard Kornoš |
37 |
1956–pres. |
|
L. Kornoš; (bio-it) |
L. Kornos |
(23899) |
| Stanislav Alexandrovich Korotkiy |
2 |
1983–pres. |
|
S. Korotkiy; amateur, (bio-it) |
S. Korotkiy |
(231649) |
| Hiroki Kosai |
93 |
1933–pres. |
|
H. Kosai; at Tokyo Astronomical Observatory |
H. Kosai |
(3370) |
| Alexander Kostin |
5 |
n.a. |
|
A. Kostin; (Houston, TX, U.S.A.), comets |
A. Kostin |
— |
| Michael C. Kotson |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. C. Kotson; (CV) |
M. C. Kotson |
— |
| Georgiy U. Koval'chuk |
2 |
n.a. |
|
G. Koval'chuk; disc: MPC and MPC |
G. Kovalchuk |
— |
| Charles T. Kowal |
22 |
1940–2011 |
|
C. T. Kowal; Charles Thomas Kowal |
C. T. Kowal |
— |
| Richard Kowalski |
14 |
1963–pres. |
|
R. A. Kowalski; disc: MPC |
R. A. Kowalski |
(7392) |
| Rainer Kracht |
3 |
1948–pres. |
|
R. Kracht; amateur, HP, (bio-it) |
R. Kracht |
(234761) |
| Thilo Kranz |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. Kranz; Src Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine |
T. Kranz |
— |
| Rainer Kresken |
13 |
n.a |
|
R. Kresken; disc: MPC |
R. Kresken |
— |
| Mike Kretlow |
8 |
1967–pres. |
|
M. Kretlow; (bio-it)[2] |
M. Kretlow |
(9938) |
| Charles J. Krieger |
1 |
1898–pres. |
|
C. J. Krieger; Charles John Krieger, (bio-it) |
C. J. Krieger |
— |
| A. Kriete |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Kriete; inferred |
A. Kriete |
— |
| Richard Kron |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Kron; |
R. Kron |
— |
| Timur Valer'evič Krjačko |
104 |
1970–pres. |
|
T. V. Kryachko; amateur, (bio-it) |
T. V. Kryachko; T. Kryachko; c. Kryachko |
(269589) |
| Marcin Kubiak |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Kubiak; |
M. Kubiak |
— |
| Jeremy Martin Kubica |
22 |
n.a. |
|
J. Kubica; disc: MPC |
J. Kubica |
— |
| Kazuo Kubokawa |
1 |
1903–1943 |
|
K. Kubokawa; |
K. Kubokawa |
(6140) |
| François Kugel |
410 |
1959–pres. |
|
F. Kugel; Observatoire Chante-Perdrix (A77) |
F. Kugel; C. R. F. Kugel |
(120375) |
| Zoltán Kuli |
161 |
1977–pres. |
|
Z. Kuli; Zoltán "Zoli" Kuli, amateur astronomer, Src |
Z. Kuli |
(257211) |
| György Kulin |
21 |
1905–1989 |
|
G. Kulin; |
G. Kulin |
(3019) |
| Pratibha Kumar |
3 |
n.a. |
 |
P. Kumar; wife of V. Reddy, disc: MPC, MPC and MPC, Src, Src |
P. Kumar |
— |
| Nikolaj Efimovič Kuročkin |
2 |
1923–2003 |
|
N. E. Kuročkin; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
N. E. Kurochkin |
— |
| Hirohisa Kurosaki |
13 |
1970–pres. |
|
H. Kurosaki; |
H. Kurosaki |
(23938) |
| Stefan Kürti |
9 |
1960–pres. |
|
S. Kürti; amateur, Src |
S. Kurti |
(132798) |
| Lothar Kurtze |
1 |
1972–pres. |
|
L. Kurtze; amateur,[2] |
L. Kurtze |
— |
| Reiki Kushida |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Kushida; amateur, wife of Y. Kushida, disc: MPC |
R. Kushida |
(5239) |
| Yoshio Kushida |
56 |
1957–pres. |
|
Y. Kushida; amateur, husband of R. Kushida |
Y. Kushida |
(5605) |
| Michał Kusiak |
23 |
1986–pres. |
|
M. Kusiak; Src |
M. Kusiak |
(376574) |
| Peter Kušnirák |
294 |
1974–pres. |
|
P. Kušnirák; |
P. Kusnirak |
(17260) |
| Jaroslav Květoň |
2 |
n.a. |
|
J. Květoň; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
J. Kveton |
— |
| Andrzej Kwiek |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Kwiek; disc: MPC, (bio-fr) |
A. Kwiek |
— |
| Peter Kyrylenko |
15 |
1987–pres. |
|
P. Kyrylenko; at Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory |
P. Kyrylenko |
(281459) |
| Juan Lacruz |
64 |
n.a. |
|
J. Lacruz; (bio-it) |
J. Lacruz |
— |
| Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist |
146 |
1944–pres. |
|
C.-I. Lagerkvist; at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory |
C.-I. Lagerkvist; C. Lagerkvist |
(2875) |
| Joanny-Philippe Lagrula |
1 |
1870–1941 |
|
J. Lagrula; disc: MPC |
J. Lagrula |
(1412) |
| Luciano Lai |
13 |
1948–pres. |
|
L. Lai; (bio-it) |
L. Lai |
(11100) |
| Peter B. Lake |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. B. Lake; amateur |
P. B. Lake |
– |
| Carl Otto Lampland |
1 |
1873–1951 |
|
C. O. Lampland; disc: MPC |
C. O. Lampland |
(1767) |
| Werner Landgraf |
7 |
1959–pres. |
|
W. Landgraf; |
W. Landgraf |
(3132) |
| Marco Langbroek |
1 |
1970–pres. |
|
M. Langbroek; |
M. Langbroek |
(183294) |
| Jeffrey A. Larsen |
2 |
1967–pres. |
|
J. A. Larsen; (bio-fr) |
J. A. Larsen |
(7657) |
| Stephen M. Larson |
2 |
n.a. |
|
S. M. Larson; (bio-fr) |
S. M. Larson |
(3690) |
| Tod R. Lauer |
2 |
1957–pres. |
|
T. Lauer; Tod Richard Lauer |
T. Lauer |
(3135) |
| Vygandas Laugalys |
8 |
n.a. |
|
V. Laugalys; (bio-it) |
V. Laugalys |
— |
| Marguerite Laugier |
21 |
1896–1976 |
|
M. Laugier; |
M. Laugier |
(1597) |
| Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent |
1 |
1823–1900 |
|
J. J. P. Laurent; "J.J.P." vs "J.", disc: MPC, (bio-fr) |
J. J. P. Laurent |
(162) |
| Stephen P. Laurie |
50 |
n.a. |
|
S. P. Laurie; amateur |
S. P. Laurie |
— |
| Kenneth J. Lawrence |
33 |
1964–pres. |
|
K. J. Lawrence; of Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey |
K. J. Lawrence |
(4969) |
| Susannah Lazar |
1 |
1982–pres. |
|
S. Lazar; amateur, (bio-it) |
S. Lazar |
— |
| Charles le Morvan |
1 |
1865–1933 |
|
C. le Morvan; disc: MPC, (bio-fr) |
C. le Morvan |
— |
| Carlos Leal (astronomer) |
9 |
n.a. |
|
C. Leal; unrelated to 19426, (bio-fr) |
C. Leal |
— |
| Byung-Chol Lee |
37 |
n.a. |
|
B.-C. Lee; (bio-it) |
B.-C. Lee |
— |
| L. Lee |
1 |
n.a. |
|
L. Lee; inferred |
L. Lee |
|
| Tae-Hyung Lee |
1 |
1964–pres. |
|
T. H. Lee; (bio-it) |
T. H. Lee |
|
| Jonathan P. Leech |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. P. Leech; inferred |
J. P. Leech |
— |
| Gerhard Lehmann |
23 |
1960–pres. |
|
G. Lehmann; amateur, (bio-de) |
G. Lehmann |
(8853) |
| Hubert Lehmann |
1 |
n.a. |
|
H. Lehmann; |
H. Lehmann |
— |
| Gregory J. Leonard |
11 |
n.a. |
|
G. J. Leonard; (bio-it) |
G. J. Leonard |
— |
| Riccardo Leoni |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Leoni; |
R. Leoni |
— |
| Otto Lesser |
1 |
1830–1887 |
|
O. Lesser; disc: MPC |
O. Lesser |
— |
| Ken Levin |
11 |
1953–pres. |
|
K. Levin; physicist and amateur at BlackBird Obs. (H08) |
K. Levin |
(99862) |
| Stephen Levine (astronomer) |
1 |
1965–pres. |
|
S. Levine; Stephen E. Levine |
S. Levine |
(19123) |
| David H. Levy |
65 |
1948–pres. |
|
D. H. Levy; |
D. H. Levy; D. Levy |
(3673) |
| Wendee Levy |
4 |
1948–pres. |
|
W. Levy; Wendee Esther Wallach Levy, wife of D. H. Levy, (bio-it) |
W. Levy |
(6485) |
| Javier Licandro |
1 |
1966–pres. |
 |
J. Licandro; co-disc. w/ R. Gil-Hutton |
J. Licandro |
(17919) |
| William Liller |
2 |
1927–pres. |
|
W. Liller; |
W. Liller |
(3222) |
| Lin Qisheng (astronomer) |
65 |
1964–pres. |
|
C.-S. Lin; a.k.a. Lin Chi-Sheng, (bio-it) |
C.-S. Lin; C. S. Lin |
(175451) |
| Hung-Chin Lin |
88 |
n.a. |
|
H.-C. Lin; (林宏欽), |
H.-C. Lin |
— |
| B. Linderholm |
1 |
n.a. |
|
B. Linderholm; also see #R. Linderholm |
B. Linderholm |
— |
| Robert Linderholm |
26 |
1933–2013 |
|
R. Linderholm; |
R. Linderholm |
— |
| Bernadet Linero |
2 |
n.a. |
|
B. Linero; |
B. Linero |
— |
| V. Linkov |
1 |
n.a. |
|
V. Linkov; co-disc. #K. Polyakov |
V. Linkov |
— |
| Tim Lister (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
T. Lister; (544116); Las Cumbres Obs.; Src |
T. Lister |
— |
| Karl Lohnert |
4 |
1885–1944 |
|
K. Lohnert; Karl Julius Lohnert, (bio-it) |
K. Lohnert |
(11434) |
| A. Lokalov |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Lokalov; disc: MPC |
A. Lokalov |
— |
| Vladimir O. Lokot' |
2 |
n.a. |
|
V. Lokot'; disc: MPC and MPC |
V. Lokot |
— |
| Dinesh Loomba |
6 |
n.a. |
|
D. Loomba; Src Archived 2023-09-24 at the Wayback Machine |
D. Loomba |
— |
| Álvaro López-García |
12 |
1941–pres. |
|
Á. López-G.; (bio-it) |
A. Lopez |
(4657) |
| Ángel López Jiménez |
58 |
1955–pres. |
|
Á. López J.; (bio-it) |
A. Lopez |
— |
| Jean-Marie Lopez |
7 |
n.a. |
|
J.-M. Lopez; amateur |
J.-M. Lopez; J. M. Lopez |
— |
| Joachim Lorenz |
6 |
1955–pres. |
|
J. Lorenz; amateur, disc: MPC,[2] |
J. Lorenz |
— |
| Wilhelm Lorenz (astronomer) |
4 |
1886–1918 |
|
W. Lorenz; Karl Wilhelm Lorenz, (bio-it), (bio-de) |
W. Lorenz |
— |
| Miklós Lovas |
2 |
1931–pres. |
|
M. Lovas; at Konkoly Observatory, (bio-it) |
M. Lovas |
(73511) |
| Jessica Lovering |
25 |
n.a. |
|
J. R. Lovering; Jessica R. Lovering, co-disc.: (542277) and (542433), CV |
J. R. Lovering |
— |
| Andrew Lowe |
511 |
1959–pres. |
|
A. Lowe; amateur, orbit computer, (bio-it), HP |
A. Lowe |
(4091) |
| Percival Lowell |
1 |
1855–1916 |
|
P. Lowell; disc: MPC |
P. Lowell |
(1886) |
| Paul Luckas |
2 |
1962–pres. |
|
P. Luckas; amateur, (bio-it) |
P. Luckas |
(131186) |
| Christian B. Luginbuhl |
3 |
1955–pres. |
|
C. B. Luginbuhl; (bio-it) |
C. B. Luginbuhl |
(7393) |
| Kjell Lundgren |
2 |
1950–pres. |
|
K. Lundgren; at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory |
K. Lundgren |
(11934) |
| Federica Luppi |
1 |
n.a. |
|
F. Luppi; |
F. Luppi |
— |
| Robert Luther |
24 |
1822–1900 |
|
R. Luther; |
R. Luther |
(1303) |
| Jane Luu |
39 |
1963–pres. |
|
J. X. Luu; |
J. X. Luu |
(5430) |
| Lucas M. Macri |
1 |
1972–pres. |
|
L. Macri; (bio-it) |
L. Macri |
— |
| Hiroshi Maeno |
7 |
n.a. |
|
H. Maeno; (bio-it) |
H. Maeno |
— |
| John Mahony (astronomer) |
10 |
n.a. |
|
J. Mahony; amateur, Src Archived 2020-01-14 at the Wayback Machine |
J. Mahony |
— |
| Marie Mahrová |
4 |
1947–pres. |
|
M. Mahrová; (bio-it) |
M. Mahrova |
— |
| Renu Malhotra |
1 |
1961–pres. |
|
R. Malhotra; |
R. Malhotra |
(6698) |
| Franco Mallia |
15 |
1961–pres. |
|
F. Mallia; amateur, (bio-it) |
F. Mallia |
(21685) |
| Francesco Manca |
26 |
1966–pres. |
|
F. Manca; amateur |
F. Manca |
(15460) |
| Jan Karel Mánek |
1 |
1961–pres. |
|
J. Manek; amateur |
J. Manek |
(22697) |
| Brian G. W. Manning |
19 |
1926–2011 |
|
B. G. W. Manning; amateur |
B. G. W. Manning |
(3698) |
| Massimiliano Mannucci |
1 |
1970–pres. |
|
M. Mannucci; amateur, unrelated to MPC; (bio-it) |
M. Mannucci |
— |
| José Manteca |
13 |
1959–pres. |
|
J. Manteca; Pepe Manteca, (bio-it) |
J. Manteca |
(542926) |
| Ilan Manulis |
1 |
1947–pres. |
|
I. Manulis; inferred |
I. Manulis |
(13615) |
| Frédéric Maréchal |
2 |
1952–pres. |
|
F. Maréchal; amateur, (bio-it) |
F. Marechal |
— |
| Wladimiro Marinello |
3 |
n.a. |
|
W. Marinello; amateur, (bio-it) |
W. Marinello |
(229836) |
| Mark Scott Marley |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. S. Marley; (bio-it) |
M. S. Marley |
— |
| Brian G. Marsden |
1 |
1937–2010 |
|
B. G. Marsden; |
B. G. Marsden |
(1877) |
| Albert Marth |
1 |
1828–1897 |
|
A. Marth; disc: MPC |
A. Marth |
— |
| Axel Martin |
3 |
1968–pres. |
|
A. Martin; amateur, (bio-it) |
A. Martin |
(15924) |
| Pierre Martin (astronomer) |
1 |
1964–pres. |
|
P. Martin; Rene Pierre Martin, CFHT/WIYN Src |
P. Martin |
(59964) |
| Terry Martin (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. Martin; Src Archived 2018-10-17 at the Wayback Machine |
T. Martin |
— |
| Carlos T. Martinez |
6 |
n.a. |
|
C. T. Martinez; Src Archived 2023-10-05 at the Wayback Machine |
C. T. Martinez; C. Martinez |
— |
| Gábor Marton (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Marton; (IAU Archived 2022-03-08 at the Wayback Machine) |
G. Marton |
— |
| Gianluca Masi |
30 |
1972–pres. |
|
G. Masi; discoverer of variable stars |
G. Masi |
(21795) |
| Joseph Masiero |
63 |
1982–pres. |
|
J. Masiero; |
J. Masiero |
(8255) |
| Egisto Masotti |
3 |
1947–pres. |
|
E. Masotti; amateur, (bio-it) |
E. Masotti |
(22401) |
| Adam Massinger |
7 |
1888–1914 |
|
A. Massinger; (bio-de) |
A. Massinger |
(760) |
| Giuseppe Massone |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Massone; inferred |
G. Massone |
— |
| Mary Alice Mathison |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. A. Mathison; inferred, (bio-it) |
M. A. Mathison |
— |
| Stanislav Matičič |
16 |
n.a. |
|
S. Matičič; inferred |
S. Maticic |
|
| Damir Matković |
2 |
n.a. |
|
D. Matković; (bio-it) |
D. Matkovic |
— |
| Robert D. Matson |
189 |
1962–pres. |
|
R. Matson; Robert Matson, Rob Matson, (bio-it) |
R. Matson |
(73491) |
| Masanori Matsuyama |
19 |
1950–pres. |
|
M. Matsuyama; amateur, Japanese: 松山正則, (bio-de) |
M. Matsuyama |
(4844) |
| Daniel Matter |
7 |
1957–pres. |
|
D. Matter; amateur, (bio-it) |
D. Matter |
(59833) |
| Alain Maury |
9 |
1958–pres. |
|
A. Maury; |
A. Maury |
(3780) |
| Deronda Mayes |
1 |
1957–pres. |
|
D. Mayes; inferred |
D. Mayes |
(201777) |
| Emiliano Mazzoni |
2 |
1953–pres. |
|
E. Mazzoni; amateur, (bio-it) |
E. Mazzoni |
(49469) |
| Michele Mazzucato |
6 |
1962–pres. |
|
M. Mazzucato; Michele T. Mazzucato, (bio-it) |
M. Mazzucato |
(35461) |
| John V. McClusky |
157 |
n.a. |
|
J. V. McClusky; |
J. V. McClusky |
— |
| Billy D. McCormack |
1 |
n.a. |
|
B. D. McCormack; |
B. D. McCormack |
— |
| Jennie McCormick |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. McCormick; |
J. McCormick |
— |
| Alric D. McDermott |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. D. McDermott; |
A. D. McDermott |
— |
| David McDonald (astronomer) |
2 |
1964–pres. |
|
D. McDonald; Dave McDonald, amateur |
D. McDonald |
(21782) |
| Stephen W. McDonald |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. McDonald; |
S. McDonald |
— |
| James E. McGaha |
6 |
1946–pres. |
|
J. McGaha; amateur, (bio-it) |
J. McGaha |
(10036) |
| P. McKenzie |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. McKenzie; inferred |
P. McKenzie |
— |
| David McLeish (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. McLeish; (bio-it) |
D. McLeish |
— |
| Robert H. McNaught |
491 |
1956–pres. |
|
R. H. McNaught; |
R. H. McNaught |
(3173) |
| Jeffrey S. Medkeff |
10 |
1968–2008 |
|
J. Medkeff; |
J. Medkeff |
(41450) |
| Karen Jean Meech |
15 |
1959–pres. |
|
K. J. Meech; |
K. J. Meech |
(4367) |
| Carol Neese |
1 |
1958–pres. |
|
C. Neese; Carol Lynn Neese, MPC-typo: Meese |
C. Meese |
(9211) |
| Denis Mégevand |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Megevand; Geneva Obs., HARPS, Src |
D. Megevand |
— |
| Sven Melchert |
2 |
1968–pres. |
|
S. Melchert; amateur,[2] Guidestar (A17), disc: MPC and MPC with Mark Emmerich |
S. Melchert |
— |
| Philibert Jacques Melotte |
1 |
1880–1961 |
|
P. Melotte; disc: MPC |
P. Melotte |
— |
| J. Dave Mendenhall |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. D. Mendenhall; (bio-it) |
J. D. Mendenhall |
— |
| Jean-Claude Merlin |
75 |
1954–pres. |
|
J.-C. Merlin; (bio-fr) |
J.-C. Merlin |
(57658) |
| Szabolcs Mészáros |
5 |
1981–pres. |
|
S. Mészáros; (bio-it) |
S. Meszaros |
— |
| Joel Hastings Metcalf |
41 |
1866–1925 |
|
J. H. Metcalf; |
J. H. Metcalf |
(726), (792) |
| Natal'ja Vital'evna Metlova |
1 |
n.a. |
|
N. V. Metlova; (bio-it) |
N. V. Metlova |
— |
| Michel Meunier |
1 |
1964–pres. |
|
M. Meunier; amateur, (bio-it), C/1997 J2 (Meunier–Dupouy) |
M. Meunier |
(37848) |
| Erich Meyer |
22 |
1951–pres. |
|
E. Meyer; amateur |
E. Meyer |
(7940) |
| Maik Meyer |
16 |
1970–pres. |
|
M. Meyer; amateur, (bio-de), Src |
M. Meyer |
(52005) |
| J. Michaud |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Michaud; inferred |
J. Michaud |
— |
| Marco Micheli |
23 |
1983–pres. |
|
M. Micheli; ESA/Pan-STARRS1 (news-it), (bio-it) |
M. Micheli |
(10277) |
| René Michelsen |
8 |
n.a. |
|
R. Michelsen; |
R. Michelsen |
(10285) |
| Celina Mikolajczak |
4 |
n.a. |
|
C. Mikolajczak; (bio-it) |
C. Mikolajczak |
— |
| Blaž Mikuž |
5 |
n.a. |
|
B. Mikuž; at Črni Vrh |
B. Mikuz |
— |
| Herman Mikuž |
32 |
n.a. |
|
H. Mikuž; at Črni Vrh, (bio-it) |
H. Mikuz |
— |
| R. Miles |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Miles; inferred |
R. Miles |
|
| Robert L. Millis |
129 |
n.a. |
|
R. Millis; occultation, at Lowell Observatory, (bio-it), (bio-fr) |
R. Millis; R. L. Millis |
(2659) |
| Elia Millosevich |
2 |
1848–1919 |
|
E. Millosevich; |
E. Millosevich |
(69961) |
| Matt Mills (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Mills; inferred |
M. Mills |
— |
| Rudolph Minkowski |
1 |
1895–1976 |
|
R. Minkowski; |
R. Minkowski |
(11770) |
| Alberto Miranda |
2 |
n.a. |
|
A. Miranda; co-disc #I. P. Griffin |
A. Miranda |
— |
| Tetsuyasu Mitani |
1 |
1927–2004 |
|
T. Mitani; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
T. Mitani |
(3289) |
| Seidai Miyasaka |
4 |
1955–pres. |
|
S. Miyasaka; |
S. Miyasaka |
(3555) |
| Takashi Mizuno (astronomer) |
1 |
1955–pres. |
|
T. Mizuno; amateur, (bio-it) |
T. Mizuno |
(6392) |
| Yoshikane Mizuno |
52 |
1954–pres. |
|
Y. Mizuno; at Kani Observatory |
Y. Mizuno |
(4541) |
| Teo Močnik |
1 |
1989–pres. |
|
T. Močnik; CV |
T. Mocnik |
(579890) |
| Marko Moilanen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Moilanen; (bio-it) |
M. Moilanen |
— |
| Lawrence Alan Molnar |
86 |
1959–pres. |
|
L. A. Molnar; (bio-it) |
L. A. Molnar |
(8245) |
| Jean Montanne |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Montanne; (bio-it) |
J. Montanne |
— |
| Nico Montigiani |
1 |
n.a. |
|
N. Montigiani; (bio-it) |
N. Montigiani |
— |
| Didier Morata |
1 |
1954–pres. |
|
D. Morata; amateur, (bio-it) |
D. Morata |
(14643) |
| Stéphane Morata |
1 |
1977–pres. |
|
S. Morata; amateur, (bio-it) |
S. Morata |
(14643) |
| Zdeněk Moravec |
94 |
1968–pres. |
|
Z. Moravec; |
Z. Moravec |
— |
| Hiroshi Mori (astronomer) |
45 |
1958–pres. |
|
H. Mori; amateur, (bio-it) |
H. Mori |
(19190) |
| Paul Mortfield |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. Mortfield; |
P. Mortfield |
— |
| Nicholas Moskovitz |
1 |
1981–pres. |
|
N. Moskovitz; |
N. Moskovitz |
(8254) |
| Patrick M. Motl |
9 |
n.a. |
|
P. M. Motl; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
P. M. Motl |
— |
| Stefano Mottola |
21 |
n.a. |
|
S. Mottola; (bio-it) |
S. Mottola |
(5388) |
| Antonín Mrkos |
274 |
1918–1996 |
|
A. Mrkos; at Kleť Observatory |
A. Mrkos |
(1832) |
| Jean Mueller |
13 |
1950–pres. |
|
J. E. Mueller; at Second Palomar Sky Survey |
J. E. Mueller |
(4031) |
| Masaru Mukai |
13 |
1949–pres. |
|
M. Mukai; unrelated to 4750 |
M. Mukai |
— |
| Gustavo Muler |
25 |
1967–pres. |
|
G. Muler; |
G. Muler |
(458063) |
| John-Derral Mulholland |
1 |
1934–2008 |
|
J.-D. Mulholland; (bio-it) |
J. D. Mulholland |
— |
| Ulisse Munari |
49 |
1960–pres. |
|
U. Munari; at the Astronomical Observatories of Padua and Asiago |
U. Munari |
(7599) |
| J. Muñoz |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Muñoz; inferred, (Manteca-it) |
J. Munoz |
— |
| Osamu Muramatsu |
73 |
1949–pres. |
|
O. Muramatsu; |
O. Muramatsu |
(5606) |
| Juan Carlos Muzzio |
2 |
1946–pres. |
|
J. C. Muzzio; at La Plata Institute of Astrophysics, (bio-it) |
J. C. Muzzio |
(6505) |
| Atsushi Nakajima (astronomer) |
15 |
n.a. |
|
A. Nakajima; disc: MPC |
A. Nakajima |
— |
| Akimasa Nakamura |
112 |
1961–pres. |
|
A. Nakamura; at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory |
A. Nakamura |
(10633) |
| Tsuko Nakamura |
3 |
1943–pres. |
|
T. Nakamura; (bio-it) |
T. Nakamura |
(6599) |
| Akio Nakanishi |
3 |
1964–pres. |
|
A. Nakanishi; amateur |
A. Nakanishi |
(8702) |
| Orlando A. Naranjo |
38 |
1951–pres. |
|
O. A. Naranjo; (bio-it) |
O. A. Naranjo |
— |
| Michael Nassir |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Nassir; |
M. Nassir |
— |
| Akira Natori |
32 |
1956–pres. |
|
A. Natori; at Nihondaira Observatory, (bio-it) |
A. Natori |
(5520) |
| Edgar Rangel Netto |
8 |
n.a. |
|
E. R. Netto; at Valongo Observatory, (bio-de) |
E. R. Netto |
(3175) |
| Grigory Neujmin |
74 |
1885–1946 |
|
G. N. Neujmin; |
G. N. Neujmin |
(1129) |
| Vitali Nevski |
15 |
1974–pres. |
 |
V. Nevski; amateur, (B42), image, Comet ISON, alt: Vitaliy Nevskiy and Vitaly Nevsky |
V. Nevski |
— |
| Phil Nicholson |
1 |
1951–pres. |
|
P. Nicholson; Philip D. Nicholson, Sycorax |
P. Nicholson |
(7220) |
| Seth Barnes Nicholson |
2 |
1891–1963 |
|
S. B. Nicholson; disc: MPC and MPC |
S. B. Nicholson |
(1831) |
| Tsuneo Niijima |
32 |
1955–pres. |
|
T. Niijima; amateur |
T. Niijima |
(5507) |
| Kota Nishiyama |
6 |
1965–pres. |
|
K. Nishiyama; Nishiyama Kota, Bisei Spaceguard Center |
K. Nishiyama |
(23955) |
| V. L. Nixon |
1 |
n.a. |
|
V. L. Nixon; |
V. L. Nixon |
— |
| Michael C. Nolan |
1 |
1963–pres. |
|
M. C. Nolan; at Arecibo Observatory, (bio-it) |
M. C. Nolan |
(9537) |
| Jaume Nomen |
55 |
1960–pres. |
|
J. Nomen; at Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca |
J. Nomen |
(56561) |
| Toshiro Nomura |
13 |
1954–pres. |
|
T. Nomura; |
T. Nomura |
(6559) |
| Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen |
2 |
n.a. |
|
H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen |
|
| Artyom Novichonok |
26 |
1988–pres. |
|
A. Novichonok; Comet ISON, Src Archived 2022-03-31 at the Wayback Machine |
A. Novichonok; A. O. Novichonok |
— |
| Andrew J. Noymer |
7 |
1971–pres. |
|
A. J. Noymer; (bio-it) |
A. J. Noymer |
(4956) |
| Donal O'Ceallaigh |
3 |
n.a. |
|
D. O'Ceallaigh; Src |
D. O'Ceallaigh |
— |
| Erwin Obermair |
7 |
1946–2017 |
|
E. Obermair; amateur |
E. Obermair |
(9236) |
| Pieter van Oers |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. v. Oers; |
P. v. Oers |
— |
| Eran O. Ofek |
1 |
1972–pres |
|
E. O. Ofek; HP Archived 2018-09-30 at the Wayback Machine |
E. O. Ofek |
(32436) |
| Warren B. Offutt |
18 |
1928–2017 |
|
W. Offutt; |
W. Offutt |
(7639) |
| Youhei Ohba |
3 |
n.a. |
|
Y. Ohba; at ISAS |
Y. Ohba |
— |
| Okuro Oikawa |
8 |
1896–1980 |
|
O. Oikawa; |
O. Oikawa |
(2667) |
| Gregory Wayne Ojakangas |
2 |
n.a. |
|
G. Ojakangas; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
G. Ojakangas |
— |
| Arto Oksanen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Oksanen; amateur |
A. Oksanen |
— |
| Shin-ichiro Okumura |
3 |
n.a. |
|
S. Okumura; Bisei SG, IAU Archived 2022-03-01 at the Wayback Machine |
S. Okumura |
— |
| Tomimaru Okuni |
130 |
1931–pres. |
|
T. Okuni; amateur |
T. Okuni |
(7769) |
| Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers |
2 |
1758–1840 |
|
H. W. Olbers; |
H. W. Olbers |
(1002) |
| R. M. Olivera |
3 |
n.a. |
|
R. M. Olivera; amateur, also see § J. M. Bosch |
R. M. Olivera |
— |
| C. Michelle Olmstead |
46 |
1969–pres. |
|
C. M. Olmstead; at Lowell Observatory |
C. M. Olmstead |
(3287) |
| Andrey Oreshko |
41 |
n.a. |
|
A. Oreshko; (also see Timur Kryachko and 2012 YQ1 |
A. Oreshko |
— |
| Csilla Orgel |
2 |
n.a. |
|
C. Orgel; inferred |
C. Orgel |
— |
| José Luis Ortiz Moreno |
2 |
1967–pres. |
|
J. L. Ortiz; disc: MPC, unofficial discoverer Haumea |
J. L. Ortiz |
(4436) |
| Michel Ory |
251 |
1966–pres. |
|
M. Ory; amateur |
M. Ory |
(67979) |
| Yoshiaki Oshima |
61 |
1952–pres. |
|
Y. Oshima; at Gekko Observatory |
Y. Oshima |
(5592) |
| P. Ostafijchuk |
2 |
n.a. |
|
P. Ostafijchuk; Andrushivka Observatory |
P. Ostafijchuk |
— |
| Liisi Oterma |
54 |
1915–2001 |
|
L. Oterma; at Turku Observatory |
L. Oterma |
(1529) |
| Satoru Otomo |
148 |
1957–pres. |
|
S. Otomo; amateur |
S. Otomo |
(3911) |
| Rafael Pacheco |
57 |
1954–pres. |
|
R. Pacheco; amateur |
R. Pacheco |
(25001) |
| Deborah Lynne Padgett |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Padgett; inferred |
D. Padgett |
— |
| András Pál (astronomer) |
8 |
1981–pres. |
|
A. Pál; (549663) (549961) |
A. Pal |
(11459) |
| Johann Palisa |
122 |
1848–1925 |
|
J. Palisa; |
J. Palisa |
(914) |
| Ernesto Palomba |
2 |
1967–pres. |
|
E. Palomba; disc: MPC and MPC |
E. Palomba |
(95951) |
| Amanda Papadimos |
4 |
n.a. |
|
A. Papadimos; inferred |
A. Papadimos |
— |
| Sensi Pastor |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Pastor; La Murta Observatory (J76) |
S. Pastor |
— |
| Praskov'ja Georgievna Parchomenko |
2 |
1886–1970 |
|
P. Parchomenko; Praskoviya Georgievna Parchomenko, (bio-it) |
P. Parchomenko |
(1857) |
| Yun-Ho Park |
2 |
n.a. |
|
Y.-H. Park; (bio-it) |
Y.-H. Park |
|
| Joel W. Parker |
3 |
1962–pres. |
|
J. W. Parker; at Southwest Research Institute, inferred |
J. W. Parker |
(13751) |
| Quentin A. Parker |
1 |
n.a. |
|
Q. A. Parker; Quentin Andrew Parker, Siding Spring, disc.: comet 119P/Parker–Hartley Src Archived 2023-01-14 at the Wayback Machine |
Q. A. Parker |
– |
| Alois Paroubek |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Paroubek; (bio-it) |
A. Paroubek |
— |
| André Patry |
9 |
1902–1967 |
|
A. Patry; at Nice Observatory |
A. Patry |
(1601) |
| Thierry Pauwels |
152 |
1957–pres. |
|
T. Pauwels; at Uccle Observatory |
T. Pauwels |
(12761) |
| Thomas Payer |
4 |
1978–pres. |
|
T. Payer; amateur,[2] |
T. Payer |
— |
| Fernando Pedichini |
1 |
n.a. |
|
F. Pedichini; |
F. Pedichini |
— |
| Jean-Claude Pelle |
10 |
1942–pres. |
|
J.-C. Pelle; Jean Claude George Pelle, amateur, (bio-fr) |
J. C. Pelle |
(84011) |
| Randy Pepper |
2 |
n.a. |
|
R. Pepper; amateur, Fort Bend Astronomy Club, (bio-it) |
R. Pepper |
— |
| Zenón M. Pereyra |
1 |
n.a. |
|
Z. Pereyra; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
Z. Pereyra |
— |
| Davide Perna |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Perna; |
D. Perna |
— |
| Bernard Pernier |
1 |
n.a. |
|
B. Pernier; Geneva Obs. |
B. Pernier |
— |
| Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin |
6 |
1845–1904 |
|
J. Perrotin; |
J. Perrotin |
(1515) |
| Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
48 |
1813–1890 |
|
C. H. F. Peters; |
C. H. F. Peters |
(100007) |
| George Henry Peters |
3 |
1863–1947 |
|
G. H. Peters; USNO-astronomer,Src Archived 2017-03-02 at the Wayback Machine |
G. H. Peters |
— |
| Jean-Marc Petit |
7 |
1961–pres. |
|
J.-M. Petit; (bio-fr) |
J.-M. Petit; J. Petit |
(7740) |
| Holly Phaneuf |
2 |
n.a. |
|
H. Phaneuf; amateur, (bio-it) |
H. Phaneuf |
— |
| Jeffrey L. Phinney |
4 |
1957–pres. |
|
J. Phinney; disc: MPC, MPC, MPC and MPC |
J. Phinney |
(46793) |
| Giuseppe Piazzi |
1 |
1746–1826 |
|
G. Piazzi; disc: Ceres |
G. Piazzi |
(1000) |
| Paolo Pietrapiana |
2 |
n.a. |
|
P. Pietrapriana; amateur, disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
P. Pietrapiana |
— |
| Michael Pietschnig |
3 |
n.a. |
|
M. Pietschnig; amateur, Src Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine |
M. Pietschnig |
— |
| Giuliano Pignata |
4 |
n.a. |
|
G. Pignata; ADAS |
G. Pignata |
— |
| Jana Pittichová |
9 |
1972–pres. |
|
J. Pittichová; inferred |
J. Pittichova |
(20187) |
| Guido Pizarro (astronomer) |
8 |
n.a. |
|
G. Pizarro; brother of Oscar Pizarro, at La Silla, (bio-it) |
G. Pizarro |
(4609) |
| Oscar Pizarro |
1 |
n.a. |
|
O. Pizarro; brother of Guido Pizarro, (bio-it) |
O. Pizarro |
(4609) |
| Gianpaolo Pizzetti |
4 |
1961–pres. |
|
G. P. Pizzetti; amateur, (bio-it) |
G. P. Pizzetti; G. Pizzetti |
(233559) |
| John Platt (computer scientist) |
2 |
1963–pres. |
|
J. Platt; |
J. Platt |
|
| C. E. Plunkett |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. E. Plunkett; inferred |
C. E. Plunkett |
— |
| G. A. Plyugin |
7 |
1925–pres. |
|
G. A. Plyugin; Gurij Antonovič Pljugin, (bio-it) |
G. A. Plyugin |
— |
| Regina Podstanická |
1 |
1928–2000 |
|
R. Podstanická; (bio-it) |
R. Podstanicka |
— |
| N. R. Pogson |
8 |
1829–1891 |
|
N. R. Pogson; Norman Robert Pogson |
N. R. Pogson |
(1830) |
| Radosław Poleski |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. Poleski; |
R. Poleski |
— |
| David Polishook |
16 |
1976–pres. |
|
D. Polishook; David L. Polishook, MIT and Tel Aviv University, (bio-it) |
D. Polishook |
(8464) |
| Isidre Pòlit |
1 |
1880–1958 |
|
I. Pòlit; Isidre Pòlit i Boixareu, (bio-it) |
I. Polit |
(1708) |
| Christian Pollas |
26 |
1947–pres. |
|
C. Pollas; at Côte d'Azur Observatory, (bio-fr) |
C. Pollas |
(4892) |
| K. Polyakov |
1 |
n.a. |
|
K. Polyakov; co-disc. #V. Linkov |
K. Polyakov |
— |
| Hejno Iogannović Potter |
1 |
1929–2007 |
|
H. Potter; Kheino Potter, disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
H. Potter |
(7320) |
| Francisco Pozo |
1 |
1986–pres. |
|
F. Pozo; Francisco Javier Pozo Núñez, (bio-es), |
F. Pozo |
— |
| Valentino Pozzoli |
4 |
n.a. |
|
V. Pozzoli; inferred |
V. Pozzoli |
— |
| Alexander Pravda |
52 |
1961–pres. |
|
A. Pravda; (bio-it) |
A. Pravda |
(60972) |
| Petr Pravec |
355 |
1967–pres. |
|
P. Pravec; |
P. Pravec |
(4790) |
| Donald P. Pray |
3 |
1949–pres. |
|
D. P. Pray; at Carbuncle Hill Obs.Src and Sugarloaf Obs. Src, (bio-it) |
D. P. Pray |
(35364) |
| Gerrit Proffe |
2 |
n.a. |
|
G. Proffe; DLR inferred |
G. Proffe |
— |
| Enrico Prosperi |
1 |
1954–pres. |
|
E. Prosperi; Castelmartini Obs. (160) |
E. Prosperi |
(33010) |
| S. Prosperi |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Prosperi; |
S. Prosperi |
– |
| Milorad B. Protić |
7 |
1911–2001 |
|
M. B. Protić; |
M. B. Protitch |
(22278) |
| Timo Prusti |
10 |
n.a. |
|
T. Prusti; ESA-Gaia, first disc: (552651) |
T. Prusti |
— |
| Andrew W. Puckett |
22 |
1977–pres. |
|
A. W. Puckett; Andrew Wayne Puckett |
A. W. Puckett |
(184011) |
| Ulisse Quadri |
1 |
1953–pres. |
|
U. Quadri; amateur, (bio-it) |
U. Quadri |
(10200) |
| Herbert Raab |
1 |
1969–pres. |
|
H. Raab; amateur, Src |
H. Raab |
(3184) |
| David L. Rabinowitz |
36 |
1960–pres. |
|
D. L. Rabinowitz; |
D. L. Rabinowitz; D. Rabinowitz |
(5040) |
| Petar Radovan |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. Radovan; (bio-it) |
P. Radovan |
— |
| Rajgopalan Rajamohan |
6 |
n.a. |
|
R. Rajamohan; (bio-it) |
R. Rajamohan |
— |
| David Rankin (astronomer) |
1 |
1984–pres. |
|
D. Rankin; amateur |
D. Rankin |
(62701) |
| Vishnu Vardhan Reddy |
23 |
1978–pres. |
|
V. Reddy; (bio-it) |
V. Reddy |
(8068) |
| Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
395 |
1892–1979 |
|
K. Reinmuth; |
K. Reinmuth |
(1111) |
| Guy Reiss |
5 |
1904–1964 |
|
G. Reiss; at Algiers Observatory and Nice |
G. Reiss |
(1577) |
| José Antonio Reyes (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. A. Reyes; La Murta Observatory (J76) |
J. A. Reyes |
— |
| Tomáš Rezek (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. Rezek; inferred |
T. Rezek |
— |
| Joseph Rheden |
3 |
1873–1946 |
|
J. Rheden; |
J. Rheden |
— |
| Hans Rickman |
2 |
1949–pres. |
|
H. Rickman; at Uppsala Observatory, (bio-it) |
H. Rickman |
(3692) |
| Judit Györgyey Ries |
3 |
n.a. |
|
J. G. Ries; Src Archived 2022-03-29 at the Wayback Machine |
J. G. Ries |
|
| Wolfgang Ries |
176 |
1968–pres. |
|
W. Ries; amateur |
W. Ries |
(266887) |
| Jim Riffle |
2 |
n.a. |
|
J. Riffle; inferred |
J. Riffle |
— |
| Fernand Rigaux |
8 |
1905–1962 |
|
F. Rigaux; at Uccle Observatory |
F. Rigaux |
(19911) |
| Claudine Rinner |
157 |
1965–pres. |
|
C. Rinner; amateur, at Ottmarsheim Observatory |
C. Rinner |
(23999) |
| Keith Rivich |
5 |
n.a. |
|
K. Rivich; amateur, (bio-it) |
K. Rivich |
— |
| Irving Robbins (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
I. Robbins; Src and Src Archived 2019-08-31 at the Wayback Machine |
I. Robbins |
|
| Adrienne M. Robbins |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Robbins; Adrienne Makita Robbins, (bio-it) |
A. Robbins |
|
| Larry Robinson (astronomer) |
18 |
n.a. |
|
L. Robinson; amateur, at Sunflower Observatory, (bio-it) |
L. Robinson |
(18873) |
| Heiner Roclawski |
1 |
1963–pres. |
|
H. Roclawski;[2] |
H. Roclawski |
— |
| Greg Rodgers |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Rodgers; |
G. Rodgers |
— |
| Tim A. Rodriquez |
1 |
n.a. |
|
T. Rodriquez; (bio-it) |
T. Rodriquez |
— |
| Henry G. Roe |
1 |
1975–pres. |
|
H. G. Roe; (bio-it) |
H. G. Roe |
(28803) |
| James M. Roe |
102 |
1943–pres. |
|
J. M. Roe; (bio-it) |
J. M. Roe |
— |
| Elizabeth Roemer |
2 |
1929–2016 |
|
E. Roemer; |
E. Roemer |
(1657) |
| John E. Rogers |
3 |
n.a. |
|
J. E. Rogers; (bio-it) |
J. E. Rogers |
|
| Brian P. Roman |
11 |
n.a. |
|
B. Roman; |
B. Roman |
(4575) |
| E. S. Romas |
3 |
n.a. |
|
E. S. Romas; first disc: (546732); at Kislovodsk Stn. (C20) |
E. S. Romas |
— |
| Amy E. Rose |
2 |
1987–pres. |
|
A. E. Rose; |
A. E. Rose |
(175563) |
| Perry Rose (astronomer) |
4 |
1966–pres. |
|
P. Rose; Perry J. Rose, at Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey |
P. Rose |
(9637) |
| Emily Ross |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. Ross; inferred; with Tara Houlden |
E. Ross |
— |
| René Roy (astronomer) |
9 |
1938–pres. |
|
R. Roy; amateur, (bio-fr) |
R. Roy |
(14533) |
| Jiangao Ruan |
2 |
1986–pres. |
|
J. Ruan; (阮建高), Ruan Jiangao; amateur, co-discovery with Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, C/2009 G1 (STEREO), 80+ SOHO comets |
J. Ruan |
(546842) |
| Eric P. Rubenstein |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. P. Rubenstein; |
E. P. Rubenstein |
— |
| A. Rudd |
2 |
n.a. |
|
A. Rudd; disc: MPC and MPC |
A. Rudd |
— |
| Marian Rudnyk |
3 |
n.a. |
|
M. Rudnyk; (bio-it) |
M. Rudnyk |
— |
| Donald James Rudy |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Rudy; (bio-it) |
D. Rudy |
— |
| Jose Maria Ruiz |
9 |
n.a. |
|
J. M. Ruiz; inferred, disc: MPC |
J. M. Ruiz |
— |
| Vasilij Rumyantsev |
1 |
n.a. |
|
V. Rumyantsev; |
V. Rumyantsev |
— |
| Kenneth S. Russell |
2 |
n.a. |
|
K. S. Russell; (bio-it) |
K. S. Russell |
(3714) |
| John Ruthroff |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Ruthroff; (bio-it) |
J. Ruthroff |
— |
| Erin Lee Ryan |
9 |
n.a. |
|
E. L. Ryan; IAU Archived 2021-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, (547073) and (548758) |
E. L. Ryan |
— |
| William H. Ryan (astronomer) |
28 |
1962–pres. |
|
W. H. Ryan; at MRO, (bio-it) |
W. H. Ryan;W. Ryan |
(21821) |
| Eileen V. Ryan |
1 |
1960–pres. |
|
E. V. Ryan; wife and collaborator of William Ryan at MRO; Src |
E. V. Ryan |
(9542) |
| John Sachs (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
J. Sachs; amateur, disc MPC and MPC, Src, Src, unrelated to MPC |
J. Sachs |
— |
| Tsuyoshi Sakamoto |
11 |
1975–pres. |
|
T. Sakamoto; Bisei Spaceguard Center, first disc: (542669) |
T. Sakamoto |
(23950) |
| Giuseppe A. Sala |
2 |
n.a. |
|
G. A. Sala; disc: MPC and MPC |
G. A. Sala |
— |
| Paolo Sala (astronomer) |
3 |
1954–pres. |
|
P. Sala; amateur, disc: MPC, MPC and MPC,[2] |
P. Sala |
— |
| George C. Sallit |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Sallit; (bio-it) |
G. Sallit |
— |
| Stephen L. Salyards |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. L. Salyards; (bio-it) |
S. L. Salyards |
— |
| A. G. Samuel |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. G. Samuel; (bio-it) |
A. G. Samuel |
— |
| Salvador Sánchez (astronomer) |
3 |
n.a. |
|
S. Sánchez; unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) |
S. Sanchez |
— |
| Allan Sandage |
1 |
1926–2010 |
|
A. R. Sandage; |
A. R. Sandage |
(9963) |
| Hans-Ullrich Sandig |
1 |
1909–1979 |
|
H.-U. Sandig; (bio-de) |
H.-U. Sandig |
— |
| Robert G. Sandness |
6 |
n.a. |
|
R. G. Sandness; amateur, (bio-it) |
R. G. Sandness |
— |
| Luigi Sannino |
2 |
1981–pres. |
|
L. Sannino; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
L. Sannino |
(58691) |
| Matteo M. M. Santangelo |
21 |
n.a. |
|
M. M. M. Santangelo; Matteo Santangelo, (bio-it) |
M. M. M. Santangelo |
— |
| Pablo Santos-Sanz |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. Santos-Sanz; |
P. Santos-Sanz |
— |
| Krisztián Sárneczky |
627 |
1974–pres. |
|
K. Sárneczky; |
K. Sarneczky |
(10258) |
| Lenka Kotková |
262 |
1973–pres. |
|
L. Kotková; Lenka Šarounová (née), at Ondřejov Observatory |
L. Sarounova |
(10390) |
| Goro Sasaki |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Sasaki; unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) |
G. Sasaki |
— |
| Isao Satō (astronomer) |
6 |
1963–pres. |
|
I. Satō; asteroid occultation, (bio-it) |
I. Sato |
(6338) |
| Naoto Satō |
142 |
1953–pres. |
|
N. Satō; amateur |
N. Sato |
(6025) |
| Boris Satovski |
42 |
n.a. |
|
B. Satovski; discovered (541508), different from (212929) |
B. Satovski |
— |
| Paul Sava |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. Sava; at Needville |
P. Sava |
— |
| Giulio Scarfì |
1 |
1964–pres. |
|
G. Scarfì; amateur Src Archived 2021-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, observatories: (126) and (K78) |
G. Scarfi |
(69565) |
| Robert D. Schaldach |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. D. Schaldach; co-discovered 61P/Shajn–Schaldach; (bio-fr) |
R. D. Schaldach |
— |
| Alexandre Schaumasse |
2 |
1882–1958 |
|
A. Schaumasse; |
A. Schaumasse |
(1797) |
| Giovanni Schiaparelli |
1 |
1835–1910 |
|
G. Schiaparelli; disc: MPC |
G. Schiaparelli |
(4062) |
| Christine J. Schiff |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. J. Schiff; amateur, wife of J. L. Schiff, (bio-it) |
C. J. Schiff |
— |
| Joel L. Schiff |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. L. Schiff; amateur, husband of C. J. Schiff, unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) |
J. L. Schiff |
— |
| Thomas Schildknecht |
3 |
n.a. |
|
T. Schildknecht; (bio-it), Src Archived 2022-03-24 at the Wayback Machine |
T. Schildknecht |
— |
| Frank Schiralli Jr. |
1 |
n.a. |
|
F. Schiralli Jr.; Src |
F. Schiralli Jr. |
— |
| Lutz D. Schmadel |
245 |
1942–2016 |
|
L. D. Schmadel; ARI-astronomer |
L. D. Schmadel; L.D. Schmadel |
(2234) |
| Alfred Schmitt |
4 |
1907–1973 |
|
A. Schmitt; at Algiers and Strasbourg observatories |
A. Schmitt |
(1617) |
| Hans Scholl (astronomer) |
56 |
1942–pres. |
|
H. Scholl; ARI-astronomer |
H. Scholl |
(2959) |
| Richard Schorr |
2 |
1867–1951 |
|
R. Schorr; |
R. Schorr |
(1235) |
| Martin Schroedter |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Schroedter; VERITAS |
M. Schroedter |
— |
| Joachim Schubart |
2 |
1928–pres. |
|
J. Schubart; (bio-de), Src Archived 2022-03-24 at the Wayback Machine |
J. Schubart |
(1911) |
| Lipót Schulhof |
1 |
1847–1921 |
|
L. Schulhof; |
L. Schulhof |
(2384) |
| Hans-Emil Schuster |
25 |
1934–pres. |
|
H.-E. Schuster; at La Silla |
H.-E. Schuster |
(2018) |
| Erwin Schwab |
98 |
1964–pres. |
|
E. Schwab; amateur |
E. Schwab |
(185638) |
| Megan Schwamb |
16 |
1984–pres. |
|
M. E. Schwamb; (bio-fr) |
M. E. Schwamb; M. Schwamb |
(11814) |
| Michael B. Schwartz |
254 |
1950–pres. |
|
M. Schwartz; amateur, at Tenagra Observatory, (bio-it) |
M. Schwartz |
(13820) |
| Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann |
22 |
1870–1964 |
|
A. Schwassmann; |
A. Schwassmann |
(989) |
| James V. Scotti |
1 |
1960–pres. |
|
J. V. Scotti; at Spacewatch |
J. V. Scotti |
(3594) |
| George Mary Searle |
1 |
1839–1918 |
|
G. Searle; disc: MPC |
G. Searle |
— |
| William Lawrence Sebok |
2 |
n.a. |
|
W. Sebok; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
W. Sebok |
— |
| Bruce A. Segal |
2 |
1959–pres. |
|
B. A. Segal; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
B. A. Segal |
(21683) |
| Carlos Segarra |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. Segarra; Algimia-Valencia |
C. Segarra |
— |
| Sadao Sei |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Sei; at Chirorin Observatory (383) |
S. Sei |
— |
| Nalin Samarasinha |
1 |
1958–pres. |
|
N. Samarasinha; |
N. Samarasinha |
(12871) |
| Tsutomu Seki |
225 |
1930–pres. |
|
T. Seki; |
T. Seki |
(3426) |
| Alexey V. Sergeyev |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Sergeyev; inferred |
A. Sergeev |
— |
| Carl Sexton |
9 |
n.a. |
|
C. Sexton; inferred, amateur |
C. Sexton |
— |
| Grigory Shajn |
3 |
1892–1956 |
|
G. Shajn; |
G. Shajn |
(1648) |
| Pelageya Shajn |
19 |
1894–1956 |
|
P. F. Shajn; |
P. F. Shajn |
(1190), (1648) |
| R. Shank |
3 |
n.a. |
|
R. Shank; assumed, also R. Shanks (!), co-discoveries with C. Veillet |
R. Shank; R. Shanks |
|
| Scott S. Sheppard |
27 |
1977–pres. |
|
S. S. Sheppard; |
S. S. Sheppard; S. Sheppard |
(17898) |
| Edwin E. Sheridan |
38 |
n.a. |
|
E. E. Sheridan; (bio-it) |
E. E. Sheridan; E. Sheridan; E. Sherdian |
— |
| Jia You Shih |
3 |
n.a. |
|
C.-Y. Shih; disc: MPC, MPC and MPC |
C.-Y. Shih |
|
| Yoshisada Shimizu |
311 |
1943–pres. |
|
Y. Shimizu; amateur |
Y. Shimizu |
(7300) |
| Hitoshi Shiozawa |
29 |
n.a. |
|
H. Shiozawa; amateur, (bio-it) |
H. Shiozawa |
— |
| Seiji Shirai (astronomer) |
3 |
n.a. |
|
S. Shirai; MPC, MPC, MPC |
S. Shirai |
|
| Vladimir Shkodrov |
7 |
1930–2010 |
|
V. G. Shkodrov; at the Bulgarian National Observatory |
V. G. Shkodrov; V. Shkodrov |
(4364) |
| Carolyn S. Shoemaker |
377 |
1929–2021 |
|
C. S. Shoemaker; |
C. S. Shoemaker |
(4446) |
| Eugene M. Shoemaker |
183 |
1928–1997 |
|
E. M. Shoemaker; |
E. M. Shoemaker |
(2074) |
| Sergey E. Shurpakov |
2 |
1966–pres. |
|
S. Shurpakov; Sergey Eduardovich Shurpakov, amateur |
S. Shurpakov |
(279274) |
| Piero Sicoli |
43 |
1954–pres. |
|
P. Sicoli; amateur, at Sormano Observatory |
P. Sicoli |
(7866) |
| Stephen Singer-Brewster |
6 |
1945–pres. |
|
S. Singer-Brewster; at Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey |
S. Singer-Brewster |
(10315) |
| Amanjot Singh |
1 |
1988–pres. |
|
A. Singh; |
A. Singh |
(175562) |
| Russell Sipe |
2 |
n.a. |
|
R. Sipe; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC |
R. Sipe |
— |
| Brigitta Sipőcz |
42 |
1984–pres. |
|
B. Sipőcz; (bio-de) |
B. Sipocz |
|
| Michael L. Sitko |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. L. Sitko; inferred |
M. L. Sitko |
— |
| Brian A. Skiff |
62 |
n.a. |
|
B. A. Skiff; at Lowell Observatory |
B. A. Skiff |
(2554) |
| David R. Skillman |
17 |
1945–pres. |
|
D. R. Skillman; |
D. R. Skillman; D. Skillman |
(70720) |
| Jure Skvarč |
20 |
1964–pres. |
|
J. Skvarč; (bio-it) |
J. Skvarc |
(89818) |
| Evgenij Fëdorovič Skvorcov |
3 |
1882–1952 |
|
E. Skvorcov; Evgenij Skvortsov, (bio-it) |
E. Skvortsov |
(1854) |
| Sonia Keys |
1 |
1961–2018 |
|
K. Smalley; Kyle Smalley, amateur, Powell Observatory |
K. Smalley |
(36445) |
| Tamara Smirnova |
135 |
1935–2001 |
|
T. M. Smirnova; |
T. M. Smirnova |
(5540) |
| Suzanne Smrekar |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Smrekar; Suzanne Elizabeth Smrekar; (bio-it) |
S. Smrekar |
— |
| Bogdan Sobczuk |
1 |
n.a. |
|
B. Sobczuk; Src |
B. Sobczuk |
— |
| Adam Sodor |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Sodor; |
A. Sodor |
— |
| Andrea Soffiantini |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Soffiantini; Carezza, Trentino (NASA) |
A. Soffiantini |
— |
| Patrick Sogorb |
6 |
1971–pres. |
|
P. Sogorb; amateur, (bio-fr) |
P. Sogorb |
— |
| Vladimir Jakovlevič Solov'ëv |
1 |
n.a. |
|
V. Y. Solovyov; (bio-it) |
V. Y. Solovyov |
|
| Y. Sorimachi (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
Y. Sorimachi; disc: MPC and MPC |
Y. Sorimachi |
— |
| Giovanni Sostero |
1 |
1964–2012 |
|
G. Sostero; amateur |
G. Sostero |
(9878) |
| Alfredo Sota |
4 |
n.a. |
|
A. Sota; inferred, at Sierra Nevada Observatory (J86) |
A. Sota |
|
| Guy Soulié |
2 |
1920–pres. |
|
G. Soulié; amateur, (bio-fr) |
G. Soulie |
(13226) |
| Timothy B. Spahr |
59 |
1970–pres. |
|
T. B. Spahr; Timothy Bruce Spahr, at Bigelow Sky Survey |
T. B. Spahr |
(2975) |
| Stefano Sposetti |
166 |
1958–pres. |
|
S. Sposetti; amateur |
S. Sposetti; Stefano Sposetti |
(22354) |
| Tom Stafford (astronomer) |
40 |
n.a. |
|
T. Stafford; |
T. Stafford |
— |
| Anton Staus |
1 |
1872–1955 |
|
A. Staus; disc: MPC |
A. Staus |
— |
| Duncan Steel |
12 |
1955–pres. |
|
D. I. Steel; |
D. I. Steel |
(4713) |
| W. A. Stein |
1 |
n.a. |
|
W. A. Stein; inferred |
W. A. Stein |
|
| Édouard Stephan |
2 |
1837–1923 |
|
É. Stephan; disc: MPC and MPC |
E. Stephan |
|
| Peter B. Stetson |
1 |
1952–pres. |
|
P. B. Stetson; Peter Brailey Stetson, (bio-it) |
P. B. Stetson |
(255703) |
| Berton L. Stevens |
59 |
1951–pres. |
|
B. L. Stevens; amateur, Desert Moon Observatory (448), (bio-it) |
B. L. Stevens |
(38540) |
| Janet A. Stevens |
1 |
1950–pres. |
|
J. Stevens; amateur, née Madenberg, wife of B. L. Stevens (bio-it) |
J. Stevens |
(55561) |
| Carlton F. Stewart |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. F. Stewart; (bio-it) |
C. F. Stewart |
|
| DeLisle Stewart |
1 |
1870–1941 |
|
D. Stewart; disc: MPC |
D. Stewart |
|
| Lacey Stewart |
1 |
n.a. |
|
L. Stewart; Src Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine |
L. Stewart |
|
| Jürgen Stock (astronomer) |
3 |
1923–pres. |
|
J. Stock; |
J. Stock |
(4388) |
| M. Stockmaster |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Stockmaster; inferred |
M. Stockmaster |
— |
| Reiner Michael Stoss |
9 |
1975–pres. |
|
R. M. Stoss; amateur, at Starkenburg Observatory |
R. M. Stoss; R. Stoss |
(7689) |
| Luca Strabla |
1 |
1963–pres. |
|
L. Strabla; Luca Pietro Strabla, amateur, (bio-it) |
L. Strabla |
(35326) |
| Louis-Gregory Strolger |
1 |
n.a. |
|
L.-G. Strolger; inferred |
L.-G. Strolger |
— |
| Gyula Strommer |
1 |
1920–1995 |
|
G. Strommer; (bio-it) |
G. Strommer |
(254876) |
| Otto Struve |
2 |
1897–1963 |
|
O. Struve; |
O. Struve |
(2227) |
| Antonio Stucchi |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Stucchi; inferred |
A. Stucchi |
— |
| Jeffrey Sue |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Sue; inferred, at RAS Observatory (H06), Src |
J. Sue |
|
| Uwe Süßenberger |
4 |
n.a. |
|
U. Süßenberger; |
U. Suessenberger |
— |
| Matsuo Sugano |
4 |
1939–pres. |
|
M. Sugano; amateur |
M. Sugano |
(5872) |
| Atsushi Sugie |
122 |
n.a. |
|
A. Sugie; at Dynic Astronomical Observatory |
A. Sugie |
(3957) |
| Rafael Suvanto |
1 |
1909–1940 |
|
R. Suvanto; (bio-it) |
R. Suvanto |
(1927) |
| Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer) |
42 |
1950–pres. |
|
K. Suzuki; amateur |
K. Suzuki |
(5526) |
| Shōhei Suzuki |
52 |
n.a. |
|
S. Suzuki; |
S. Suzuki |
— |
| Steven Roger Swanson |
2 |
n.a. |
|
S. R. Swanson; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC |
S. R. Swanson |
|
| Frédéric Sy |
2 |
1861–19xx |
|
F. Sy; at Algiers and Paris observatories; disc: MPC and MPC |
F. Sy |
(1714) |
| Gyula M. Szabó |
9 |
1979–pres. |
|
G. Szabó; (bio-fr) |
G. Szabo |
(113203) |
| Tamás Szalai (astronomer) |
6 |
n.a. |
|
T. Szalai; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC |
T. Szalai |
|
| Dorottya Szám |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Szám; amateur, (bio-it) |
D. Szam |
— |
| Péter Székely (astronomer) |
3 |
n.a. |
|
P. Székely; Piszkéstető Station |
P. Szekely |
— |
| Attila Szing |
6 |
n.a. |
|
A. Szing; inferred |
A. Szing |
— |
| D. Taeymans |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Taeymans; inferred |
D. Taeymans |
— |
| Laurence G. Taff |
10 |
1947–pres. |
|
L. G. Taff; (bio-fr) |
L. G. Taff |
— |
| Ugo Tagliaferri |
2 |
n.a. |
|
U. Tagliaferri; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
U. Tagliaferri |
— |
| Atsushi Takahashi |
22 |
1965–pres. |
|
A. Takahashi; amateur, at Kitami Observatory |
A. Takahashi |
(4842) |
| Masanori Takeishi |
13 |
1950–pres. |
|
M. Takeishi; amateur, (bio-de) |
M. Takeishi |
(7776) |
| A. W. Taylor (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. W. Taylor; (545546), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (see D. T. Durig) |
A. W. Taylor |
— |
| D. Team (astronomer) |
2 |
n.a. |
|
D. Team; (545774), Kitt Peak |
D. Team |
— |
| Noéline Teamo |
240 |
n.a. |
|
N. Teamo; amateur, Hibiscus Observatory (F84) |
N. Teamo |
— |
| Wilhelm Tempel |
5 |
1821–1889 |
|
E. W. Tempel; |
E. W. Tempel |
(3808) |
| Luciano Tesi |
192 |
1931–pres. |
|
L. Tesi; amateur |
L. Tesi; L. esi |
(15817) |
| Augusto Testa |
31 |
1950–pres. |
|
A. Testa; amateur |
A. Testa |
(11667) |
| Holger Thiele |
4 |
1878–1946 |
|
H. Thiele; son of Thorvald N. Thiele |
H. Thiele |
(1586) |
| Bernd Thinius |
2 |
1959–pres. |
|
B. Thinius; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC,[2] |
B. Thinius |
— |
| David J. Tholen |
68 |
1955–pres. |
|
D. J. Tholen; |
D. J. Tholen; D. C. Tholen |
(3255) |
| Norman G. Thomas |
55 |
1930–pres. |
|
N. G. Thomas; |
N. G. Thomas |
(2555) |
| William Thuillot |
1 |
1951–pres. |
|
W. Thuillot; inferred |
W. Thuillot |
(18568) |
| Dan Tibbets |
3 |
n.a. |
|
D. Tibbets; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC |
D. Tibbets |
— |
| Jana Tichá |
119 |
1965–pres. |
|
J. Tichá; |
J. Ticha |
(5757) |
| Miloš Tichý |
240 |
1966–pres. |
|
M. Tichý; |
M. Tichy |
(3337) |
| Jürgen Tiedtke |
1 |
1966–pres. |
|
J. Tiedtke; amateur, co-disc. with M. Klein, FB |
J. Tiedtke |
— |
| Friedrich Tietjen |
1 |
1832–1895 |
|
F. Tietjen; ARI-astronomer, disc: MPC |
F. Tietjen |
(2158) |
| Michael Todd (astronomer) |
5 |
n.a. |
|
M. Todd; inferred |
M. Todd |
— |
| Clyde Tombaugh |
15 |
1906–1997 |
|
C. W. Tombaugh; |
C. W. Tombaugh |
(1604) |
| Maura Tombelli |
199 |
1952–pres. |
|
M. Tombelli; amateur |
M. Tombelli |
(9904) |
| Kōichirō Tomita |
9 |
1925–2006 |
|
K. Tomita; at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory |
K. Tomita |
(2391) |
| Mario Tonincelli |
5 |
n.a. |
|
M. Tonincelli; inferred |
M. Tonincelli |
— |
| John L. Tonry |
2 |
1953–pres. |
|
J. L. Tonry; University of Hawaii, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-de) |
J. L. Tonry |
(40919) |
| Carlos Torres (astronomer) |
37 |
1929–2011 |
|
C. Torres; Carlos Torres R. (not Carlos Guillermo Torres), Src Archived 2021-10-19 at the Wayback Machine |
C. Torres |
(1769) |
| Y. Torres |
1 |
n.a. |
|
Y. Torres; inferred |
Y. Torres |
|
| Juraj Tóth |
16 |
1975–pres. |
|
J. Tóth; at Comenius University |
J. Toth |
(24976) |
| Suzanne W. Tourtellotte |
16 |
1945–2013 |
|
S. Tourtellotte; inferred |
S. Tourtellotte |
— |
| Fabrizio Tozzi |
153 |
1970–pres. |
|
F. Tozzi; amateur, (bio-it) |
F. Tozzi |
— |
| Richard Trentman |
3 |
1939–pres. |
|
R. Trentman; amateur, Powell Observatory Near-Earth-Object program; disc: MPC and MPC |
R. Trentman |
(41279) |
| David E. Trilling |
52 |
1972–pres. |
|
D. E. Trilling; disc: MPC and MPC |
D. E. Trilling |
(20362) |
| Paul J. Tristram |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. J. Tristram; MJUO, Src |
P. J. Tristram |
|
| Chad Trujillo |
65 |
1973–pres. |
|
C. Trujillo; |
C. A. Trujillo; C. Trujillo; C. W. Trujillo |
(12101) |
| Yuan-Sheng Tsai (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
Y.-S. Tsai; inferred |
Y.-S. Tsai |
|
| Akira Tsuchikawa |
4 |
n.a. |
|
A. Tsuchikawa; (bio-it) |
A. Tsuchikawa |
— |
| Roy A. Tucker |
737 |
1951–pres. |
|
R. A. Tucker; |
R. A. Tucker; R. Tucker |
(10914) |
| D. Tuma |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Tuma; inferred |
D. Tuma |
— |
| Horace Parnell Tuttle |
2 |
1837–1923 |
|
H. P. Tuttle; |
H. P. Tuttle |
(5036) |
| Andrzej Udalski |
2 |
1957–pres. |
|
A. Udalski; disc: MPC and MPC |
A. Udalski |
— |
| Seiji Ueda |
705 |
1952–pres. |
|
S. Ueda; amateur |
S. Ueda |
(4676) |
| Seitaro Urakawa |
4 |
1975–pres. |
|
S. Urakawa; at Bisei |
S. Urakawa |
(23900) |
| Takeshi Urata |
642 |
1947–2012 |
|
T. Urata; amateur |
T. Urata |
(3722) |
| Fumiaki Uto |
22 |
n.a. |
|
F. Uto; |
F. Uto; T. Uto |
— |
| Ovidiu Vaduvescu |
8 |
n.a. |
|
O. Vaduvescu; first: (555152) |
O. Vaduvescu |
— |
| Antonio Vagnozzi |
46 |
1950–pres. |
|
A. Vagnozzi; amateur |
A. Vagnozzi |
(7529) |
| Marja Väisälä |
2 |
1916–2011 |
|
M. Väisälä; Marja Ilmatar Väisälä, daughter of Y. Väisälä, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
M. Vaisala |
— |
| Yrjö Väisälä |
128 |
1891–1971 |
|
Y. Väisälä; at Turku Observatory |
Y. Vaisala |
(1573), (2804) |
| Mallory Vale |
3 |
1986–pres. |
|
M. Vale; |
M. Vale |
(158899) |
| Jan Vales |
5 |
n.a. |
|
J. Vales; at Črni Vrh, |
J. Vales |
— |
| George Van Biesbroeck |
16 |
1880–1974 |
|
G. Van Biesbroeck; |
G. Van Biesbroeck |
(1781) |
| Hendrik van Gent |
39 |
1899–1947 |
|
H. van Gent; |
H. van Gent |
(1666) |
| Cornelis Johannes van Houten |
4643 |
1920–2002 |
|
C. J. van Houten; |
C. J. van Houten |
(1673) |
| Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
4644 |
1921–2015 |
|
I. van Houten-Groeneveld; |
I. van Houten-Groeneveld; I. Groeneveld |
(1674) |
| Andre van Staden |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. van Staden; inferred |
A. van Staden |
|
| Andrew Vanden Heuvel |
3 |
n.a. |
|
A. Vanden Heuvel; (bio-it) |
A. Vanden Heuvel |
— |
| Luděk Vašta |
1 |
n.a. |
|
L. Vašta; inferred |
L. Vasta |
— |
| Zdeňka Vávrová |
115 |
1945–pres. |
|
Z. Vávrová; |
Z. Vavrova |
(3364) |
| Christian Veillet |
161 |
1954–pres. |
|
C. Veillet; |
C. Veillet |
(16984) |
| Graziano Ventre |
4 |
1954–pres. |
|
G. Ventre; amateur, (bio-it) |
G. Ventre |
(22500) |
| Krisztián Vida |
1 |
1983–pres. |
|
K. Vida; (IAU Archived 2022-03-02 at the Wayback Machine), co-disc. #K. Sarneczky |
K. Vida |
— |
| Antoni Vidal |
1 |
n.a. |
|
A. Vidal; amateur, (bio-it) |
A. Vidal |
— |
| Ester Vigil |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. Vigil; amateur, (bio-it) |
E. Vigil |
— |
| Jozef Világi |
12 |
n.a. |
|
J. Világi; inferred |
J. Vilagi |
— |
| Walter Augustin Villiger |
1 |
1872–1938 |
|
W. Villiger; |
W. Villiger |
(1310) |
| George R. Viscome |
33 |
1956–pres. |
|
G. R. Viscome; |
G. R. Viscome |
(6183) |
| David Voglsam |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Voglsam; Src |
D. Voglsam |
— |
| Heinrich Vogt (astronomer) |
1 |
1890–1968 |
|
H. Vogt; disc: MPC |
H. Vogt |
(1439) |
| Luigi Volta |
5 |
1876–1952 |
|
L. Volta; (bio-it) |
L. Volta |
(383622) |
| Tomáš Vorobjov |
15 |
1984–pres. |
|
T. Vorobjov; amateur |
T. Vorobjov |
(4858) |
| Christel Vuissoz |
5 |
n.a. |
|
C. Vuissoz; inferred, disc: MPC |
C. Vuissoz |
— |
| Libor Vyskočil |
1 |
n.a. |
|
L. Vyskočil; inferred |
L. Vyskocil |
— |
| Arno Arthur Wachmann |
3 |
1902–1990 |
|
A. Wachmann; |
A. Wachmann |
(1704) |
| Sahil Wadhwa |
1 |
n.a. |
|
S. Wadhwa; |
S. Wadhwa |
— |
| Joe Wagner (astronomer) |
6 |
1964–pres. |
|
J. Wagner; (bio-it) |
J. Wagner |
— |
| R. Mark Wagner |
9 |
n.a. |
|
R. M. Wagner; IAU Archived 2022-03-24 at the Wayback Machine |
R. M. Wagner |
— |
| Duncan Waldron |
2 |
n.a. |
|
J. D. Waldron; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
J. D. Waldron |
— |
| Jasper V. Wall |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. V. Wall; (bio-it) |
J. V. Wall |
— |
| Åke Wallenquist |
1 |
1904–1994 |
|
Å. A. E. Wallenquist; at Kvistaberg Station |
A. A. E. Wallenquist |
(2114) |
| Brian D. Warner |
3 |
1952–pres. |
|
B. D. Warner; photometrist, (bio-it), Src |
B. D. Warner |
(8734) |
| Archibald Warnock |
7 |
n.a. |
|
A. Warnock; (bio-it) |
A. Warnock |
— |
| Lawrence H. Wasserman |
295 |
n.a. |
|
L. H. Wasserman; occultation, (bio-it) |
L. H. Wasserman |
(2660) |
| Kazuro Watanabe |
671 |
1955–pres. |
|
K. Watanabe; amateur |
K. Watanabe |
(4155) |
| James Craig Watson |
22 |
1838–1880 |
|
J. C. Watson; |
J. C. Watson |
(729) |
| Martin Watt |
4 |
n.a. |
|
M. Watt; (bio-it) |
M. Watt |
— |
| J. Scott Weaver |
2 |
1940–2008 |
|
J. S. Weaver; (bio-it) |
J. S. Weaver; S. Weaver |
(96344) |
| Robert Weber (astronomer) |
8 |
1926–2008 |
|
R. Weber; |
R. Weber |
(6181) |
| Katrina Wefel |
2 |
n.a. |
|
K. Wefel; at Baton Rouge, disc: MPC and MPC |
K. Wefel |
— |
| Don J. Wells |
21 |
1965–pres. |
|
D. Wells; amateur, (bio-it) |
D. Wells |
(99891) |
| Lisa Wells (astronomer) |
5 |
n.a. |
|
L. Wells; inferred; remote observer for CFHT; co-discoverer #M. Micheli: Src |
L. Wells |
— |
| Jim Wentworth |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Wentworth; inferred |
J. Wentworth |
— |
| Wolfgang Wenzel (astronomer) |
1 |
1929–pres. |
|
W. Wenzel; (bio-de) |
W. Wenzel |
(58607) |
| Richard Martin West |
40 |
1941–pres. |
|
R. M. West; |
R. M. West |
(2022) |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple |
1 |
1906–2004 |
|
F. L. Whipple; |
F. L. Whipple |
(1940) |
| Minor White (astronomer) |
45 |
n.a. |
|
M. White; (bio-it) |
M. White |
— |
| Robert J. Whiteley |
12 |
1971–pres. |
|
R. J. Whiteley; (bio-it) |
R. J. Whiteley |
(20460) |
| Paul Wiegert |
85 |
1967–pres. |
|
P. A. Wiegert; |
P. A. Wiegert |
(15068) |
| Patrick Wiggins (astronomer) |
5 |
1949–pres. |
|
P. Wiggins; amateur, (bio-it) |
P. Wiggins |
(4099) |
| Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer) |
94 |
1925–2014 |
|
P. Wild; |
P. Wild |
(1941) |
| Peter D. Wilder |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. D. Wilder; (bio-it) |
P. D. Wilder |
— |
| Iwan P. Williams |
7 |
n.a. |
|
I. P. Williams; (bio-it) |
I. P. Williams |
(3634) |
| James G. Williams |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. G. Williams; Src |
J. G. Williams |
(2335) |
| Kenneth A. Williams |
14 |
1956–pres. |
|
K. A. Williams; (824) Lake Clear N.Y.; astrophotographer |
K. A. Williams |
(14075) |
| Ryan M. Williams |
1 |
n.a. |
|
R. M. Williams; (bio-it) |
R. M. Williams |
— |
| John E. Willis |
1 |
n.a. |
|
J. Willis; USNO-astronomer, Src Archived 2017-03-02 at the Wayback Machine (bio-it) |
J. Willis |
— |
| Albert George Wilson |
5 |
1918–2012 |
|
A. G. Wilson; |
A. G. Wilson |
(4015) |
| Carl A. Wirtanen |
8 |
1910–1990 |
|
C. A. Wirtanen; |
C. A. Wirtanen |
(2044) |
| Edith Wirtanen |
1 |
n.a. |
|
E. Wirtanen; Edith Rand Wirtanen, wife of Carl Wirtanen, (bio-it) |
E. Wirtanen |
(6029) |
| Carl Gustav Witt |
2 |
1866–1946 |
|
G. Witt; |
G. Witt |
(2732) |
| David Wittman |
3 |
n.a. |
|
D. Wittman; David M. Wittman |
D. Wittman |
— |
| Christian Wolf (astronomer) |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. Wolf; assumed |
C. Wolf |
— |
| Marek Wolf |
19 |
1957–pres. |
|
M. Wolf; |
M. Wolf |
— |
| Max Wolf |
248 |
1863–1932 |
|
M. F. Wolf; |
M. F. Wolf |
(827) |
| Chris Wolfe |
29 |
n.a. |
|
C. Wolfe; (bio-it) |
C. Wolfe |
— |
| Ulrich Wolff |
2 |
1964–pres. |
|
U. Wolff; amateur, Berlin, Src Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine |
U. Wolff |
— |
| Harry Edwin Wood |
12 |
1881–1946 |
|
H. E. Wood; |
H. E. Wood |
(1660) |
| Gao Xing |
8 |
1974–pres. |
|
X. Gao; first disc: (546049), obscode:C42 |
X. Gao |
(204710) |
| Naotaka Yamamoto |
1 |
n.a. |
|
N. Yamamoto; (bio-it) |
N. Yamamoto |
— |
| Masayuki Yanai |
27 |
1959–pres. |
|
M. Yanai; |
M. Yanai |
(4260) |
| Yang Tingzhang |
12 |
n.a. |
|
T.-C. Yang; (bio-it) |
T.-C. Yang |
— |
| Ye Quan-Zhi |
213 |
1988–pres. |
|
Q.-z. Ye; also: Quan-Zhi Ye, (bio-it), Src Archived 2015-01-19 at the Wayback Machine |
Q.-z. Ye; Q.-Z. Ye; Q. Ye |
(10280) |
| B. Yeung |
1 |
n.a. |
|
B. Yeung; |
B. Yeung |
— |
| William Kwong Yu Yeung |
2049 |
1960–pres. |
|
W. K. Y. Yeung; amateur, (bio-it) |
W. K. Y. Yeung; W. K. Yeung |
(40776) |
| M. Yoshimi |
1 |
n.a. |
|
M. Yoshimi; |
M. Yoshimi |
|
| James Whitney Young |
267 |
1941–pres. |
|
J. W. Young |
J. W. Young; J. Young |
(2874) |
| Jure Zakrajšek |
7 |
n.a. |
|
J. Zakrajšek; Src |
J. Zakrajsek |
— |
| O. Zamora |
1 |
n.a. |
|
O. Zamora; co-disc. #O. Vaduvescu |
O. Zamora |
— |
| Fulvio Zanardini |
2 |
n.a. |
|
F. Zanardini; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) |
F. Zanardini |
— |
| Luciano Zannoni |
1 |
n.a. |
|
L. Zannoni; |
L. Zannoni |
— |
| Vincenzo Zappalà |
9 |
1945–pres. |
|
V. Zappalà; at Pino Torinese Observatory |
V. Zappala |
(2813) |
| Justas Zdanavičius |
114 |
n.a. |
|
J. Zdanavičius; (bio-it) |
J. Zdanavicius |
— |
| Kazimieras Zdanavičius |
1 |
1938–pres. |
|
K. Zdanavičius; (bio-it) |
K. Zdanavicius |
(203823) |
| Kenneth W. Zeigler |
3 |
n.a. |
|
K. W. Zeigler; disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
K. W. Zeigler |
— |
| David S. Zelinsky |
1 |
n.a. |
|
D. Zelinsky; inferred |
D. Zelinsky |
(3042) |
| O. Zeloyniy |
2 |
n.a. |
|
O. Zeloyniy; inferred, first: (550982) |
O. Zeloyniy |
– |
| Xu Zhijian |
4 |
1989–pres. |
|
Z. Xu; amateur, (546756), co-discoveries with Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, 300+ SOHO comets |
Z. Xu |
(546843) |
| Lyudmila Zhuravleva |
213 |
1946–pres. |
|
L. V. Zhuravleva; Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva; ITA-astronomer |
L. V. Zhuravleva |
(26087) |
| Massimo Ziboli |
4 |
n.a. |
|
M. Ziboli; amateur, disc: MPC, (bio-it) |
M. Ziboli |
— |
| Pavel Zigo |
1 |
n.a. |
|
P. Zigo; inferred |
P. Zigo |
— |
| Ute Zimmer |
24 |
1964–pres. |
|
U. Zimmer; amateur,[2] |
U. Zimmer |
— |
| Michał Żołnowski |
16 |
1975–pres. |
|
M. Żołnowski; amateur, Rantiga Osservatorio |
M. Zolnowski |
(384815) |
| Frank B. Zoltowski |
229 |
1957–pres. |
|
F. B. Zoltowski; amateur |
F. B. Zoltowski |
(18292) |
| Giovanni Zonaro |
1 |
n.a. |
|
G. Zonaro; amateur, (bio-it) |
G. Zonaro |
— |
| Cristina Zurita |
1 |
n.a. |
|
C. Zurita; inferred |
C. Zurita |
— |
| Anna N. Żytkow |
7 |
1947–pres. |
|
A. Żytkow; |
A. Zytkow |
— |
