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List of minor planet discoverers

This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects).[1] As of January 2022, the discovery of 612,011 numbered minor planets are credited to 1,141 astronomers and 253 observatories, telescopes or surveys (see § Discovering dedicated institutions).

On how a discovery is made, see observations of small Solar System bodies. For a description of the tables below, see § Notes.

Discovering astronomers

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. 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. 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 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.
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. 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 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 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 1953-2021 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 1944–2018 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 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)
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 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 (astronomer) 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, 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
Patrick Martinez (astronomer) 2 n.a. P. Martinez; CV, Src P. Martinez
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 (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. 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 1962–2019 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 1936–2022 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 19 June 2017 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 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 8 May 2021 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 10 May 2019 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 12 December 2018 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, , 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 2 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 7 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Img 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 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 11 December 2018 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, 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 Kastelʹ 9 n.a.
G. R. Kastelʹ; ITA astronomer, (bio-it) G. R. Kastelʹ (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 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 P. Kocher (115950)
Michael König 2 1966–pres. M. König; amateur, disc: MPC, Src[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,
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This is a list of minor planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets such as near Earth and main belt asteroids Jupiter trojans and distant objects 91 1 93 As of January 160 2022 91 update 93 the discovery of 612 011 numbered minor planets are credited to 1 141 astronomers and 253 observatories telescopes or surveys see 160 Discovering dedicated institutions On how a discovery is made see observations of small Solar System bodies For a description of the tables below see 160 Notes Contents 1 Discovering astronomers 2 Discovering dedicated institutions 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links Discovering astronomers Edit 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 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 Eric J Allen 1 n a E 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 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 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 Babiakova 14 1976 2002 U Babiakova 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 Banyai 1 n a E Banyai 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 Bauersima 1 1931 pres I Bauersima 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 Beliaiev 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 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 Birlan 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 91 2 93 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 Borngen 538 1930 pres F Borngen 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 Gregoire 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 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 J A Brown Michael E Brown 29 1965 pres M E Brown M E Brown 11714 Ladislav Brozek 23 1952 pres L Brozek 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 1953 2021 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 Ferran 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 2018 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 Cernis 1 n a E Cernis E Cernis Kazimieras Cernis 154 1958 pres K Cernis 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 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 Zhang Yuzhe 1 1902 1986 Y C Chang Y C Chang 2051 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 Nikolaevic Cestnov 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 Ciffreo 1 n a J Ciffreo disc 108P Ciffreo fr J Ciffreo James L Clem 1 n a J L Clem CV 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 Cofre 11 n a S Cofre S Cofre Jerome Eugene 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 Francois 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 Sola 11 1868 1937 J Comas i Sola 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 Balazs Csak 3 1979 pres B Csak disc MPC and MPC bio it B Csak Tibor Csorgei 1 1972 pres T Csorgei 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 Dalya 1 n a G Dalya 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 astronomer 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 Martinez 1 n a M de Pascual disc MPC bio it M de Pascual Patrick Martinez astronomer 2 n a P Martinez CV Src P Martinez Jose 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 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 Eugene 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 Aliz Derekas 3 1977 pres A Derekas bio it A Derekas Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch 1 1901 1986 A Deutsch Aleksandr Nikolaevic Dejc 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 2019 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 Đurkovic 2 1908 1981 P Đurkovic 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 Francois 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 Dusic 2 n a M Dusic 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 Ilgmars Eglitis 21 1951 pres I Eglitis bio fr I Eglitis 320153 Norbert Ehring 5 1937 pres N Ehring amateur bio de 91 2 93 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 2022 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 91 2 93 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 19 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine N Falla Aniko Farkas Takacs 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 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 Lluis 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 Ramon Ferrin Vazquez 12 1943 pres I R Ferrin 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 Jorn 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 Forster 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 8 May 2021 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 Gabor Furesz 1 1978 pres G Furesz 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 Stefan Gajdos 15 1959 pres S Gajdos bio it S Gajdos 213636 Avishay Gal Yam 1 1970 pres A Gal Yam bio it A Gal Yam Adrian Galad 81 1970 pres A Galad 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 Garrigos Sanchez 1 1961 pres A Garrigos Sanchez amateur B37 Src and Src Archived 10 May 2019 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 12 December 2018 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 Gerascenko 2 n a O Gerascenko 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 Julia Gomez Donet 1 n a J J Gomez bio it J J Gomez 90140 Francois Gonnessiat 2 1856 1934 F Gonnessiat F Gonnessiat 1177 Luis E Gonzalez 2 n a L E Gonzalez Luis Eduardo Gonzalez disc MPC MPC and C 1981 160 M1 Img bio it L E Gonzalez Vittorio Goretti 32 1939 2016 V Goretti Src V Goretti 7801 Paul Gotz 20 1883 1962 P Gotz 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 Flo 5 n a J Guarro i Flo 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 2 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 Hausler 1 1958 pres B Hausler 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 7 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine Img 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 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 Hodosan 9 n a G Hodosan inferred G Hodosan Sebastian F Honig 571 1977 pres S F Honig bio it Src Archived 11 December 2018 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 91 3 93 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 Leo 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 Paramo 1 n a J Iglesias Paramo Jorge Iglesias Paramo 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 Ivanovic Ipatov Serguei 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 Nikolaj Ivanov unrelated to MPC bio it N Ivanov Violeta G Ivanova 14 n a V G Ivanova V G Ivanova V Ivanova 4365 Jurij Mykolajovyc Ivascenko 21 1961 pres Y Ivascenko Yuri Ivascenko 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 Cristovao 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 Emmanuel Jehin 1 n a E Jehin TRAPPIST U Liege 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 Kare 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 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 Juric 125 1979 pres M Juric 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 Dusan Kalmancok 7 1945 pres D Kalmancok D Kalmancok 29824 Lars Kamel 2 1960 pres L Kamel 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 Adam Karpati 2 n a A Karpati disc MPC and MPC unrelated to MPC A Karpati Galina Ricardovna Kastelʹ 9 n a G R Kastelʹ ITA astronomer bio it G R Kastelʹ 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 Janos Kelemen 4 1951 pres J Kelemen Piszkesteto Stn Src Src 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 nee 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 Kiraly 5 n a A Kiraly 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 Laszlo 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 91 2 93 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 Knezevic astronomer 1 1949 pres Z Knezevic Z Knezevic 3900 Andre Knofel 18 1963 pres A Knofel 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 Kocer 8 n a M Kocer 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 P Kocher 115950 Michael Konig 2 1966 pres M Konig amateur disc MPC Src 91 2 93 M Koenig Lubos 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 Kolar 2 n a A Kolar disc MPC and MPC differs from Jan Kolar MPC MPC A Kolar Eberhard Koldewey 2 1937 pres 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