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'Roy A. Tucker' (born 1951)[1] is an American astronomer.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, identifying 215 and co-discovering one between 1996 and 2006.[2]
He was one of five researchers awarded a "Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grant" for 2002 by the Planetary Society. He works as a senior engineer in the Imaging Technology Laboratory of the University of Arizona. He is one of the three co-discoverers of asteroid 99942 Apophis (formerly better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii. This asteroid will closely approach the earth on 13 April 2029 and be as bright as a third magnitude star.
1. gpobs.home.mindspring.com
2. Infos from cfa-www.harvard.edu website
★ Goodricke-Pigott Observatory
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, identifying 215 and co-discovering one between 1996 and 2006.[2]
He was one of five researchers awarded a "Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grant" for 2002 by the Planetary Society. He works as a senior engineer in the Imaging Technology Laboratory of the University of Arizona. He is one of the three co-discoverers of asteroid 99942 Apophis (formerly better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii. This asteroid will closely approach the earth on 13 April 2029 and be as bright as a third magnitude star.
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References
1. gpobs.home.mindspring.com
2. Infos from cfa-www.harvard.edu website
External links
★ Goodricke-Pigott Observatory
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