Scott S. Sheppard
Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He has also discovered the second known leading Neptune trojan, 2004 UP10, and the first known trailing Neptune trojan, 2008 LC18, as well as several Kuiper belt objects, centaurs, and near-Earth asteroids.
Among the named moons in whose discovery he has been involved are:
- Jupiter
- Themisto (2000), first discovered by Charles Kowal in 1975
- Harpalyke (2000)
- Praxidike (2000)
- Chaldene (2000)
- Isonoe (2000)
- Erinome (2000)
- Taygete (2000)
- Kalyke (2000)
- Megaclite (2000)
- Iocaste (2000)
- Euporie (2001)
- Orthosie (2001)
- Euanthe (2001)
- Thyone (2001)
- Hermippe (2001)
- Pasithee (2001)
- Aitne (2001)
- Eurydome (2001)
- Autonoe (2001)
- Sponde (2001)
- Kale (2001)
- Arche (2002)
- Eukelade (2003)
- Helike (2003)
- Aoede (2003)
- Hegemone (2003)
- Kallichore (2003)
- Cyllene (2003)
- Mneme (2003)
- Thelxinoe (2003)
- Carpo (2003)
- Kore (2003)
- Herse (2003)
- S/2003 J 2 (2003)
- S/2003 J 3 (2003)
- S/2003 J 4 (2003)
- S/2003 J 5 (2003)
- S/2003 J 9 (2003)
- S/2003 J 10 (2003)
- S/2003 J 12 (2003)
- S/2003 J 15 (2003)
- S/2003 J 16 (2003)
- S/2003 J 18 (2003)
- S/2003 J 19 (2003)
- S/2003 J 23 (2003)
- S/2011 J 1 (2011)
- S/2011 J 2 (2011)
- Saturn
- Narvi (2003)
- Fornjot (2004)
- Farbauti (2004)
- Aegir (2004)
- Bebhionn (2004)
- Hati (2004)
- Bergelmir (2004)
- Fenrir (2004)
- Bestla (2004)
- Hyrrokkin (2004)
- Kari (2004)
- S/2004 S 7 (2004)
- S/2004 S 12 (2004)
- S/2004 S 13 (2004)
- S/2004 S 17 (2004)
- Loge (2006)
- Surtur (2006)
- Skoll (2006)
- Greip (2006)
- Jarnsaxa (2006)
- S/2006 S 1 (2006)
- S/2006 S 3 (2006)
- Tarqeq (2007)
- S/2007 S 2 (2007)
- S/2007 S 3 (2007)
- Uranus
- Margaret (2003)
- Neptune
- Psamathe (2003)
Scott Sheppard has also been involved in the discovery of dwarf-planet candidates such as 2010 EK139, 2010 KZ39, and 2010 FX86. He is a co-discoverer of the satellite of Kuiper belt object 2007 TY430.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Circular No. 8962 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams". CBAT. 2008 August 1. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08900/08962.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
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