JOHN BROUGHTON

'Asteroids discovered: 449'

8749 Beatles	April 3, 1998
8958 Stargazer	March 23, 1998
9241 Rosfranklin	August 10, 1997
11196 Michanikos	January 22, 1999
11365 NASA	March 23, 1998
11425 Wearydunlop	June 18, 1999
12113 Hollows	July 29, 1998
12542 Laver	August 10, 1998
13298 Namatjira	September 15, 1998
14621 Tati	October 22, 1998
15092 Beegees	March 15, 1999
15495 Bogie	February 17, 1999
15550 Sydney	March 31, 2000
15947 Milligan	January 2, 1998
16046 Gregnorman	May 5, 1999
16155 Buddy	January 3, 2000
16260 Sputnik	May 9, 2000
17023 Abbott	March 7, 1999
17024 Costello	March 15, 1999
17038 Wake	March 26, 1999
17058 Rocknroll	April 13, 1999
17059 Elvis	April 15, 1999
17078 Sellers	April 24, 1999
17166 Secombe	June 17, 1999
17269 Dicksmith	June 3, 2000
	June 4, 2000
17283 Ustinov	June 24, 2000
17826 Normanwisdom	April 3, 1998
17892 Morecambewise	March 15, 1999
17936 Nilus	April 24, 1999
17945 Hawass	May 14, 1999
18125 Brianwilson	July 22, 2000
18132 Spector	July 30, 2000
18747 Lexcen	March 26, 1999
18839 Whiteley	August 5, 1999
18932 Robinhood	August 28, 2000
19453 Murdochorne	March 28, 1998
19535 Rowanatkinson	April 24, 1999
19578 Kirkdouglas	June 20, 1999
19582 Blow	July 13, 1999
19631 Greensleeves	September 13, 1999
20314 Johnharrison	March 28, 1998
20403 Attenborough	July 22, 1998
20468 Petercook	July 13, 1999
20469 Dudleymoore	July 13, 1999
21476 Petrie	April 28, 1998
	August 10, 1999
	August 10, 1999
	September 13, 1999
	September 15, 1999
	July 27, 1998
	July 29, 1998
	November 26, 1998
23032 Fossey	December 3, 1999
23774 Herbelliott	June 26, 1998
24450 Victorchang	August 29, 2000
	August 18, 1998
25058 Shanegould	August 25, 1998
	October 13, 1998
	October 13, 1998
	October 15, 1998
	November 14, 1998
	November 15, 1998
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(25939) 2001 EQ	March 3, 2001
	October 22, 1998
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(26647) 2000 LT	June 2, 2000
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(27626) 2001 NA	July 1, 2001
(28058) 1998 NF	July 1, 1998
	July 22, 1998
	March 10, 1999
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	March 31, 2000
(28913) 2000 OT	July 23, 2000
	April 15, 1999
	April 19, 1999
	March 15, 2000
(30419) 2000 LU	June 2, 2000
30439 Moe	June 21, 2000
30440 Larry	June 22, 2000
30441 Curly	June 24, 2000
30444 Shemp	July 5, 2000
	July 13, 2001
	August 25, 1997
	July 30, 1998
	February 14, 1999
(31552) 1999 EJ	March 7, 1999
	April 12, 1999
(31804) 1999 MG	June 18, 1999
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(32154) 2000 MH	June 23, 2000
(32156) 2000 MY	June 24, 2000
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(32197) 2000 OV	July 24, 2000
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(32510) 2001 NS	July 12, 2001
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(33430) 1999 EH	March 7, 1999
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	May 13, 1999
(33722) 1999 NO	July 7, 1999
	August 15, 1999
	May 27, 2000
(33946) 2000 MV	June 24, 2000
(33992) 2000 OQ	July 23, 2000
(33993) 2000 OS	July 23, 2000
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	July 11, 1999
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(38668) 2000 PM	August 1, 2000
	August 31, 2000
	April 24, 1998
	August 17, 1998
	August 18, 1998
	October 12, 1998
	October 21, 1998
	May 13, 1999
(40327) 1999 MB	June 17, 1999
(40332) 1999 NK	July 6, 1999
	September 12, 1999
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(40716) 1999 SL	September 16, 1999
41488 Sindbad	August 29, 2000
	January 2, 1998
	August 9, 1999
(42840) 1999 RU	September 4, 1999
43293 Banting	April 1, 2000
	August 14, 2001
	May 21, 1998
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	July 29, 1998
44217 Whittle	August 12, 1998
	October 13, 1998
	October 15, 1998
	December 22, 1998
(44592) 1999 OM	July 17, 1999
(44595) 1999 PE	August 4, 1999
(44596) 1999 PF	August 4, 1999
(45764) 2000 LV	June 2, 2000
	June 6, 2000
	August 23, 2000
	March 19, 2001
	April 24, 1998
	October 15, 1998
	April 24, 1999
	August 5, 2002
	August 25, 1997
	July 22, 1998
	July 29, 1998
	August 10, 1998
	August 24, 1998
	October 28, 1998
	April 11, 2000
	June 6, 2000
(51333) 2000 ME	June 22, 2000
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	April 19, 2001
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	July 21, 2001
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	March 27, 1998
	August 24, 1998
	February 14, 1999
	February 17, 1999
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(54437) 2000 MW	June 24, 2000
	July 5, 2000
	July 27, 2000
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(54818) 2001 NR	July 12, 2001
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	July 19, 2001
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	July 28, 2001
	September 15, 1998
	February 13, 1999
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	May 11, 2000
(56708) 2000 MZ	June 24, 2000
	June 27, 2000
(56816) 2000 QQ	August 21, 2000
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	July 19, 2001
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	August 17, 2001
	August 19, 2001
	May 21, 1998
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(59472) 1999 HX	April 19, 1999
	May 14, 1999
(59757) 1999 ME	June 18, 1999
(59759) 1999 MR	June 20, 1999
	July 13, 1999
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	August 10, 1999
	June 4, 2000
(61121) 2000 MU	June 23, 2000
	June 27, 2000
	July 5, 2000
	July 30, 2000
	August 1, 2000
	August 23, 2000
	August 28, 2000
	June 18, 2001
(63451) 2001 OB	July 16, 2001
	July 23, 2001
	July 28, 2001
	August 9, 2001
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	August 12, 2002
	August 25, 1997
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	July 22, 1998
	March 14, 1999
(66264) 1999 HR	April 18, 1999
	May 13, 1999
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	August 13, 2001
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	August 24, 1998
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	July 18, 1999
	August 11, 1999
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(72818) 2001 HM	April 16, 2001
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(73435) 2002 MS	June 18, 2002
	August 22, 2003
	August 25, 1997
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(74563) 1999 MQ	June 20, 1999
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(77768) 2001 QM	August 16, 2001
(78117) 2002 NR	July 4, 2002
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(78209) 2002 OA	July 16, 2002
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	July 30, 1998
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(81929) 2000 OE	July 22, 2000
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	August 13, 1999
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(87168) 2000 OW	July 24, 2000
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(90368) 2003 MG	June 19, 2003
	February 26, 1998
	August 13, 1999
	November 7, 1999
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(92473) 2000 LP	June 2, 2000
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(96742) 1999 ON	July 17, 1999
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(105091) 2000 LO	June 2, 2000
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(112434) 2002 OD	July 16, 2002
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(114776) 2003 MJ	June 20, 2003
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(114806) 2003 OR	July 20, 2003
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(114841) 2003 PF	August 1, 2003
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(117058) 2004 KW	May 17, 2004
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(120305) 2004 KF	May 16, 2004
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(121185) 1999 NP	July 7, 1999
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(128066) 2003 OM	July 17, 2003
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(128087) 2003 PH	August 1, 2003
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(128428) 2004 NJ	July 8, 2004
(128429) 2004 NK	July 8, 2004
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(129813) 1999 NJ	July 6, 1999
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(131351) 2001 JE	May 2, 2001
(131416) 2001 OA	July 16, 2001
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'John Broughton' is an Australian astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. His observations are done at Reedy Creek Observatory in Queensland (IAU Observatory Code: 428).

Contents

Discoveries and Research

Awards and Grants

External links

Discoveries and Research

Broughton discovered a Near Earth Object (NEO), , on April 11, 2004. This is considered the first amateur discovery of a large, potentially hazardous NEO.
He discovered a comet, now designated P/2005 T5 (Broughton), on November 3, 2005.
He has produced two software applications, ''scantracker'' and ''scanalyser'', for the Drift-Scan Timing of Asteroid Occulations. These are available online for free.

Awards and Grants

Broughton was one of five astronomers who won "Gene Shoemaker Near-Earth Object Grants" from the Planetary Society in 2002. The money was used to purchase a CCD camera.

External links

★ Broughton's Website for the Reedy Creek Observatory, Including His Software

★ Mention of the Shoemaker Grant, and Broughton's discovery of