Timothy B. Spahr
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Timothy B. Spahr is an American astronomer.
He works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as director of the Minor Planet Center, has discovered numerous asteroids and is credited as a co-discoverer of one satellite of Jupiter (Callirrhoe) and one of Saturn (Albiorix).
He also discovered two periodic comets (171P/Spahr, P/1998 U4).
Asteroid 2975 Spahr was named after him.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 245. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
[edit] External links
- An interview to Timothy Spahr (Minor Planet Center)
- Old equipment finds big asteroid nearby (asteroid: 1996 JA1)
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