- List of discovered minor planets
- References
- External links
Minor planets discovered: 58 see {{section link | List of discovered minor planets} | Timothy Bruce Spahr (born 1970) is an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets.[2]From 2000–2014 he worked at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Minor Planet Center. From September 2006 to December 2014 he was the director of Minor Planet Center. He is a co-discoverer of Callirrhoe, a moon of Jupiter, and of Albiorix, a moon of Saturn. He also discovered two periodic comets: 171P/Spahr and P/1998 U4. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 58 minor planets. The Florian asteroid 2975 Spahr was named after him.[2] List of discovered minor planets {{See also|Category:Discoveries by Timothy B. Spahr}}7885 Levine 17 May 1993 | {{LoMP|7885|list}}}} | (8404) 1995 AN}} | 1 January 1995 | {{LoMP|8404|list}}}} | (8563) 1995 US}} | 19 October 1995 | {{LoMP|8563|list}}}} | (8893) 1995 KZ}} | 23 May 1995 | {{LoMP|8893|list}}}} | (9772) 1993 MB}} | 16 June 1993 | {{LoMP|9772|list}}}} | (9799) 1996 RJ}} | 8 September 1996 | {{LoMP|9799|list}}}} | (10187) 1996 JV}} | 12 May 1996 | {{LoMP|10187|list}}}} | (10862) 1995 QE|2}} | 26 August 1995 | {{LoMP|10862|list}}}} | 11596 Francetic | 26 May 1995 | {{LoMP|11596|list}}}} | 12008 Kandrup | 11 October 1996 | {{LoMP|12008|list}}}} | (12404) 1995 QW|3}} | 31 August 1995 | {{LoMP|12404|list}}}} | (13155) 1995 SB|1}} | 19 September 1995 | {{LoMP|13155|list}}}} | (13617) 1994 YA|2}} | 29 December 1994 | {{LoMP|13617|list}}}} | Co-discovery made with: {{note label|codisc|A| C. W. Hergenrother {{clear}} References 1. ^1 2 {{cite book |title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2975) Spahr |last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. |publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg |page = 245 |date = 2007 |isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3 |doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2976 |chapter = (2975) Spahr }}
[1]}} External links - An interview to Timothy Spahr (Minor Planet Center)
- Old equipment finds big asteroid nearby (asteroid: 1996 JA1)
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