# Paul Wiegert

Minor planets discovered: 85 :
* see § List of discovered minor planets
Paul Arnold Wiegert (born 1967) is a Canadian astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and professor at the University of Western Ontario.
Wiegert studies unusual orbits of both observed objects and theorised classes of objects, for example, one early paper considers not-known-to-exist planets orbiting the nearby Alpha Centauri star system, while later papers extend that case to more general planetary stability in general binary systems (as exoplanet studies are finding increasingly frequently). This work in particular should be of interest to science fiction authors inventing universes.
Other areas of work include identifying the orbits of minor planets in the Solar System, which by virtue of their potential instability could realistically become major threats to civilization when one impacts on Earth again, as they have in the past. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 80 numbered minor planets between 2003 and 2008. Wiegert was also involved in the discovery of 3753 Cruithne, Earth's first known Trojan asteroid.
He was also the a member of the team that identified 524522 Zoozve, as a quasi-satellite of Venus, in 2004, two years after the actual discovery of the object.
The outer main-belt asteroid 15068 Wiegert was named in his honor.

## List of discovered minor planets

| 172996 Stooke | 25 May 2006 | list |
| 199763 Davidgregory | 1 May 2006 | list |
| 204786 Wehlau | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (229280) 2005 BN$_{47}$ | 16 January 2005 | list |
| 233472 Moorcroft | 25 May 2006 | list |
| 236616 Gray | 1 May 2006 | list |
| 254422 Henrykent | 9 November 2004 | list |
| 261930 Moorhead | 25 May 2006 | list |
| 262536 Nowikow | 26 October 2006 | list |
| 263251 Pandabear | 6 January 2008 | list |
| 273230 de Bruyn | 1 May 2006 | list |
| 273262 Cottam | 25 May 2006 | list |
| 277883 Basu | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (281067) 2006 KU$_{130}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (282630) 2005 RL$_{50}$ | 3 September 2005 | list |
| (290156) 2005 QL$_{183}$ | 27 August 2005 | list |
| (290181) 2005 RZ$_{50}$ | 3 September 2005 | list |
| (291824) 2006 KH$_{133}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (292856) 2006 UE$_{341}$ | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (298762) 2004 HT$_{77}$ | 26 April 2004 | list |
| (299518) 2006 CX$_{63}$ | 2 February 2006 | list |
| (299631) 2006 JP$_{68}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| 304122 Ameliawehlau | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (304557) 2006 UL$_{352}$ | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (305344) 2008 AB$_{122}$ | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (306257) 2011 RF$_3$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (307681) 2003 SA$_{425}$ | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (308753) 2006 JD$_{79}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (309426) 2007 TX$_{412}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (311604) 2006 KD$_{137}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (312676) 2010 MF$_{36}$ | 19 January 2007 | list |
| (315529) 2008 AN$_{120}$ | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (317843) 2003 SH$_{424}$ | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (317844) 2003 SU$_{426}$ | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (319358) 2006 CE$_{64}$ | 2 February 2006 | list |
| (319455) 2006 KB$_{142}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (322569) 2011 YQ$_{65}$ | 14 September 2007 | list |
| (324208) 2006 AS$_{103}$ | 7 January 2006 | list |
| (324327) 2006 JB$_{72}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (327559) 2006 CS$_{63}$ | 2 February 2006 | list |
| (331824) 2003 SU$_{424}$ | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (335013) 2004 HW$_{76}$ | 26 April 2004 | list |
| (339395) 2005 BA$_{48}$ | 16 January 2005 | list |
| (340538) 2006 JJ$_{73}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (344700) 2003 SV$_{423}$ | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (344918) 2004 RY$_{347}$ | 12 September 2004 | list |
| (345702) 2006 UL$_{357}$ | 27 October 2006 | list |
| (349018) 2006 UD$_{352}$ | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (350205) 2012 QE$_2$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (351475) 2005 PH$_{27}$ | 10 August 2005 | list |
| (353730) 2011 WN$_{114}$ | 24 November 2005 | list |
| (355145) 2006 UZ$_{343}$ | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (358712) 2008 AO$_{121}$ | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (360106) 2013 CM$_{13}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (362643) 2011 SZ$_{185}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (362683) 2011 UD$_{93}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (363834) 2005 PH$_{25}$ | 5 August 2005 | list |
| (364179) 2006 KU$_{138}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (365879) 2011 UC$_{318}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (371548) 2006 UY$_{349}$ | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (376299) 2011 FC$_{138}$ | 15 December 2004 | list |
| (376303) 2011 FK$_{148}$ | 14 September 2007 | list |
| (376674) 2013 QD$_{29}$ | 16 January 2005 | list |
| (377395) 2004 RW$_{349}$ | 12 September 2004 | list |
| (377959) 2006 JK$_{61}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (387984) 2005 ON$_{29}$ | 31 July 2005 | list |
| (391240) 2006 KP$_{134}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (393652) 2004 PN$_{116}$ | 12 August 2004 | list |
| (394654) 2008 AS$_{120}$ | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (400015) 2006 KH$_{126}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (402361) 2005 VV$_{134}$ | 1 November 2005 | list |
| (405285) 2003 SV$_{424}$ | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (405915) 2006 JP$_{70}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (416605) 2004 PV$_{116}$ | 12 August 2004 | list |
| (422054) 2014 QE$_{366}$ | 16 January 2005 | list |
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| (434357) 2004 RC$_{350}$ | 12 September 2004 | list |
| (434709) 2006 CJ$_{69}$ | 3 February 2006 | list |
| (438334) 2006 KD$_{139}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (441316) 2008 AV$_{125}$ | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (444474) 2006 KL$_{142}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (470002) 2006 KW$_{137}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (476348) 2008 AT$_{123}$ | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (489211) 2006 JH$_{74}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (493446) 2014 WJ$_{361}$ | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (497593) 2006 JU$_{69}$ | 1 May 2006 | list |
| Co-discovery made with: $^A$ A. Papadimos |