# Brian A. Skiff

Minor planets discovered: 60 :
* see § List of discovered minor planets
Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer noted for discovering numerous asteroids and a number of comets including the periodic comets 114P/Wiseman–Skiff (with Jennifer Wiseman) and 140P/Bowell–Skiff (with Edward Bowell).

## Biography

Skiff received his BS from Northern Arizona University in 1977 and has worked as an astronomer at Lowell Observatory since 1976.
Between 1980 and 1997, he has also discovered a total 60 numbered minor planets, including (15398) 1997 UZ$_{23}$, a dark Jupiter trojan about 37 kilometers in diameter. Working on the LONEOS project he rediscovered the long lost asteroid 69230 Hermes in October 2003 and the Apohele asteroid (434326) 2004 JG6 in May 2004.

## Awards and honors

The Florian main-belt asteroid 2554 Skiff was named in his honour. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 8 April 1982 (M.P.C. 6834).
Skiff received the Texas Star Party’s Lone Star Gazer Award in 1986.

## List of discovered minor planets

Brian Skiff is credited with the discovery and co-discovery of 60 minor planets between 1981 and 1997. The co-discovery of 2557 Putnam, 3256 Daguerre, 3807 Pagels and 4193 Salanave he made in collaboration with Norman G. Thomas $^A$ .
| 2525 O'Steen | 2 November 1981 | list |
| 2557 Putnam | 26 September 1981 | list |
| 2588 Flavia | 2 November 1981 | list |
| 2864 Soderblom | 12 January 1983 | list |
| 2881 Meiden | 12 January 1983 | list |
| 3140 Stellafane | 9 January 1983 | list |
| 3153 Lincoln | 28 September 1984 | list |
| 3154 Grant | 28 September 1984 | list |
| 3155 Lee | 28 September 1984 | list |
| 3256 Daguerre | 26 September 1981 | list |
| 3325 TARDIS | 3 May 1984 | list |
| 3434 Hurless | 2 November 1981 | list |
| 3505 Byrd | 9 January 1983 | list |
| 3617 Eicher | 2 June 1984 | list |
| 3637 O'Meara | 23 October 1984 | list |
| 3684 Berry | 9 January 1983 | list |
| 3706 Sinnott | 28 September 1984 | list |
| 3807 Pagels | 26 September 1981 | list |
| 3819 Robinson | 12 January 1983 | list |
| 3841 Dicicco | 4 November 1983 | list |
| 3872 Akirafujii | 12 January 1983 | list |
| 4078 Polakis | 9 January 1983 | list |
| 4147 Lennon | 12 January 1983 | list |
| 4149 Harrison | 9 March 1984 | list |
| 4150 Starr | 31 August 1984 | list |
| 4193 Salanave | 26 September 1981 | list |
| 4201 Orosz | 3 May 1984 | list |
| 4336 Jasniewicz | 31 August 1984 | list |
| 4690 Strasbourg | 9 January 1983 | list |
| 4692 SIMBAD | 4 November 1983 | list |
| 4932 Texstapa | 9 March 1984 | list |
| 5460 Tsénaat'a'í | 12 January 1983 | list |
| 5945 Roachapproach | 28 September 1984 | list |
| 6083 Janeirabloom | 25 September 1984 | list |
| 6115 Martinduncan | 25 September 1984 | list |
| 6173 Jimwestphal | 9 January 1983 | list |
| 6229 Tursachan | 4 November 1983 | list |
| 6370 Malpais | 9 March 1984 | list |
| 6690 Messick | 25 September 1981 | list |
| 7393 Luginbuhl | 28 September 1984 | list |
| 7863 Turnbull | 2 November 1981 | list |
| 8147 Colemanhawkins | 28 September 1984 | list |
| 8994 Kashkashian | 6 November 1980 | list |
| 10039 Keet Seel | 2 June 1984 | list |
| 10715 Nagler | 11 September 1983 | list |
| 11823 Christen | 2 November 1981 | list |
| 11831 Chaple | 28 September 1984 | list |
| 13001 Woodney | 2 November 1981 | list |
| 13006 Schwaar | 12 January 1983 | list |
| 13487 Novosyadlyj | 2 November 1981 | list |
| (15398) 1997 UZ$_{23}$ | 30 October 1997 | list |
| 29127 Karnath | 24 March 1985 | list |
| (30769) 1984 ST$_2$ | 25 September 1984 | list |
| (43754) 1983 AA | 9 January 1983 | list |
| (58621) 1997 UR$_{23}$ | 27 October 1997 | list |
| (90947) 1997 UD$_{24}$ | 30 October 1997 | list |
| (100634) 1997 UE$_{24}$ | 30 October 1997 | list |
| (147952) 1984 BY$_3$ | 26 January 1984 | list |
| (152649) 1997 UX$_{22}$ | 25 October 1997 | list |
| (257528) 1997 UY$_{22}$ | 25 October 1997 | list |