RICHARD MARTIN WEST

Asteroids discovered: 39
2052 Tamriko	October 24, 1976
2053 Nuki	October 24, 1976
2115 Irakli	October 24, 1976
2116 Mtskheta	October 24, 1976
2117 Danmark	January 9, 1978
2145 Blaauw	October 24, 1976
2146 Stentor	October 24, 1976
2147 Kharadze	October 25, 1976
2148 Epeios	October 24, 1976
2187 La Silla	October 24, 1976
2526 Alisary	May 19, 1979
2595 Gudiachvili	May 19, 1979
2596 Vainu Bappu	May 19, 1979
2935 Naerum	October 24, 1976
3004 Knud	February 27, 1976
3477 Kazbegi	May 19, 1979
3871 Reiz	February 18, 1982
3933 Portugal	March 12, 1986
5270 Kakabadze	May 19, 1979
5890 Carlsberg	May 19, 1979
6362 Tunis	May 19, 1979
8066 Poldimeri	August 6, 1980
8993 Ingstad	October 30, 1980
(9272) 1979 KQ	May 19, 1979
(10462) 1979 KM	May 19, 1979
	October 24, 1976
	August 6, 1980
(12188) 1978 PE	August 9, 1978
	August 6, 1980
	November 1, 1985
(15201) 1976 UY	October 31, 1976
(15207) 1979 KD	May 19, 1979
(20995) 1985 VY	November 1, 1985
(22252) 1978 SG	September 27, 1978
	August 6, 1980
(27667) 1979 KJ	May 19, 1979
(34998) 1978 SE	September 27, 1978
	November 1, 1985
(79086) 1977 RD	September 4, 1977

'Richard Martin West' (born 1941) is a Danish astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
He discovered numerous comets, including the spectacular "Comet West" (C/1975 V1) and the periodic comets 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura and 123P/West-Hartley.
He also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroids 2146 Stentor, 2148 Epeios and (20995) 1985 VY.
He co-discovered (with Hans-Emil Schuster) the Phoenix Dwarf galaxy.

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★ Richard West's homepage