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Minor planets discovered: 5
Co-discovery made with: {{note label\|codisc\|A\| R. Minkowski {{note label\|codisc\|B\| Å. A. E. Wallenquist
1620 Geographos	14 September 1951	{{LoMP\|1620\|list}}}} {{ref label\|codisc\|A\|}}
1915 Quetzálcoatl	9 March 1953	{{LoMP\|1915\|list}}}}
1980 Tezcatlipoca	19 June 1950	{{LoMP\|1980\|list}}}} {{ref label\|codisc\|B\|}}
10000 Myriostos	30 September 1951	{{LoMP\|10000\|list}}}}
(118162) 1951 SX}}	29 September 1951	{{LoMP\|118162\|list}}}}

Albert George Wilson (July 28, 1918 – August 27, 2012) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.^[2]^[3]

He was born in Houston, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Caltech in 1947; his thesis title was Axially Symmetric Thermal Stresses in a Semi-Infinite Solid advised by Harry Bateman.

In 1949 he accepted a job at Palomar Observatory, and led the Palomar Sky Survey. In 1953 he became assistant director of Lowell Observatory, and served as director from 1954 to 1957. He later worked at Rand Corporation and other private sector positions. In 1962 he became founding editor of the astronomical magazine Icarus. In 1966, he accepted the position of associate director of McDonnell-Douglas Corporation Advanced Research Laboratories (DARL), which he held from 1966 until 1972. Wilson then became an adjunct professor at USC, teaching courses in philosophy and science until his retirement. After retiring Wilson was associated with the Institute on Man and Science and the Institute of the Future, lecturing and consulting for both groups.^[2]

He discovered a number of asteroids, and also co-discovered the periodic comet 107P/Wilson–Harrington with Robert George Harrington. The object is also known as the minor planet 4015 Wilson–Harrington.^[5]

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1. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www2.lowell.edu/Research/library/paper/al_wilson.html |title=Albert George Wilson |accessdate=2012-10-09 |work=lowell}}
2. ^¹²{{cite web |author=Joseph S. Tenn – Sonoma State University |url=https://aas.org/obituaries/albert-g-wilson-1918-2012 |title=Albert G. Wilson (1918 - 2012) |publisher=American Astronomical Society |date= |accessdate=2012-10-09}}
3. ^¹{{cite book |title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4015) Wilson-Harrington |last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. |publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg |page = 342 |date = 2007 |isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3 |doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3999 |chapter = (4015) Wilson-Harrington }}

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