List of minor planet discoverers

This is a list of minor-planet discoverers for people who have discovered of one or more minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 numbered minor planets are from 1141 astronomers and 253 observatories, telescopes or surveys (see ).

 Discovering astronomers 
 Astronomer Discoveries  Country Link-label; info, links, and notes Name(s) at MPC Cite Hiroshi Abe (astronomer) 28 1958–pres.  H. Abe; H. Abe  Masanao Abe 2 1967–pres.  M. Abe; disc:  and  M. Abe  Mark Abraham (astronomer) 3 n.a.  M. Abraham; amateur, Src M. Abraham — Christopher Aikman 4 1943–pres.  G. C. L. Aikman; G. C. L. Aikman — Makio Akiyama 16 1950–pres.  M. Akiyama; Susono Observatory M. Akiyama  Vladimir Albitsky 10 1891–1952  V. Albitskij; Simeiz Observatory V. Albitskij  Gregory Scott Aldering 4 1962–pres.  G. Aldering; G. Aldering  Heikki A. Alikoski 13 1912–1997  H. Alikoski; Turku Obs. H. Alikoski  Éric J. Allen  n.a.  É. J. Allen; E. J. Allen — Rhiannon Lynne Allen 5 n.a.  R. L. Allen; R. Lynne Jones R. L. Allen; L. Allen   Martin Altmann 10 n.a.  M. Altmann; ARI-Gaia, first disc:  M. Altmann — Jeff T. Alu 24 1966–pres.  J. Alu; amateur J. Alu  Leonard L. Amburgey 2 1945–pres.  L. L. Amburgey; amateur, disc:  and  L. L. Amburgey — Joe Anderson (astronomer) 7 n.a.  J. Anderson; , co-disc. w/ #C. Veillet J. Anderson — A. David Andrews 1 1933–pres.  A. D. Andrews; A. D. Andrews — Milan Antal 17 1935–1999  M. Antal; M. Antal  Plinio Antolini 4 1920–2012  P. Antolini; amateur, (bio-it) P. Antolini — Pierre Antonini 35 1933–pres.  P. Antonini; amateur P. Antonini  Masakatsu Aoki 2 1957–pres.  M. Aoki; amateur; unrelated to  M. Aoki — Rolf Apitzsch 89 1943–pres.  R. Apitzsch; amateur, (bio-de) R. Apitzsch  Masaru Arai 45 1952–pres.  M. Arai; amateur M. Arai  Hiroshi Araki 3 1935–pres.  H. Araki; unrelated to  H. Araki — Sylvain Arend 51 1902–1992  S. Arend; S. J. Arend  Claire Armstrong  n.a.  C. Armstrong; amateur, wife of M. Armstrong C. Armstrong  James D. Armstrong 1 n.a.  J. D. Armstrong; J. D. Armstrong — Mark Armstrong (astronomer) 2 1958–pres.  M. Armstrong; amateur, husband of C. Armstrong, unrelated to  M. Armstrong — Atsuo Asami 12 n.a.  A. Asami; A. Asami — David J. Asher 10 1966–pres.  D. J. Asher; D. J. Asher  Karl Augustesen 6 1945–pres.  K. Augustesen; K. Augustesen  Walter Baade 10 1893–1960  W. Baade; W. Baade  Ulrika Babiaková 14 1976–2002  U. Babiaková; U. Babiakova  Paolo Bacci  1968–pres.  P. Bacci; amateur; (bio-it) P. Bacci  Hannes Bachleitner 2 1965–pres.  H. Bachleitner; also Johannes Bachleitner, amateur, disc:  and  H. Bachleitner  Solon Irving Bailey 1 1854–1931  S. I. Bailey; unrelated to  S. I. Bailey — David D. Balam 56 n.a.  D. D. Balam; D. D. Balam  Loren C. Ball 108 1948–pres.  L. Ball; amateur L. Ball  Thomas J. Balonek 9 n.a.  T. J. Balonek; T. J. Balonek; T. Balonek — Odette Bancilhon 1 1908–1998  O. Bancilhon; disc:  O. Bancilhon  Susan Banh  n.a.  S. Banh; (bio-it) S. Banh — Nigel P. Bannister  n.a.  N. P. Bannister; University of Leicester N. P. Bannister — Yoshiaki Banno 1 1952–1991  Y. Banno; Y. Banno  Evelin Bányai  n.a.  E. Bányai; E. Banyai — Cesare Barbieri 11 1942–pres.  C. Barbieri; C. Barbieri  John C. Barentine 6 1976–pres.  J. C. Barentine; John Caleb Barentine J. C. Barentine  Kristina M. Barkume  n.a.  K. M. Barkume; (bio-it) K. M. Barkume — Ewan Barr 5 n.a.  E. Barr; (bio-it) E. Barr — Sergio Barros 7 n.a.  S. Barros; (bio-it) S. Barros — Sandro Bartolini  1974–pres.  S. Bartolini; unrelated to  S. Bartolini  Maria A. Barucci 3 n.a.  M. A. Barucci; disc: ,  and  M. A. Barucci; M. Barucci  James Bauer (astronomer)  1968–pres.  J. Bauer; James M. Bauer, James "Gerbs" Bauer J. Bauer  Ivo Baueršíma  1931–pres.  I. Baueršíma; (bio-de) I. Bauersima — Johann M. Baur 15 1930–2007  J. M. Baur; amateur, (bio-de) J. M. Baur  David E. Beatty  n.a.  D. Beatty; (bio-it); unrelated to  D. Beatty — D. Beaver  n.a.  D. Beaver; amateur, co-discoverer with J. Dellinger at Needville, TX D. Beaver — Andrew C. Becker 644 1973–pres.  A. C. Becker; (bio-it) A. C. Becker; A. Becker  Jim Bedient 8 n.a.  J. Bedient; J. Bedient — E. S. Beeson  n.a.  E. S. Beeson; unrelated to  E. S. Beeson — Raoul Behrend 14 1964–pres.  R. Behrend; (bio-fr) R. Behrend  Bruce Edward Behymer  1983–pres.  B. E. Behymer; (bio-it) B. E. Behymer — Sergey Belyavsky 36 1883–1953  S. Belyavskyj; S. Beljavskij — Graham E. Bell 57 n.a.  G. Bell; G. Bell — Federico Bellini 1 n.a.  F. Bellini; (bio-it), unrelated to  F. Bellini — Yuri A. Belyaev 7 n.a.  Yu. A. Belyaev; :it:Jurij A. Beljaev, :fr:Iouri Beliaïev, unrelated to  Yu. A. Belyaev — Denis Bergeron 2 1956–pres.  D. Bergeron; (bio-it) D. Bergeron — Fabrizio Bernardi 23 1972–pres.  F. Bernardi; F. Bernardi  Laurent Bernasconi 41 1966–pres.  L. Bernasconi; amateur, (bio-fr) L. Bernasconi  K. Berney  n.a.  K. Berney; K. Berney — Gary M. Bernstein 3 n.a.  G. Bernstein; C/2014 UN271, UPenn G. Bernstein — Emanuel Bettelheim  n.a.  E. Bettelheim; E. Bettelheim — Francesco Biasci  n.a.  F. Biasci; F. Biasci — Wolf Bickel 852 1942–pres.  W. Bickel; amateur W. Bickel  Jamie Biggs  n.a.  J. Biggs; J. Biggs — Guillaume Bigourdan 1 1851–1932  G. Bigourdan; disc:  G. Bigourdan — Harald Bill 1 1964–pres.  H. Bill; amateur H. Bill  Gary W. Billings 6 n.a.  G. W. Billings; amateur, (bio-fr) G. W. Billings  Richard P. Binzel 3 1958–pres.  R. P. Binzel; R. P. Binzel  Kurt Birkle 9 1939–2010  K. Birkle; (bio-de) K. Birkle  Mirel Bîrlan 2 1963–pres.  M. Birlan; (bio-ro), co-disc. w/ #O. Vaduvescu M. Birlan  Peter Birtwhistle 94 1958–pres.  P. Birtwhistle; amateur, Src P. Birtwhistle  Manolo Blasco 5 n.a.  M. Blasco; (bio-it) M. Blasco — Laurent Blind 1 1965–pres.  L. Blind; C. R. L. Blind; L. Blind  Adam Block (astrophotographer)  1973–pres.  A. Block; (bio-it) A. Block  Andrea Boattini 296 1969–pres.  A. Boattini; A. Boattini  Hermann Boehnhardt  n.a.  H. Boehnhardt; H. Boehnhardt — Andreas Boeker 2 1964–2011  A. Boeker; amateur, disc:  and , (bio-it), A. Boeker  Michel Bœuf 12 n.a.  M. Boeuf; (bio-it), HP M. Boeuf — Henri M. J. Boffin 11 n.a.  H. Boffin; H. M. J. Boffin; H. Boffin — Alfred Bohrmann 9 1904–2000  A. Bohrmann; A. Bohrmann  Tom Boles  1944–pres.  T. Boles; amateur T. Boles  Dennis Borgman  1952–pres.  D. Borgman; D. Borgman  Gennadiy Borisov 1 1962–pres.  G. Borisov; discovered 2I/Borisov G. Borisov — Freimut Börngen 538 1930–pres.  F. Börngen; F. Borngen  Alphonse Borrelly 18 1842–1926  A. Borrelly; A. Borrelly  Josep Maria Bosch 7 n.a.  J. M. Bosch; amateur, also see  J. M. Bosch — Grégoire Bourban 4 n.a.  G. Bourban; disc:  and  G. Bourban — Paul Bourgeois  1898–1974  P. Bourgeois; (bio-it) P. Bourgeois  Edward L. G. Bowell 571 1943–pres.  E. Bowell; E. Bowell  Louis Boyer (astronomer) 40 1901–1999  L. Boyer; L. Boyer  Richard P. Boyle 13 1943–pres.  R. P. Boyle; disc:  and , Src  R. P. Boyle  Joseph L. Brady  n.a.  J. L. Brady; (bio-it) J. L. Brady — Nigel Brady (astronomer) 7 n.a.  N. Brady; N. Brady — Steve Brady (astronomer) 2 n.a.  S. Brady; disc:  and , (bio-it) S. Brady — Alexis Brandeker 4 1974–pres.  A. Brandeker; A. Brandeker — Vanja Brcic 2 n.a.  V. Brcic; (bio-it) V. Brcic — John Broughton 1189 1952–pres.  J. Broughton; amateur J. Broughton  Jeffery A. Brown  n.a.  J. A. Brown; Src  J. A. Brown — Michael E. Brown 29 1965–pres.  M. E. Brown; M. E. Brown  Ladislav Brožek 23 1952–pres.  L. Brožek; L. Brozek — Jim Bruton 2 n.a.  J. Bruton; James Bruton, disc:  and , Src J. Bruton — Dan Bruton 5 1967–pres.  W. D. Bruton; (bio-fr) W. D. Bruton — Jacobus Albertus Bruwer 4 1915–pres.  J. A. Bruwer; (bio-it) J. A. Bruwer  Emil Buchar 1 1901–1979  E. Buchar; (bio-it) E. Buchar  Marc Buie 1132 1958–pres.  M. W. Buie; M. W. Buie  Christian Buil 5 n.a.  C. Buil; amateur, (bio-fr) C. Buil  Todd Burdullis  n.a.  T. Burdullis; CFHT Src T. Burdullis — Geoffrey Burks  n.a.  G. Burks; G. Burks — Matthew R. Burleigh  n.a.  M. R. Burleigh; M. R. Burleigh — Bella A. Burnasheva 13 1944–pres.  B. A. Burnasheva; B. A. Burnasheva  Robert Burnham Jr.  1931–1993  R. Burnham; R. Burnham  Joseph A. Burns  1941–pres.  J. A. Burns; J. A. Burns  Schelte J. Bus 1683 1956–pres.  S. J. Bus; S. J. Bus  Matthias Busch 13 1968–pres.  M. Busch; amateur Src and Src M. Busch  Philippe Buttani  1966–pres.  P. Buttani; amateur, (bio-fr) P. Buttani  Luca Buzzi 1 1982–pres.  L. Buzzi; amateur, (bio-it) L. Buzzi  Rodolfo Calanca  n.a.  R. Calanca; (bio-it) R. Calanca — R. Campbell (astronomer)  n.a.  R. Campbell; , (obs.697) R. Campbell – Michael P. Candy 3 1928–1994  M. P. Candy; (bio-it) M. P. Candy  Albino Carbognani  1965–pres.  A. Carbognani; A. Carbognani  Luigi Carnera 16 1875–1962  L. Carnera; L. Carnera  Don W. Carona  n.a.  D. W. Carona; D. W. Carona — Alfredo Caronia 4 n.a.  A. Caronia; (bio-it) A. Caronia — Rafael Carrasco Garrorena 1 1902–1981  R. Carrasco; (bio-it), unrelated to  R. Carrasco — Uri Carsenty  1949–pres.  U. Carsenty; (bio-fr) U. Carsenty  Claudio Casacci 8 1958–pres.  C. Casacci; C. Casacci  James Len Casady 3 n.a.  L. Casady; L. Casady — Ferrán Casarramona 2 n.a.  F. Casarramona; (bio-it) F. Casarramona — Ricard Casas (astronomer) 2 n.a.  R. Casas; (bio-it) R. Casas — Flavio Castellani 6 n.a.  F. Castellani; (bio-it) F. Castellani — Vincenzo Silvano Casulli 200 1944–pres.  V. S. Casulli; amateur V. S. Casulli  Gabriele Cattani 18 n.a.  G. Cattani; G. Cattani — Cyril Cavadore 5 1969–pres.  C. Cavadore; (bio-it) C. Cavadore  Marco Cavagna 19 1958–2005  M. Cavagna; amateur M. Cavagna  G. Cavalletti  n.a.  G. Cavalletti; G. Cavalletti — Anthony J. Cecce 18 n.a.  A. J. Cecce; (bio-fr) A. J. Cecce — Vasco Cecchini 2 1932–pres.  V. Cecchini; amateur, (bio-it) V. Cecchini  Edvardas Černis  n.a.  E. Černis; E. Cernis — Kazimieras Černis 154 1958–pres.  K. Černis; K. Cernis — Vincenzo Cerulli 1 1859–1927  V. Cerulli; disc:  V. Cerulli  Carlos Ulrrico Cesco 19 19XX–1987  C. U. Cesco; C. U. Cesco  Mario R. Cesco 6 n.a.  M. R. Cesco; son of C. U. Cesco, (bio-it) M. R. Cesco — Brian C. Chaboyer  n.a.  B. Chaboyer; IAU  B. Chaboyer — Jean Chacornac 6 1823–1873  J. Chacornac; J. Chacornac  Marcus Tristan Chamberlin 2 n.a.  M. T. Chamberlin; disc: , unrelated to  M. T. Chamberlin — Zhang Jiaxiang  1932–2019  C.-H. Chang; C.-H. Chang  Man-Ti Chang 5 n.a.  M.-T. Chang; M.-T. Chang — Zhāng Yùzhé  1902–1986  Y. C. Chang; Y. C. Chang  Farid Char 1 1983–pres.  F. Char; amateur, disc: [Src]; MPC; (bio-sp) F. Char — Auguste Charlois 99 1864–1910  A. Charlois; A. Charlois  Robin Chassagne  1962–pres.  R. Chassagne; (bio-it) R. Chassagne  Robert Chemin  n.a.  R. Chemin; (bio-it) R. Chemin  Jun Chen (astronomer) 11 n.a.  J. Chen; J. Chen — Tao Chen (astronomer) 3 1980–pres.  T. Chen; disc: , Chen Tao, 陈韬 (天文学家) (bio-it), (bio-zh) T. Chen  Y.-C. Cheng  n.a.  Y.-C. Cheng; Y.-C. Cheng — Lyudmila Chernykh 267 1935–2017  L. I. Chernykh; Ludmila I. Chernykh L. I. Chernykh  Nikolai Chernykh 537 1931–2004  N. S. Chernykh; Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh N. S. Chernykh  Dennis K. Chesney 38 n.a.  D. K. Chesney; D. K. Chesney — Dmitry Chestnov 23 n.a.  D. Chestnov; Dmitrij Nikolaevič Čestnov D. Chestnov; D. N. Chestnov — Eugene Chiang  1973–pres.  E. Chiang; (bio-it) E. Chiang — Paolo Chiavenna 15 n.a.  P. Chiavenna; P. Chiavenna — Jack B. Child 13 1951–pres.  J. B. Child; (bio-fr) J. B. Child  K.-J. Choo  n.a.  K.-J. Choo; K.-J. Choo — Per Rex Christensen  n.a.  P. R. Christensen; (bio-it) P. R. Christensen — Bernard Christophe 96 n.a.  B. Christophe; amateur, (bio-fr) B. Christophe — Joseph Churms 2 1926–1994  J. Churms; disc:  and , (bio-it) J. Churms — Jacqueline Ciffréo  n.a.  J. Ciffréo; disc: 108P/Ciffréo; (fr) J. Ciffreo — James L. Clem  n.a.  J. L. Clem; CV  J. L. Clem — Roy Clingan 64 1950–pres.  R. Clingan; amateur, (bio-it) R. Clingan  Edwin Foster Coddington 3 1870–1950  E. F. Coddington; E. F. Coddington — S. Cofré 11 n.a.  S. Cofré; S. Cofre — Jérôme Eugène Coggia 5 1849–1919  J. Coggia; J. Coggia — Seth M. Cohen  n.a.  S. Cohen; unrelated to  S. Cohen — Robert Francis Coker 4 n.a.  R. Coker; (bio-it) R. Coker — François Colas 2 1959–pres.  F. Colas; (bio-it) F. Colas  Simon Collander-Brown 2 n.a.  S. Collander-Brown; disc: , Src S. Collander-Brown — Matthew Collier (astronomer) 2 n.a.  M. Collier; disc: , unrelated to , (bio-fr) M. Collier — Michael Collins (astronomer) 51 n.a.  M. Collins; Myke Collins, unrelated to , (bio-fr) M. Collins — Ermes Colombini 4 1956–pres.  E. Colombini; amateur, mentioned:  E. Colombini  Juan Pablo Colque  n.a.  J. P. Colque; Juan Pablo Colque Saavedra, co-disc. w/ #F. Pozo J. P. Colque — Enrico Colzani  1956–pres.  E. Colzani; amateur, Gruppo Astrofili Brianza (bio-it) E. Colzani  Josep Comas i Solà 11 1868–1937  J. Comas i Solà; J. Comas Sola ,  Paul G. Comba 691 1926–2017  P. G. Comba; amateur P. G. Comba  Martin Connors  1954–pres.  M. Connors; M. Connors  Walter R. Cooney Jr. 47 1962–pres.  W. R. Cooney Jr.; amateur W. R. Cooney Jr.  Pablo Cottenot 1 n.a.  P. Cottenot; disc:  P. Cottenot — Fernand Courty 2 1862–1921  F. Courty; disc:  and  F. Courty — Philip Herbert Cowell  1870–1949  P. H. Cowell; P. H. Cowell  Greg Crawford 3 n.a.  G. Crawford; at Bagnall Beach Observatory, unrelated to  G. Crawford — Lucy D. Crespo da Silva  1978–2000  L. Crespo da Silva; Lucy d'Escoffier Crespo da Silva, (bio-it) L. Crespo da Silva  Kiyoshi Kurosu 2 1965–pres.  K. Cross; disc:  and , (bio-it) K. Cross — Alex Cruz (astronomer) 2 n.a.  A. Cruz; amateur, disc:  and , unrelated to , (bio-it) A. Cruz — Balázs Csák 3 1979–pres.  B. Csák; disc:  and , (bio-it) B. Csak — Tibor Csörgei 1 1972–pres.  T. Csörgei; T. Csorgei  Ignacio de la Cueva 3 n.a.  I. d. l. Cueva; C85 I. d. l. Cueva — Steve Cullen  n.a.  S. Cullen; LightBuckets S. Cullen — Leland E. Cunningham 4 1904–1989  L. E. Cunningham; Leland Erskin Cunningham L. E. Cunningham  Heber Doust Curtis  1872–1942  H. D. Curtis; unrelated to  H. D. Curtis — Karl F. J. Cwach  n.a.  K. F. J. Cwach; amateur, (bio-it) K. F. J. Cwach — Germano D'Abramo 3 1973–pres.  G. D'Abramo; G. D'Abramo  Heinrich Louis d'Arrest 1 1822–1875  H. d'Arrest; disc:  H. d'Arrest  Ivano Dal Prete  n.a.  I. Dal Prete; amateur, (bio-it) I. Dal Prete — Gergely Dálya 1 n.a.  G. Dálya; G. Dalya — Nichole M. Danzl 6 n.a.  N. Danzl; (bio-it) N. Danzl  Juliet C. Datson 3 1980–pres.  J. C. Datson; Juliet Clare Datson, assumed GER nat' J. C. Datson  E.-M. David  n.a.  E.-M. David; E.-M. David — Donald R. Davis 2 n.a.  D. Davis; D. Davis  Richard G. Davis 4 n.a.  R. G. Davis; (bio-fr) R. G. Davis — B. C. Dawson  n.a.  B. C. Dawson; assumed B. C. Dawson — Matt Dawson (astronomer) 6 1959–pres.  M. Dawson; amateur, Src M. Dawson  Leo Anton Karl de Ball 1 1853–1916  K. de Ball; disc:  K. de Ball — Peter De Cat 23 n.a.  P. De Cat; (bio-it) P. De Cat — Annibale de Gasparis 9 1819–1892  A. de Gasparis; A. de Gasparis  David R. De Graff 2 n.a.  D. R. De Graff; disc:  and , (bio-it) D. R. DeGraff — Fiore De Luise 3 1977–pres.  F. De Luise; Campo Imperadore F. D. Luise  Miguel de Pascual Martínez  n.a.  M. de Pascual; disc: , (bio-it) M. de Pascual — José De Queiroz 3 1954–pres.  J. De Queiroz; amateur J. De Queiroz  Charles P. de Saint-Aignan 12 1977–pres.  C. P. de Saint-Aignan; C. P. de Saint-Aignan  Giovanni de Sanctis 42 1949–pres.  G. DeSanctis; G. De Sanctis  James A. DeYoung  n.a.  J. DeYoung; USNO-astronomer,Src  (bio-it) J. DeYoung — Henri Debehogne 743 1928–2007  H. Debehogne; H. Debehogne  Catherine E. Delahodde  1974–pres.  C. E. Delahodde; C. E. Delahodde  Ian dell'Antonio 10 n.a.  I. dell'Antonio; Ian P. dell'Antonio, Deep Lens Survey I. Dell'Antonio — Joseph A. Dellinger 83 1961–pres.  J. Dellinger; amateur, (bio-it) J. Dellinger  Eugène Joseph Delporte 66 1882–1955  E. Delporte; E. Delporte  Audrey C. Delsanti 2 1976–pres.  A. C. Delsanti; disc:  and . Src A. C. Delsanti; A. Dalsanti — Christophe Demeautis 13 n.a.  C. Demeautis; amateur, (bio-fr) C. Demeautis  Alíz Derekas 3 1977–pres.  A. Derekas; (bio-it) A. Derekas — Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch 1 1901–1986  A. Deutsch; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Dejč, disc:  A. Deutsch — Harlan Devore  n.a.  H. Devore; (bio-it) H. Devore — Dennis di Cicco 60 1950–pres.  D. di Cicco; D. di Cicco  Aldo Di Clemente  1948–pres.  A. Di Clemente; amateur A. Di Clemente  Mario Di Martino 2 1947–pres.  M. Di Martino; Turin Observatory M. Di Martino  Andrea Di Paola 20 1970–pres.  A. Di Paola; A. Di Paola; A. D. Paola  Mario Di Sora 5 1961–pres.  M. Di Sora; amateur, (bio-it) M. Di Sora; M. DiSora  Wilhelm Dieckvoß 2 1908–1982  W. Dieckvoß; disc:  and , (bio-de) W. Dieckvoss  Elizabeth R. Dillon  n.a.  E. R. Dillon; amateur, (bio-it) E. R. Dillon  William G. Dillon 58 1957–pres.  W. G. Dillon; (bio-it) W. G. Dillon  Alessandro Dimai  1962–pres.  A. Dimai; amateur, (bio-it) A. Dimai  Bojan Dintinjana 1 n.a.  B. Dintinjana; B. Dintinjana — David S. Dixon 25 1947–pres.  D. S. Dixon; amateur, at Jornada Observatory , (bio-it) D. S. Dixon  Petar Đurković 2 1908–1981  P. Đurković; see  P. Djurkovic — Jerzy Dobrzycki  1927–2004  J. Dobrzycki; disc: , (bio-it) J. Dobrzycki — Fabio Dolfi 3 1966–pres.  F. Dolfi; amateur F. Dolfi  Sauro Donati 22 1959–pres.  S. Donati; amateur, (bio-it) S. Donati  Alain Doressoundiram 2 1968–pres.  A. Doressoundiram; (bio-fr) A. Doressoundiram  Eric Dose 2 n.a.  E. Dose; Farpoint E. Dose — François Dossin 5 1927–1998  F. Dossin; (bio-fr) F. Dossin — Adam Draginda 2 n.a.  A. Draginda; CFHT A. Draginda — Luiz Duczmal 2 n.a.  L. Duczmal; Luiz Henrique Duczmal, disc:  and , (bio-it) L. Duczmal — Raymond Smith Dugan 16 1878–1940  R. S. Dugan; R. S. Dugan  R. Scott Dunbar 10 n.a.  R. S. Dunbar; Roy Scott Dunbar, (bio-it) R. S. Dunbar; S. Dunbar  A. Dunlap-Smith  n.a.  A. Dunlap-Smith; A. Dunlap-Smith — A. Dunn  n.a.  A. Dunn; inferred, unrelated to  A. Dunn — Philippe Dupouy 2 1952–pres.  P. Dupouy; amateur, (bio-it) P. Dupouy  Douglas Tybor Durig 52 1961–pres.  D. T. Durig; (bio-it) D. T. Durig — Chris F. Durman  n.a.  C. F. Durman; (bio-it), discovery with Bev M. Ewen-Smith C. F. Durman — Wolfgang J. Duschl 1 n.a.  W. J. Duschl; W. J. Duschl — Marino Dusić 2 n.a.  M. Dusić; disc:  and , (bio-de) M. Dusic — Ron Dyvig 1 n.a.  R. Dyvig; (bio-it) R. Dyvig — Max Eastman (astronomer) 9 n.a.  M. Eastman; amateur, , Src M. Eastman — J. Edmonds  n.a.  J. Edmonds; inferred J. Edmonds — Ilgmārs Eglītis 21 1951–pres.  I. Eglītis; (bio-fr) I. Eglitis  Norbert Ehring 5 1937–pres.  N. Ehring; amateur, (bio-de), N. Ehring — Leonid Elenin 122 1981–pres.  L. Elenin; amateur L. Elenin — James L. Elliot 29 1943–2011  J. L. Elliot; J. L. Elliot  Eric Walter Elst 3870 1936–pres.  E. W. Elst; E. W. Elst; E. Elst  Gary P. Emerson (astronomer)  n.a.  G. Emerson; (bio-it), unrelated to  G. Emerson — Mark Emmerich 2 1967–pres.  M. Emmerich; amateur, Guidestar , disc:  and  with Sven Melchert M. Emmerich — Kin Endate 625 1960–pres.  K. Endate; amateur K. Endate  Emil Ernst 1 1889–1942  E. Ernst; (bio-de) E. Ernst — Gilbert A. Esquerdo 2 1976–pres.  G. A. Esquerdo; disc:  and  G. A. Esquerdo  N. Wyn Evans  n.a.  W. Evans; Src, unrelated to  W. Evans — Bev M. Ewen-Smith  n.a.  B. M. Ewen-Smith; (bio-it), co-discovery with Chris F. Durman B. M. Ewen-Smith — Giancarlo Fagioli 22 1940–pres.  G. Fagioli; amateur, (bio-it) G. Fagioli  Norman Falla 22 n.a  N. Falla; amateur, (bio-it), Src  N. Falla — Anikó Farkas–Takács 4 n.a.  A. Farkas; , Src A. Farkas — Tony L. Farnham 3 1964–pres.  T. L. Farnham; disc: ,  and  T. L. Farnham  K. L. Faul  n.a.  K. L. Faul; inferred K. L. Faul — Gina Fedon 3 n.a.  G. Fedon; (bio-it) G. Fedon — James Ferguson (American astronomer) 3 1797–1867  J. Ferguson; USNO-astronomer,Src  J. Ferguson  Antonio Ferragamo  n.a.  A. Ferragamo; (Src) A. Ferragamo — M. Ferrando 38 n.a.  M. Ferrando; co-discoverer with R. Ferrando M. Ferrando — Rafael Ferrando 235 1966–pres.  R. Ferrando; R. Ferrando  Joan Lluís Ferrer  n.a.  J. L. Ferrer; C85 J. L. Ferrer — Walter Ferreri 15 1948–pres.  W. Ferreri; W. Ferreri  Mario A. Ferrero 2 1904–1965  M. Ferrero; disc:  and , (bio-it) M. Ferrero  Ignacio Ramón Ferrín Vázquez 12 1943–pres.  I. R. Ferrín; (bio-it) I. R. Ferrin; I. Ferrin — Martin Fiedler 5 1978–pres.  M. Fiedler; amateur, (bio-de) M. Fiedler — Greg Fisch  n.a.  G. Fisch; (bio-it) G. Fisch — Alan Fitzsimmons 17 n.a.  A. Fitzsimmons; (bio-it); (HP and Src) A. Fitzsimmons  Ellen Fletcher  n.a.  E. Fletcher; inferred Src E. Fletcher — Jean-Christophe Le Floch 1 1965–pres.  J.-C. Le Floch; L. Floch  Hans Jørn Fogh Olsen 4 1943–pres.  H. J. Fogh Olsen; (bio-it) H. J. Fogh Olsen  Sergio Foglia 3 1972–pres.  S. Foglia; amateur, disc:  and , related: (197P/LINEAR-it) S. Foglia  Wilhelm Julius Foerster 1 1832–1921  W. Förster; Wilhelm Foerster, MPC-typo: Forster W. Forster  Peter Forshay 2 n.a.  P. Forshay; inferred; data analyst, at CFHT; co-discoverer #M. Micheli: Src  P. Forshay — Giuseppe Forti 49 1939–2007  G. Forti; Beppe Forti, at Arcetri Observatory G. Forti  Filip Fratev 28 1974–pres.  F. Fratev; founder  F. Fratev — Richard Fredrick  1953–pres.  R. Fredrick; amateur R. Fredrick  T. F. Fric  n.a.  T. F. Fric; inferred, co-discovery with R. J. Gilbrech T. F. Fric — Royal Harwood Frost 1 1879–1950  R. H. Frost; disc:  R. H. Frost — Hiroshi Fujii 2 n.a.  H. Fujii; wrong person? H. Fujii — Tetsuya Fujii 22 1960–pres.  T. Fujii; amateur T. Fujii  Yasuhide Fujita 3 1961–pres.  Y. Fujita; amateur, Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory Y. Fujita  Hideo Fukushima 2 1953–pres.  H. Fukushima; (bio-it) H. Fukushima  Gábor Fűrész  1978–pres.  G. Fűrész; (bio-it) G. Furesz — Toshimasa Furuta 82 n.a.  T. Furuta; T. Furuta — Fumihiko Futaba 2 n.a.  F. Futaba; inferred; disc:  and  F. Futaba — Marissa Gahran 2 n.a.  M. Gahran; disc  and  (bio-it) M. Gahran — Steven L. Gaiser  n.a.  S. L. Gaiser; inferred S. L. Gaiser — Štefan Gajdoš 15 1959–pres.  Š. Gajdoš; (bio-it) S. Gajdos  Avishay Gal-Yam  1970–pres.  A. Gal-Yam; (bio-it) A. Gal-Yam — Adrián Galád 81 1970–pres.  A. Galád; A. Galad  Emanuela Galliani  n.a.  E. Galliani; amateur, (bio-it) E. Galliani — Paul Garossino 14 1953–pres.  P. Garossino; Paul G. A. Garossino P. Garossino; P. G. A. Garossino  Gordon J. Garradd 33 1959–pres.  G. J. Garradd; Gordon John Garradd, amateur G. J. Garradd  Antonio Garrigós-Sánchez  1961–pres.  A. Garrigós-Sánchez; amateur, , Src and Src  A. Garrigos — Romain Gauderon 5 n.a.  R. Gauderon; (bio-it), co-discoveries with R. Behrend R. Gauderon — Michael Geffert 5 1953–pres.  M. Geffert; (bio-de), Src, Src, Src , not to be confused with Martin Geffert M. Geffert  Tom Gehrels 4661 1925–2011  T. Gehrels; T. Gehrels  Teddy George  n.a.  T. George; Observing Assistant at CFHT during 2003–2008  Src T. George — Oleg Geraščenko 2 n.a.  O. Geraščenko; Oleg Gerashchenko, (bio-it), first:  O. Gerashchenko — Vladimir Gerke 13 n.a.  V. Gerke; amateur, Src V. Gerke — Herta Gessner  n.a.  H. Gessner; (bio-it) H. Gessner — Pierangelo Ghezzi 18 1956–pres.  P. Ghezzi; amateur, variable stars (bio-it) P. Ghezzi  Alex R. Gibbs 2 1967–pres.  A. R. Gibbs; with Catalina Sky Survey, discoverer of comets, disc: , (bio-it) A. R. Gibbs  James B. Gibson (astronomer) 27 n.a.  J. Gibson; (bio-it) J. Gibson  Henry L. Giclas 17 1910–2007  H. L. Giclas; H. L. Giclas  Richard Gierlinger 43 1967–pres.  R. Gierlinger; amateur at , (bio-it) R. Gierlinger  Richard J. Gilbrech  n.a.  R. J. Gilbrech; inferred, co-discovery with T. F. Fric R. J. Gilbrech — Alan C. Gilmore 42 n.a.  A. C. Gilmore; A. C. Gilmore  Ricardo Gil-Hutton  1958–pres.  R. Gil-Hutton; co-disc. w/ J. Licandro R. Gil-Hutton  Valter Giuliani 22 1960–pres.  V. Giuliani; (bio-it) V. Giuliani — Alessio Giunta 1 n.a.  A. Giunta;  INAF A. Giunta — Brett J. Gladman 20 1966–pres.  B. Gladman; B. Gladman  Mitch Glaze  n.a.  M. Glaze; inferred, amateur, at  M. Glaze — Arianna E. Gleason 5 1980–pres.  A. Gleason; A. Gleason  Tom Glinos 21 1960–pres.  T. Glinos; amateur, (bio-it) T. Glinos  Hermann Goldschmidt 14 1802–1866  H. Goldschmidt; amateur H. Goldschmidt  David B. Goldstein (astronomer)  n.a.  D. B. Goldstein; unrelated to , (bio-it) D. B. Goldstein — Josep Juliá Gómez Donet  n.a.  J. J. Gomez; (bio-it) J. J. Gomez  François Gonnessiat 2 1856–1934  F. Gonnessiat; F. Gonnessiat  Luis E. González 2 n.a.  L. E. González; Luis Eduardo González, disc: , , and , Img, (bio-it) L. E. Gonzalez — Vittorio Goretti 32 1939–2016  V. Goretti; Src V. Goretti  Paul Götz 20 1883–1962  P. Götz; Max Wolf's assistant P. Gotz  Andrew Graham (astronomer) 1 1815–1908  A. Graham; disc:  A. Graham — Albert D. Grauer 4 1942–pres.  A. D. Grauer; (bio-it) A. D. Grauer  Tommy Grav 4 1973–pres.  T. Grav; (bio-de) T. Grav  Mauro Graziani 2 n.a.  M. Graziani; amateur, disc:  and , co-discoverer w/ F. Tozzi, (bio-it) M. Graziani — Robert Greimel  n.a.  R. Greimel; inferred, Src R. Greimel — Dave Grennan 2 n.a.  D. Grennan; disc: , HP, chng Dave to David Grennan D. Grennan — Markus Griesser (astronomer) 10 1949–pres.  M. Griesser; amateur, Eschenberg Observatory, (bio-de) M. Griesser  Ian P. Griffin 28 1958–pres.  I. P. Griffin; (bio-de) I. P. Griffin — A. Grigsby 2 n.a.  A. Grigsby; inferred, disc:  and  A. Grigsby — John Gross (astronomer) 7 1959–pres.  J. Gross; amateur J. Gross  Arie William Grossman  n.a.  A. Grossman; unrelated to , (bio-it) A. Grossman — Gavril Grueff  n.a.  G. Grueff; (bio-it) G. Grueff — C. Gualdoni  n.a.  C. Gualdoni; C. Gualdoni — Joan Guarro i Fló 5 n.a.  J. Guarro i Fló; (bio-it) J. Guarro — Daria Guidetti 2 1978–pres.  D. Guidetti; D. Guidetti  Ernesto Guido 6 1977–pres.  E. Guido; E. Guido  Amanda Sickafoose Gulbis 2 1975–pres.  A. Gulbis; disc:  (parents) and  A. Gulbis  Sun Guoyou  1984–pres.  G. Sun; also Guoyou Sun, amateur, disc: C/2015 F5 (SWAN-XingMing), supernovae, novae, variable/double stars, planetary nebulae at Xingming Obs. G. Sun  Cynthia Gustava 3 n.a.  C. Gustava; (bio-it) C. Gustava — Knut Anton Walter Gyllenberg 1 1886–1952  K. Gyllenberg; (bio-it) K. Gyllenberg — Bernhard Häusler  1958–pres.  B. Häusler; amateur, Src B. Haeusler — Olivier R. Hainaut 12 1966–pres.  O. R. Hainaut; O. R. Hainaut  Mark Hammergren 2 1964–pres.  M. Hammergren; (bio-it) M. Hammergren  Terry Handley 7 1952–2015  T. Handley; amateur T. Handley  A. T. Hansen  n.a.  A. T. Hansen; Src A. T. Hansen — Leif Hansen (astronomer)  n.a.  L. Hansen; (bio-it) L. Hansen — M. W. Hansen  n.a.  M. W. Hansen; inferred M. W. Hansen — D. S. Hardage  n.a.  D. S. Hardage; co-disc. w/ D. T. Durig, Cordell-Lorenz D. S. Hardage — Karl Ludwig Harding 1 1765–1843  K. Harding; disc:  K. Harding  Eugene A. Harlan 2 1921–2014  E. A. Harlan; (bio-it) E. A. Harlan — Malcolm Hartley 3 1947–pres.  M. Hartley; cometary discoveries, Siding Spring, UK Schmidt Telescope M. Hartley  Johannes Franz Hartmann 3 1865–1936  J. Hartmann; unrelated to  J. Hartmann — Takashi Hasegawa  n.a.  T. Hasegawa; unrelated to  T. Hasegawa — Nariyasu Hashimoto 7 n.a.  N. Hashimoto; co-discoverer with #T. Sakamoto N. Hashimoto — Shuji Hayakawa 41 1958–pres.  S. Hayakawa; Syuji Hayakawa, (bio-it) S. Hayakawa  David Healy (astronomer) 231 1936–2011  D. Healy; D. Healy  Zsuzsanna Heiner 15 1949–pres.  Z. Heiner; (bio-it) Z. Heiner — Joseph Helffrich 13 1890–1971  J. Helffrich; J. Helffrich  Eleanor F. Helin 903 1932–2009  E. F. Helin; E. F. Helin  Stephan Hellmich 9 1981–pres.  S. Hellmich; DLR–Asteroids and Comets, Src , Img  S. Hellmich  Karl Ludwig Hencke 2 1793–1866  K. L. Hencke; K. L. Hencke  Arne Henden  1950–pres.  A. Henden; A. Henden  Prosper-Mathieu Henry 7 1849–1903  P. M. Henry; P. M. Henry — Paul-Pierre Henry 7 1848–1905  P. P. Henry; P. P. Henry — David R. Herald 3 n.a.  D. Herald; amateur D. Herald  Carl W. Hergenrother 33 1973–pres.  C. W. Hergenrother; C. W. Hergenrother  Kenneth E. Herkenhoff 2 n.a.  K. Herkenhoff; (bio-it) K. Herkenhoff — Ejnar Hertzsprung 2 1873–1967  E. Hertzsprung; E. Hertzsprung  Merrill Hess 2 1955–pres.  M. Hess; amateur M. Hess  Michael Hibbs 2 n.a.  M. Hibbs; Mike Hibbs, , Tarleton State University Obs. (I43) M. Hibbs – David Higgins (astronomer)  1961–pres.  D. Higgins; David J. Higgins; amateur, disc:  D. Higgins  Richard E. Hill 7 1949–pres.  R. Hill; Richard Erik Hill, Richard Rik Hill, (bio-it), Src  R. Hill  John Russell Hind 10 1823–1895  J. R. Hind; J. R. Hind  Tsutomu Hioki 56 n.a.  T. Hioki; (bio-it) T. Hioki  Masanori Hirasawa 52 n.a.  M. Hirasawa; M. Hirasawa — Joe Hobart 47 1944–pres.  J. Hobart; chng to Joseph R. Hobart J. Hobart  Gabriella Hodosán 9 n.a.  G. Hodosán; inferred G. Hodosan – Sebastian F. Hönig 571 1977–pres.  S. F. Hönig; (bio-it), Src  S. F. Hoenig  Cuno Hoffmeister 5 1892–1968  C. Hoffmeister; C. Hoffmeister ,  Mark Hollands 1 n.a.  M. Hollands; M. Hollands — William Holliday (astronomer)  n.a.  W. Holliday; inferred W. Holliday — Matthew J. Holman 11 1967–pres.  M. J. Holman; M. J. Holman  Robert Holmes (astronomer) 125 1956–pres.  R. Holmes; Robert E. Holmes Jr., amateur, Astronomical Research Inst.  Src, (bio-it) R. Holmes  Henry E. Holt 690 1929–pres.  H. E. Holt; H. E. Holt  Paulo R. Holvorcem 424 1967–pres.  P. R. Holvorcem; Paulo Holvorcem P. R. Holvorcem; P. Holvorcem  Ulrich Hopp  n.a.  U. Hopp; (bio-it) U. Hopp — H. Hori 3 n.a.  H. Hori; disc: ,  and .Possibly Hiroshi Hori; see Geodesy with the World's Smallest (3-m) VLBI Telescope   H. Hori — Felix Hormuth 117 1975–pres.  F. Hormuth; F. Hormuth  Kamil Hornoch  1972–pres.  K. Hornoch; amateur K. Hornoch  Irwin K. Horowitz  n.a.  I. Horowitz; (bio-it) I. Horowitz — Tara Houlden  n.a.  T. Houlden; with Emily Ross T. Houlden — Léo Houziaux 3 1932–pres.  L. Houziaux; (bio-fr) L. Houziaux  Meredith Howard  n.a.  M. Howard; inferred, unrelated to  M. Howard — Ellen Howell  1961–pres.  E. Howell Bus; former wife of S. J. Bus; discoverer of comet 88P/Howell; ; (bio-it); E. Howell Bus  Steve Howell 1 n.a.  S. Howell; PSI S. Howell — Xiangyao Hsiao 17 n.a.  X. Y. Hsiao; disc: ; grandfather  X. Y. Hsiao; H.-Y. Hsiao — Edwin Hubble  1889–1953  E. Hubble; E. Hubble  John Huchra  1948–2010  J. Huchra; J. Huchra  Gary Hug 340 n.a.  G. Hug; amateur G. Hug — Joseph Hunaerts 2 1912–1979  J. Hunaerts; Joseph J. Hunaerts, disc:  and , (bio-fr) J. Hunaerts — Kiichirō Furukawa 92 1929–2016  K. Furukawa; MPC-typo: Hurukawa K. Hurukawa  Dieter Husar  1947–pres.  D. Husar; (bio-it) D. Husar  Robert Hutsebaut 10 1941–pres.  R. Hutsebaut; amateur, (bio-it) R. Hutsebaut  Ho Seong Hwang 2 n.a.  H. S. Hwang; H. S. Hwang — Giampiero Iatteri  1941–2004  G. Iatteri; amateur, (bio-it) G. Iatteri  Jorge Iglesias Páramo  n.a.  J. Iglesias-Paramo; Jorge Iglesias-Páramo, co-disc. w/ #O. Vaduvescu J. Iglesias-Paramo — Yasukazu Ikari 20 n.a.  Y. Ikari; (bio-it) Y. Ikari — Kustaa Aadolf Inkeri  1908–1997  K. Inkeri; (bio-it), unrelated to  K. Inkeri — Shigeru Inoda 17 1955–2008  S. Inoda; amateur, (bio-de) S. Inoda  Masaru Inoue (astronomer) 12 n.a.  M. Inoue; unrelated to , (bio-it) M. Inoue — Sergei I. Ipatov 8 1952–pres.  S. I. Ipatov; Sergij Ivanovič Ipatov, Sergueï Ivanovitch Ipatov S. I. Ipatov; S. Ipatov  Michael J. Irwin 8 n.a.  M. J. Irwin; unrelated to , (bio-fr) M. J. Irwin; M. Irwin — Koichi Itagaki 3 1947–pres.  K. Itagaki; amateur, (bio-it) K. Itagaki  Kazuyoshi Itō  n.a.  K. Itō; K. Ito — Miguel Itzigsohn 15 18XX–1978  M. Itzigsohn; (bio-es) M. Itzigsohn  Nikolaj Ivanov (astronomer) 3 n.a.  N. Ivanov; (alt. Nikolay Ivanov; Николай Иванов) unrelated to , (bio-it) N. Ivanov — Violeta G. Ivanova 14 n.a.  V. G. Ivanova; V. G. Ivanova; V. Ivanova  Jurij Mykolajovyč Ivaščenko 21 1961–pres.  Y. Ivaščenko; Yuri Ivaščenko, disc: , (bio-it) Y. Ivashchenko — Masayuki Iwamoto 6 1954–pres.  M. Iwamoto; M. Iwamoto  Shun-ei Izumikawa 2 n.a.  S. Izumikawa; S. Izumikawa — Gerhard Jackisch  n.a.  G. Jackisch; (bio-it) G. Jackisch — Cyril Jackson (astronomer) 72 1903–1988  C. Jackson; C. Jackson  Cristóvão Jacques (astronomer) 6 n.a.  C. Jacques; (bio-it) C. Jacques — Herve Jacquinot 1 n.a.  H. Jacquinot; Observatoire des Terres Blanches,  H. Jacquinot — Jost Jahn 9 1959–pres.  J. Jahn; amateur, discovery of  aka 2013 KN6 at  SATINO Remote Obs.; Src; (bio-it) J. Jahn  Quentin Jamieson 3 n.a.  Q. Jamieson; Q. Jamieson — David James (astronomer) 2 n.a.  D. James; first disc. , co-disc. w/ #R. L. Allen D. James — Robert Jedicke 9 1963–pres.  R. Jedicke; 179P/Jedicke, 269P/Jedicke, (bio-it) R. Jedicke  Hamilton M. Jeffers  1893–1976  H. M. Jeffers; Hamilton Moore Jeffers H. M. Jeffers  Emmanuël Jehin  n.a.  E. Jehin; TRAPPIST, U Liège E. Jehin — Peter Jekabsons 2 1943–1990  P. Jekabsons; amateur, (bio-it) P. Jekabsons  Benjamin Jekhowsky 12 1881–1975  B. Jekhovsky; B. Jekhovsky  Kåre S. Jensen  n.a.  K. S. Jensen; (bio-it) K. S. Jensen — Poul Jensen (astronomer) 98 n.a.  P. Jensen; at Brorfelde Observatory P. Jensen  Young-Beom Jeon 45 n.a.  Y.-B. Jeon; Y.-B. Jeon — David C. Jewitt 52 1958–pres.  D. C. Jewitt; D. C. Jewitt; D. J. Jewitt  Jin Zhangwei 2 1968–pres.  Z.-W. Jin; Zhang-Wei Jin, first disc: , (bio-it) Z.-W. Jin; Z. Jin  Ernest Leonard Johnson 18 18xx–1977  E. L. Johnson; E. L. Johnson — Michael L. Johnson 2 n.a.  M. L. Johnson; disc:  and , (bio-it) M. L. Johnson — David Jones (astronomer)  n.a.  D. Jones; La Palma (IAU , Bio) D. Jones — Gilbert R. Jones 7 n.a.  G. R. Jones; inferred, disc:  G. R. Jones — Richard E. Jones 2 n.a.  R. E. Jones; disc:  and , (bio-it) R. E. Jones — Amy B. Jordan (astronomer) 30 n.a.  A. B. Jordan; A. B. Jordan — Charles W. Juels 475 1944–2009  C. W. Juels; amateur C. W. Juels  Mario Jurić 125 1979–pres.  M. Jurić; M. Juric — Anlaug Amanda Kaas  n.a.  A. A. Kaas; A. A. Kaas — Tetsuo Kagawa 115 1969–pres.  T. Kagawa; at Gekko Observatory T. Kagawa  Franz Kaiser 21 1891–1962  F. Kaiser; Heidelberg astronomer F. Kaiser  Watari Kakei 3 1947–pres.  W. Kakei; (bio-fr) W. Kakei — Dušan Kalmančok 7 1945–pres.  D. Kalmančok; D. Kalmancok  Lars Kamél 2 1960–pres.  L. Kamél; disc:  and  L. Kamel  Karl Walter Kamper 3 1941–1998  K. W. Kamper; (bio-it) K. W. Kamper — Kiyotaka Kanai  1951–pres.  K. Kanai; amateur K. Kanai  Ethan Kandler 3 n.a.  E. Kandler; (bio-it) E. Kandler — Jens Kandler 25 1973–pres.  J. Kandler; (bio-de) J. Kandler; J. Kander  Hiroshi Kaneda 705 1953–pres.  H. Kaneda; orbit computer H. Kaneda  Lyudmila Karachkina 130 1948–pres.  L. G. Karachkina; L. G. Karachkina  Y. Karavaev 1 n.a.  Y. Karavaev; Y. Karavaev — Stefan Karge 61 1963–pres.  S. Karge; amateur S. Karge  Ádám Kárpáti 2 n.a.  Á. Kárpáti; disc:  and , unrelated to  A. Karpati — Galina Ričardovna Kastel' 9 n.a.  G. R. Kastel'; ITA astronomer, (bio-it) G. R. Kastel'  John J. Kavelaars 11 1966–pres.  J. J. Kavelaars; J. J. Kavelaars  Kōyō Kawanishi 13 1959–pres.  K. Kawanishi; K. Kawanishi  Nobuhiro Kawasato 105 n.a.  N. Kawasato; N. Kawasato  James Edward Keeler 2 1857–1900  J. E. Keeler; J. E. Keeler  János Kelemen 4 1951–pres.  J. Kelemen; Piszkéstető Stn., Src, Src  J. Kelemen  Stephen Kent (astronomer) 1 n.a.  S. Kent; S. Kent — Susan D. Kern 63 1977–pres.  S. D. Kern; Susan D. Benecchi (née Kern), at Space Telescope Science Institute, (bio-it) S. D. Kern  James W. Kessel 26 n.a.  J. W. Kessel; J. W. Kessel — B. Khafizov  n.a.  B. Khafizov; B. Khafizov — Pamela M. Kilmartin 41 n.a.  P. M. Kilmartin; P. M. Kilmartin  Seung-Lee Kim  n.a.  S.-L. Kim; inferred S.-L. Kim — A. Király 5 n.a.  A. Király; A. Kiraly — Randolph L. Kirk  n.a.  R. Kirk; (bio-it) R. Kirk — Karsten Kirsch 3 n.a.  K. Kirsch; co-disc: ,  and , (bio-it) K. Kirsch — László L. Kiss 56 1972–pres.  L. Kiss; (bio-it) L. Kiss  Minoru Kizawa 12 1947–pres.  M. Kizawa; M. Kizawa — Marcel Klein 6 1984–pres.  M. Klein; amateur, disc:  and , Src M. Klein — Arnold Richard Klemola 16 1931–2019  A. R. Klemola; (bio-de) A. R. Klemola  Jan T. Kleyna 8 n.a.  J. Kleyna; (bio-it) J. Kleyna — Rainer Kling 88 1952–pres.  R. Kling; amateur, (bio-de) R. Kling  Alain Klotz 7 1947–pres.  A. Klotz; amateur, (bio-fr) A. Klotz  Mary Ellen Knewston  n.a.  M. Knewtson; (vs. Knewston), inferred, amateur M. Knewtson — Zoran Knežević (astronomer)  1949–pres.  Z. Knežević; Z. Knezevic  André Knöfel 18 1963–pres.  A. Knöfel; amateur, (bio-de) A. Knofel  Viktor Knorre 4 1840–1919  V. Knorre; Victor Karlovich Knorre V. Knorre  Jurō Kobayashi 2 1949–pres.  J. Kobayashi; amateur, (bio-it) J. Kobayashi  Takao Kobayashi 2479 1961–pres.  T. Kobayashi; T. Kobayashi  Michal Kočer 8 n.a.  M. Kočer; disc: , (bio-it) M. Kocer — Bernd Koch 3 1955–pres.  B. Koch; amateur, (bio-it) B. Koch  Peter Kocher 113 1939–pres.  P. Kocher; amateur, (bio-fr), HP  P. Kocher  Michael König 2 1966–pres.  M. König; amateur, disc: , Src   M. Koenig — Luboš Kohoutek 76 1935–pres.  L. Kohoutek; L. Kohoutek  Masahiro Koishikawa 19 1952–pres.  M. Koishikawa; M. Koishikawa  Takuo Kojima 45 1955–pres.  T. Kojima; amateur, (bio-it) T. Kojima  Ales Kolář 2 n.a.  A. Kolář; disc:  and , (differs from Jan Kolář , ) A. Kolar — Eberhard Koldewey 2 1937–pres.  E. Koldewey; disc:  and , (bio-it) E. Koldewey  Peter Kolény 35 n.a.  P. Kolény; P. Koleny — Arthur König (astronomer)  1895–1969  A. König; son of Arthur Peter König, (bio-it) A. Konig  August Kopff 68 1882–1960  A. Kopff; A. Kopff  Korado Korlević 1295 1958–pres.  K. Korlević; amateur K. Korlevic  Leonard Kornoš 37 1956–pres.  L. Kornoš; (bio-it) L. Kornos  Stanislav Alexandrovich Korotkiy 2 1983–pres.  S. Korotkiy; amateur, (bio-it) S. Korotkiy  Hiroki Kosai 93 1933–pres.  H. Kosai; at Tokyo Astronomical Observatory H. Kosai  Alexander Kostin 5 n.a.  A. Kostin; (Houston, TX, U.S.A.), comets A. Kostin — Michael C. Kotson  n.a.  M. C. Kotson; (CV) M. C. Kotson — Georgiy U. Koval'chuk 2 n.a.  G. Koval'chuk; disc:  and  G. Kovalchuk — Charles T. Kowal 22 1940–2011  C. T. Kowal; Charles Thomas Kowal C. T. Kowal — Richard Kowalski 14 1963–pres.  R. A. Kowalski; disc:  R. A. Kowalski  Rainer Kracht 3 1948–pres.  R. Kracht; amateur, HP, (bio-it) R. Kracht  Thilo Kranz  n.a.  T. Kranz; Src  T. Kranz — Rainer Kresken 13 n.a  R. Kresken; disc:  R. Kresken — Mike Kretlow 8 1967–pres.  M. Kretlow; (bio-it) M. Kretlow  Charles J. Krieger  1898–pres.  C. J. Krieger; Charles John Krieger, (bio-it) C. J. Krieger — A. Kriete  n.a.  A. Kriete; inferred A. Kriete — Richard Kron 1 n.a.  R. Kron; R. Kron — Timur Valer'evič Krjačko 104 1970–pres.  T. V. Kryachko; amateur, (bio-it) T. V. Kryachko; T. Kryachko; c. Kryachko  Marcin Kubiak  n.a.  M. Kubiak; M. Kubiak — Jeremy Martin Kubica 22 n.a.  J. Kubica; disc:  J. Kubica — Kazuo Kubokawa  1903–1943  K. Kubokawa; K. Kubokawa  François Kugel 410 1959–pres.  F. Kugel; Observatoire Chante-Perdrix  F. Kugel; C. R. F. Kugel  Zoltán Kuli 161 1977–pres.  Z. Kuli; Zoltán "Zoli" Kuli, amateur astronomer, Src Z. Kuli  György Kulin 21 1905–1989  G. Kulin; G. Kulin  Pratibha Kumar 3 n.a.  P. Kumar; wife of V. Reddy, disc: ,  and , Src, Src P. Kumar — Nikolaj Efimovič Kuročkin 2 1923–2003  N. E. Kuročkin; disc:  and , (bio-it) N. E. Kurochkin — Hirohisa Kurosaki 13 1970–pres.  H. Kurosaki; H. Kurosaki  Stefan Kürti 9 1960–pres.  S. Kürti; amateur, Src S. Kurti  Lothar Kurtze  1972–pres.  L. Kurtze; amateur, L. Kurtze — Reiki Kushida 1 n.a.  R. Kushida; amateur, wife of Y. Kushida, disc:  R. Kushida  Yoshio Kushida 56 1957–pres.  Y. Kushida; amateur, husband of R. Kushida Y. Kushida  Michał Kusiak 23 1986–pres.  M. Kusiak; Src M. Kusiak  Peter Kušnirák 294 1974–pres.  P. Kušnirák; P. Kusnirak  Jaroslav Květoň 2 n.a.  J. Květoň; disc: , (bio-it) J. Kveton — Andrzej Kwiek  n.a.  A. Kwiek; disc: , (bio-fr) A. Kwiek — Peter Kyrylenko 15 1987–pres.  P. Kyrylenko; at Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory P. Kyrylenko  Juan Lacruz 64 n.a.  J. Lacruz; (bio-it) J. Lacruz — Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist 146 1944–pres.  C.-I. Lagerkvist; at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory C.-I. Lagerkvist; C. Lagerkvist  Joanny-Philippe Lagrula 1 1870–1941  J. Lagrula; disc:  J. Lagrula  Luciano Lai 13 1948–pres.  L. Lai; (bio-it) L. Lai  Peter B. Lake  n.a.  P. B. Lake; amateur P. B. Lake – Carl Otto Lampland 1 1873–1951  C. O. Lampland; disc:  C. O. Lampland  Werner Landgraf 7 1959–pres.  W. Landgraf; W. Landgraf  Marco Langbroek 1 1970–pres.  M. Langbroek; M. Langbroek  Jeffrey A. Larsen 2 1967–pres.  J. A. Larsen; (bio-fr) J. A. Larsen  Stephen M. Larson 2 n.a.  S. M. Larson; (bio-fr) S. M. Larson  Tod R. Lauer 2 1957–pres.  T. Lauer; Tod Richard Lauer T. Lauer  Vygandas Laugalys 8 n.a.  V. Laugalys; (bio-it) V. Laugalys — Marguerite Laugier 21 1896–1976  M. Laugier; M. Laugier  Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent 1 1823–1900  J. J. P. Laurent; "J.J.P." vs "J.", disc: , (bio-fr) J. J. P. Laurent  Stephen P. Laurie 50 n.a.  S. P. Laurie; amateur S. P. Laurie — Kenneth J. Lawrence 33 1964–pres.  K. J. Lawrence; of Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey K. J. Lawrence  Susannah Lazar  1982–pres.  S. Lazar; amateur, (bio-it) S. Lazar — Charles le Morvan 1 1865–1933  C. le Morvan; disc: , (bio-fr) C. le Morvan — Carlos Leal (astronomer) 9 n.a.  C. Leal; unrelated to , (bio-fr) C. Leal — Byung-Chol Lee 37 n.a.  B.-C. Lee; (bio-it) B.-C. Lee — L. Lee  n.a.  L. Lee; inferred L. Lee  Tae-Hyung Lee  1964–pres.  T. H. Lee; (bio-it) T. H. Lee  Jonathan P. Leech  n.a.  J. P. Leech; inferred J. P. Leech — Gerhard Lehmann 23 1960–pres.  G. Lehmann; amateur, (bio-de) G. Lehmann  Hubert Lehmann 1 n.a.  H. Lehmann; H. Lehmann — Gregory J. Leonard 11 n.a.  G. J. Leonard; (bio-it) G. J. Leonard — Riccardo Leoni 1 n.a.  R. Leoni; R. Leoni — Otto Lesser 1 1830–1887  O. Lesser; disc:  O. Lesser — Ken Levin 11 1953–pres.  K. Levin; physicist and amateur at BlackBird Obs.  K. Levin  Stephen Levine (astronomer)  1965–pres.  S. Levine; Stephen E. Levine S. Levine  David H. Levy 65 1948–pres.  D. H. Levy; D. H. Levy; D. Levy  Wendee Levy 4 1948–pres.  W. Levy; Wendee Esther Wallach Levy, wife of D. H. Levy, (bio-it) W. Levy  Javier Licandro  1966–pres.  J. Licandro; co-disc. w/ R. Gil-Hutton J. Licandro  William Liller 2 1927–pres.  W. Liller; W. Liller  Lin Qisheng (astronomer) 65 1964–pres.  C.-S. Lin; a.k.a. Lin Chi-Sheng, (bio-it) C.-S. Lin; C. S. Lin  Hung-Chin Lin 88 n.a.  H.-C. Lin; (林宏欽), H.-C. Lin — B. Linderholm  n.a.  B. Linderholm; also see #R. Linderholm B. Linderholm — Robert Linderholm 26 1933–2013  R. Linderholm; R. Linderholm — Bernadet Linero 2 n.a.  B. Linero; B. Linero — V. Linkov  n.a.  V. Linkov; co-disc. #K. Polyakov V. Linkov — Tim Lister (astronomer) 2 n.a.  T. Lister; (544116); Las Cumbres Obs.; Src T. Lister — Karl Lohnert 4 1885–1944  K. Lohnert; Karl Julius Lohnert, (bio-it) K. Lohnert  A. Lokalov 1 n.a.  A. Lokalov; disc:  A. Lokalov — Vladimir O. Lokot' 2 n.a.  V. Lokot'; disc:  and  V. Lokot — Dinesh Loomba 6 n.a.  D. Loomba; Src  D. Loomba — Álvaro López-García 12 1941–pres.  Á. López-G.; (bio-it) A. Lopez  Ángel López Jiménez 58 1955–pres.  Á. López J.; (bio-it) A. Lopez — Jean-Marie Lopez 7 n.a.  J.-M. Lopez; amateur J.-M. Lopez; J. M. Lopez — Joachim Lorenz 6 1955–pres.  J. Lorenz; amateur, disc: , J. Lorenz — Wilhelm Lorenz (astronomer) 4 1886–1918  W. Lorenz; Karl Wilhelm Lorenz, (bio-it), (bio-de) W. Lorenz — Miklós Lovas 2 1931–pres.  M. Lovas; at Konkoly Observatory, (bio-it) M. Lovas  Jessica Lovering 25 n.a.  J. R. Lovering; Jessica R. Lovering, co-disc.:  and , CV J. R. Lovering — Andrew Lowe 511 1959–pres.  A. Lowe; amateur, orbit computer, (bio-it), HP A. Lowe  Percival Lowell 1 1855–1916  P. Lowell; disc:  P. Lowell  Paul Luckas 2 1962–pres.  P. Luckas; amateur, (bio-it) P. Luckas  Christian B. Luginbuhl 3 1955–pres.  C. B. Luginbuhl; (bio-it) C. B. Luginbuhl  Kjell Lundgren 2 1950–pres.  K. Lundgren; at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory K. Lundgren  Federica Luppi  n.a.  F. Luppi; F. Luppi — Robert Luther 24 1822–1900  R. Luther; R. Luther  Jane Luu 39 1963–pres.  J. X. Luu; J. X. Luu  Lucas M. Macri  1972–pres.  L. Macri; (bio-it) L. Macri — Hiroshi Maeno 7 n.a.  H. Maeno; (bio-it) H. Maeno — John Mahony (astronomer) 10 n.a.  J. Mahony; amateur, Src  J. Mahony — Marie Mahrová 4 1947–pres.  M. Mahrová; (bio-it) M. Mahrova — Renu Malhotra  1961–pres.  R. Malhotra; R. Malhotra  Franco Mallia 15 1961–pres.  F. Mallia; amateur, (bio-it) F. Mallia  Francesco Manca 26 1966–pres.  F. Manca; amateur F. Manca  Jan Karel Mánek  1961–pres.  J. Manek; amateur J. Manek  Brian G. W. Manning 19 1926–2011  B. G. W. Manning; amateur B. G. W. Manning  Massimiliano Mannucci  1970–pres.  M. Mannucci; amateur, unrelated to ; (bio-it) M. Mannucci — José Manteca 13 1959–pres.  J. Manteca; Pepe Manteca, (bio-it) J. Manteca  Ilan Manulis  1947–pres.  I. Manulis; inferred I. Manulis  Frédéric Maréchal 2 1952–pres.  F. Maréchal; amateur, (bio-it) F. Marechal — Wladimiro Marinello 3 n.a.  W. Marinello; amateur, (bio-it) W. Marinello  Mark Scott Marley  n.a.  M. S. Marley; (bio-it) M. S. Marley — Brian G. Marsden  1937–2010  B. G. Marsden; B. G. Marsden  Albert Marth 1 1828–1897  A. Marth; disc:  A. Marth — Axel Martin 3 1968–pres.  A. Martin; amateur, (bio-it) A. Martin  Pierre Martin (astronomer)  1964–pres.  P. Martin; Rene Pierre Martin, CFHT/WIYN Src P. Martin  Terry Martin (astronomer)  n.a.  T. Martin; Src  T. Martin — Carlos T. Martinez 6 n.a.  C. T. Martinez; Src C. T. Martinez; C. Martinez — Gábor Marton (astronomer)  n.a.  G. Marton; (IAU ) G. Marton — Gianluca Masi 30 1972–pres.  G. Masi; discoverer of variable stars G. Masi  Joseph Masiero 63 1982–pres.  J. Masiero; J. Masiero  Egisto Masotti 3 1947–pres.  E. Masotti; amateur, (bio-it) E. Masotti  Adam Massinger 7 1888–1914  A. Massinger; (bio-de) A. Massinger  Giuseppe Massone  n.a.  G. Massone; inferred G. Massone — Mary Alice Mathison  n.a.  M. A. Mathison; inferred, (bio-it) M. A. Mathison — Stanislav Matičič 16 n.a.  S. Matičič; inferred S. Maticic  Damir Matković 2 n.a.  D. Matković; (bio-it) D. Matkovic — Robert D. Matson 189 1962–pres.  R. Matson; Robert Matson, Rob Matson, (bio-it) R. Matson  Masanori Matsuyama 19 1950–pres.  M. Matsuyama; amateur, , (bio-de) M. Matsuyama  Daniel Matter 7 1957–pres.  D. Matter; amateur, (bio-it) D. Matter  Alain Maury 9 1958–pres.  A. Maury; A. Maury  Deronda Mayes  1957–pres.  D. Mayes; inferred D. Mayes  Emiliano Mazzoni 2 1953–pres.  E. Mazzoni; amateur, (bio-it) E. Mazzoni  Michele Mazzucato 6 1962–pres.  M. Mazzucato; Michele T. Mazzucato, (bio-it) M. Mazzucato  John V. McClusky 157 n.a.  J. V. McClusky; J. V. McClusky — Billy D. McCormack  n.a.  B. D. McCormack; B. D. McCormack — Jennie McCormick  n.a.  J. McCormick; J. McCormick — Alric D. McDermott  n.a.  A. D. McDermott; A. D. McDermott — David McDonald (astronomer) 2 1964–pres.  D. McDonald; Dave McDonald, amateur D. McDonald  Stephen W. McDonald  n.a.  S. McDonald; S. McDonald — James E. McGaha 6 1946–pres.  J. McGaha; amateur, (bio-it) J. McGaha  P. McKenzie  n.a.  P. McKenzie; inferred P. McKenzie — David McLeish (astronomer)  n.a.  D. McLeish; (bio-it) D. McLeish — Robert H. McNaught 491 1956–pres.  R. H. McNaught; R. H. McNaught  Jeffrey S. Medkeff 10 1968–2008  J. Medkeff; J. Medkeff  Karen Jean Meech 15 1959–pres.  K. J. Meech; K. J. Meech  Carol Neese  1958–pres.  C. Neese; Carol Lynn Neese, MPC-typo: Meese C. Meese  Denis Mégevand  n.a.  D. Megevand; Geneva Obs., HARPS, Src D. Megevand — Sven Melchert 2 1968–pres.  S. Melchert; amateur, Guidestar , disc:  and  with Mark Emmerich S. Melchert — Philibert Jacques Melotte 1 1880–1961  P. Melotte; disc:  P. Melotte — J. Dave Mendenhall  n.a.  J. D. Mendenhall; (bio-it) J. D. Mendenhall — Jean-Claude Merlin 75 1954–pres.  J.-C. Merlin; (bio-fr) J.-C. Merlin  Szabolcs Mészáros 5 1981–pres.  S. Mészáros; (bio-it) S. Meszaros — Joel Hastings Metcalf 41 1866–1925  J. H. Metcalf; J. H. Metcalf ,  Natal'ja Vital'evna Metlova  n.a.  N. V. Metlova; (bio-it) N. V. Metlova — Michel Meunier  1964–pres.  M. Meunier; amateur, (bio-it), C/1997 J2 (Meunier–Dupouy) M. Meunier  Erich Meyer 22 1951–pres.  E. Meyer; amateur E. Meyer  Maik Meyer 16 1970–pres.  M. Meyer; amateur, (bio-de), Src M. Meyer  J. Michaud  n.a.  J. Michaud; inferred J. Michaud — Marco Micheli 23 1983–pres.  M. Micheli; ESA/Pan-STARRS1 (news-it), (bio-it) M. Micheli  René Michelsen 8 n.a.  R. Michelsen; R. Michelsen  Celina Mikolajczak 4 n.a.  C. Mikolajczak; (bio-it) C. Mikolajczak — Blaž Mikuž 5 n.a.  B. Mikuž; at Črni Vrh B. Mikuz — Herman Mikuž 32 n.a.  H. Mikuž; at Črni Vrh, (bio-it) H. Mikuz — R. Miles  n.a.  R. Miles; inferred R. Miles  Robert L. Millis 129 n.a.  R. Millis; occultation, at Lowell Observatory, (bio-it), (bio-fr) R. Millis; R. L. Millis  Elia Millosevich 2 1848–1919  E. Millosevich; E. Millosevich  Matt Mills (astronomer)  n.a.  M. Mills; inferred M. Mills — Rudolph Minkowski  1895–1976  R. Minkowski; R. Minkowski  Alberto Miranda 2 n.a.  A. Miranda; co-disc #I. P. Griffin A. Miranda — Tetsuyasu Mitani 1 1927–2004  T. Mitani; disc: , (bio-it) T. Mitani  Seidai Miyasaka 4 1955–pres.  S. Miyasaka; S. Miyasaka  Takashi Mizuno (astronomer)  1955–pres.  T. Mizuno; amateur, (bio-it) T. Mizuno  Yoshikane Mizuno 52 1954–pres.  Y. Mizuno; at Kani Observatory Y. Mizuno  Teo Močnik 1 1989–pres.  T. Močnik; CV T. Mocnik  Marko Moilanen  n.a.  M. Moilanen; (bio-it) M. Moilanen — Lawrence Alan Molnar 86 1959–pres.  L. A. Molnar; (bio-it) L. A. Molnar  Jean Montanne  n.a.  J. Montanne; (bio-it) J. Montanne — Nico Montigiani  n.a.  N. Montigiani; (bio-it) N. Montigiani — Didier Morata  1954–pres.  D. Morata; amateur, (bio-it) D. Morata  Stéphane Morata  1977–pres.  S. Morata; amateur, (bio-it) S. Morata  Zdeněk Moravec 94 1968–pres.  Z. Moravec; Z. Moravec — Hiroshi Mori (astronomer) 45 1958–pres.  H. Mori; amateur, (bio-it) H. Mori  Paul Mortfield 1 n.a.  P. Mortfield; P. Mortfield — Nicholas Moskovitz  1981–pres.  N. Moskovitz; N. Moskovitz  Patrick M. Motl 9 n.a.  P. M. Motl; disc: , (bio-it) P. M. Motl — Stefano Mottola 21 n.a.  S. Mottola; (bio-it) S. Mottola  Antonín Mrkos 274 1918–1996  A. Mrkos; at Kleť Observatory A. Mrkos  Jean Mueller 13 1950–pres.  J. E. Mueller; at Second Palomar Sky Survey J. E. Mueller  Masaru Mukai 13 1949–pres.  M. Mukai; unrelated to  M. Mukai — Gustavo Muler 25 1967–pres.  G. Muler; G. Muler  John-Derral Mulholland  1934–2008  J.-D. Mulholland; (bio-it) J. D. Mulholland — Ulisse Munari 49 1960–pres.  U. Munari; at the Astronomical Observatories of Padua and Asiago U. Munari  J. Muñoz  n.a.  J. Muñoz; inferred, (Manteca-it) J. Munoz — Osamu Muramatsu 73 1949–pres.  O. Muramatsu; O. Muramatsu  Juan Carlos Muzzio 2 1946–pres.  J. C. Muzzio; at La Plata Institute of Astrophysics, (bio-it) J. C. Muzzio  Atsushi Nakajima (astronomer) 15 n.a.  A. Nakajima; disc:  A. Nakajima — Akimasa Nakamura 112 1961–pres.  A. Nakamura; at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory A. Nakamura  Tsuko Nakamura 3 1943–pres.  T. Nakamura; (bio-it) T. Nakamura  Akio Nakanishi 3 1964–pres.  A. Nakanishi; amateur A. Nakanishi  Orlando A. Naranjo 38 1951–pres.  O. A. Naranjo; (bio-it) O. A. Naranjo — Michael Nassir  n.a.  M. Nassir; M. Nassir — Akira Natori 32 1956–pres.  A. Natori; at Nihondaira Observatory, (bio-it) A. Natori  Edgar Rangel Netto 8 n.a.  E. R. Netto; at Valongo Observatory, (bio-de) E. R. Netto  Grigory Neujmin 74 1885–1946  G. N. Neujmin; G. N. Neujmin  Vitali Nevski 15 1974–pres.  V. Nevski; amateur, , image, Comet ISON, alt: Vitaliy Nevskiy and Vitaly Nevsky V. Nevski — Phil Nicholson  1951–pres.  P. Nicholson; Philip D. Nicholson, Sycorax P. Nicholson  Seth Barnes Nicholson 2 1891–1963  S. B. Nicholson; disc:  and  S. B. Nicholson  Tsuneo Niijima 32 1955–pres.  T. Niijima; amateur T. Niijima  Kota Nishiyama 6 1965–pres.  K. Nishiyama; Nishiyama Kota, Bisei Spaceguard Center K. Nishiyama  V. L. Nixon  n.a.  V. L. Nixon; V. L. Nixon — Michael C. Nolan  1963–pres.  M. C. Nolan; at Arecibo Observatory, (bio-it) M. C. Nolan  Jaume Nomen 55 1960–pres.  J. Nomen; at Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca J. Nomen  Toshiro Nomura 13 1954–pres.  T. Nomura; T. Nomura  Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen 2 n.a.  H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen; disc: , (bio-it) H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen  Artyom Novichonok 26 1988–pres.  A. Novichonok; Comet ISON, Src  A. Novichonok; A. O. Novichonok — Andrew J. Noymer 7 1971–pres.  A. J. Noymer; (bio-it) A. J. Noymer  Donal O'Ceallaigh 3 n.a.  D. O'Ceallaigh; Src D. O'Ceallaigh — Erwin Obermair 7 1946–2017  E. Obermair; amateur E. Obermair  Pieter van Oers  n.a.  P. v. Oers; P. v. Oers — Eran O. Ofek  1972–pres  E. O. Ofek; HP  E. O. Ofek  Warren B. Offutt 18 1928–2017  W. Offutt; W. Offutt  Youhei Ohba 3 n.a.  Y. Ohba; at ISAS Y. Ohba — Okuro Oikawa 8 1896–1980  O. Oikawa; O. Oikawa  Gregory Wayne Ojakangas 2 n.a.  G. Ojakangas; disc:  and , (bio-it) G. Ojakangas — Arto Oksanen  n.a.  A. Oksanen; amateur A. Oksanen — Shin-ichiro Okumura 3 n.a.  S. Okumura; Bisei SG, IAU  S. Okumura — Tomimaru Okuni 130 1931–pres.  T. Okuni; amateur T. Okuni  Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers 2 1758–1840  H. W. Olbers; H. W. Olbers  R. M. Olivera 3 n.a.  R. M. Olivera; amateur, also see  R. M. Olivera — C. Michelle Olmstead 46 1969–pres.  C. M. Olmstead; at Lowell Observatory C. M. Olmstead  Andrey Oreshko 41 n.a.  A. Oreshko; (also see Timur Kryachko and  A. Oreshko — Csilla Orgel 2 n.a.  C. Orgel; inferred C. Orgel — José Luis Ortiz Moreno 2 1967–pres.  J. L. Ortiz; disc: , unofficial discoverer  J. L. Ortiz  Michel Ory 251 1966–pres.  M. Ory; amateur M. Ory  Yoshiaki Oshima 61 1952–pres.  Y. Oshima; at Gekko Observatory Y. Oshima  P. Ostafijchuk 2 n.a.  P. Ostafijchuk; Andrushivka Observatory P. Ostafijchuk — Liisi Oterma 54 1915–2001  L. Oterma; at Turku Observatory L. Oterma  Satoru Otomo 148 1957–pres.  S. Otomo; amateur S. Otomo  Rafael Pacheco 57 1954–pres.  R. Pacheco; amateur R. Pacheco  Deborah Lynne Padgett  n.a.  D. Padgett; inferred D. Padgett — András Pál (astronomer) 8 1981–pres.  A. Pál;   A. Pal  Johann Palisa 122 1848–1925  J. Palisa; J. Palisa  Ernesto Palomba 2 1967–pres.  E. Palomba; disc:  and  E. Palomba  Amanda Papadimos 4 n.a.  A. Papadimos; inferred A. Papadimos — Sensi Pastor  n.a.  S. Pastor; La Murta Observatory  S. Pastor — Praskov'ja Georgievna Parchomenko 2 1886–1970  P. Parchomenko; Praskoviya Georgievna Parchomenko, (bio-it) P. Parchomenko  Yun-Ho Park 2 n.a.  Y.-H. Park; (bio-it) Y.-H. Park  Joel W. Parker 3 1962–pres.  J. W. Parker; at Southwest Research Institute, inferred J. W. Parker  Quentin A. Parker  n.a.  Q. A. Parker; Quentin Andrew Parker, Siding Spring, disc.: comet 119P/Parker–Hartley Src  Q. A. Parker – Alois Paroubek  n.a.  A. Paroubek; (bio-it) A. Paroubek — André Patry 9 1902–1967  A. Patry; at Nice Observatory A. Patry  Thierry Pauwels 152 1957–pres.  T. Pauwels; at Uccle Observatory T. Pauwels  Thomas Payer 4 1978–pres.  T. Payer; amateur, T. Payer — Fernando Pedichini  n.a.  F. Pedichini; F. Pedichini — Jean-Claude Pelle 10 1942–pres.  J.-C. Pelle; Jean Claude George Pelle, amateur, (bio-fr) J. C. Pelle  Randy Pepper 2 n.a.  R. Pepper; amateur, Fort Bend Astronomy Club, (bio-it) R. Pepper — Zenón M. Pereyra  n.a.  Z. Pereyra; disc: , (bio-it) Z. Pereyra — Davide Perna 1 n.a.  D. Perna; D. Perna — Bernard Pernier  n.a.  B. Pernier; Geneva Obs. B. Pernier — Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin 6 1845–1904  J. Perrotin; J. Perrotin  Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters 48 1813–1890  C. H. F. Peters; C. H. F. Peters  George Henry Peters 3 1863–1947  G. H. Peters; USNO-astronomer,Src  G. H. Peters — Jean-Marc Petit 7 1961–pres.  J.-M. Petit; (bio-fr) J.-M. Petit; J. Petit  Holly Phaneuf 2 n.a.  H. Phaneuf; amateur, (bio-it) H. Phaneuf — Jeffrey L. Phinney 4 1957–pres.  J. Phinney; disc: , ,  and  J. Phinney  Giuseppe Piazzi 1 1746–1826  G. Piazzi; disc:  G. Piazzi  Paolo Pietrapiana 2 n.a.  P. Pietrapriana; amateur, disc: , (bio-it) P. Pietrapiana — Michael Pietschnig 3 n.a.  M. Pietschnig; amateur, Src  M. Pietschnig — Giuliano Pignata 4 n.a.  G. Pignata; ADAS G. Pignata — Jana Pittichová 9 1972–pres.  J. Pittichová; inferred J. Pittichova  Guido Pizarro (astronomer) 8 n.a.  G. Pizarro; brother of Oscar Pizarro, at La Silla, (bio-it) G. Pizarro  Oscar Pizarro  n.a.  O. Pizarro; brother of Guido Pizarro, (bio-it) O. Pizarro  Gianpaolo Pizzetti 4 1961–pres.  G. P. Pizzetti; amateur, (bio-it) G. P. Pizzetti; G. Pizzetti  John Platt (computer scientist) 2 1963–pres.  J. Platt; J. Platt  C. E. Plunkett  n.a.  C. E. Plunkett; inferred C. E. Plunkett — G. A. Plyugin 7 1925–pres.  G. A. Plyugin; Gurij Antonovič Pljugin, (bio-it) G. A. Plyugin — Regina Podstanická  1928–2000  R. Podstanická; (bio-it) R. Podstanicka — N. R. Pogson 8 1829–1891  N. R. Pogson; Norman Robert Pogson N. R. Pogson  Radosław Poleski  n.a.  R. Poleski; R. Poleski — David Polishook 16 1976–pres.  D. Polishook; David L. Polishook, MIT and Tel Aviv University, (bio-it) D. Polishook  Isidre Pòlit  1880–1958  I. Pòlit; Isidre Pòlit i Boixareu, (bio-it) I. Polit  Christian Pollas 26 1947–pres.  C. Pollas; at Côte d'Azur Observatory, (bio-fr) C. Pollas  K. Polyakov  n.a.  K. Polyakov; co-disc. #V. Linkov K. Polyakov — Hejno Iogannović Potter 1 1929–2007  H. Potter; Kheino Potter, disc: , (bio-it) H. Potter  Francisco Pozo  1986–pres.  F. Pozo; Francisco Javier Pozo Núñez, (bio-es), F. Pozo — Valentino Pozzoli 4 n.a.  V. Pozzoli; inferred V. Pozzoli — Alexander Pravda 52 1961–pres.  A. Pravda; (bio-it) A. Pravda  Petr Pravec 355 1967–pres.  P. Pravec; P. Pravec  Donald P. Pray 3 1949–pres.  D. P. Pray; at Carbuncle Hill Obs.Src and Sugarloaf Obs. Src, (bio-it) D. P. Pray  Gerrit Proffe 2 n.a.  G. Proffe; DLR inferred G. Proffe — Enrico Prosperi  1954–pres.  E. Prosperi; Castelmartini Obs.  E. Prosperi  S. Prosperi  n.a.  S. Prosperi; S. Prosperi – Milorad B. Protić 7 1911–2001  M. B. Protić; M. B. Protitch  Timo Prusti 10 n.a.  T. Prusti; ESA-Gaia, first disc:  T. Prusti — Andrew W. Puckett 22 1977–pres.  A. W. Puckett; Andrew Wayne Puckett A. W. Puckett  Ulisse Quadri  1953–pres.  U. Quadri; amateur, (bio-it) U. Quadri  Herbert Raab  1969–pres.  H. Raab; amateur, Src H. Raab  David L. Rabinowitz 36 1960–pres.  D. L. Rabinowitz; D. L. Rabinowitz; D. Rabinowitz  Petar Radovan  n.a.  P. Radovan; (bio-it) P. Radovan — Rajgopalan Rajamohan 6 n.a.  R. Rajamohan; (bio-it) R. Rajamohan — David Rankin (astronomer) 1 1984–pres.  D. Rankin; amateur D. Rankin  Vishnu Vardhan Reddy 23 1978–pres.  V. Reddy; (bio-it) V. Reddy  Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth 395 1892–1979  K. Reinmuth; K. Reinmuth  Guy Reiss 5 1904–1964  G. Reiss; at Algiers Observatory and Nice G. Reiss  José Antonio Reyes (astronomer)  n.a.  J. A. Reyes; La Murta Observatory  J. A. Reyes — Tomáš Rezek (astronomer)  n.a.  T. Rezek; inferred T. Rezek — Joseph Rheden 3 1873–1946  J. Rheden; J. Rheden — Hans Rickman 2 1949–pres.  H. Rickman; at Uppsala Observatory, (bio-it) H. Rickman  Judit Györgyey Ries 3 n.a.  J. G. Ries; Src  J. G. Ries  Wolfgang Ries 176 1968–pres.  W. Ries; amateur W. Ries  Jim Riffle 2 n.a.  J. Riffle; inferred J. Riffle — Fernand Rigaux 8 1905–1962  F. Rigaux; at Uccle Observatory F. Rigaux  Claudine Rinner 157 1965–pres.  C. Rinner; amateur, at Ottmarsheim Observatory C. Rinner  Keith Rivich 5 n.a.  K. Rivich; amateur, (bio-it) K. Rivich — Irving Robbins (astronomer)  n.a.  I. Robbins; Src and Src  I. Robbins  Adrienne M. Robbins  n.a.  A. Robbins; Adrienne Makita Robbins, (bio-it) A. Robbins  Larry Robinson (astronomer) 18 n.a.  L. Robinson; amateur, at Sunflower Observatory, (bio-it) L. Robinson  Heiner Roclawski  1963–pres.  H. Roclawski; H. Roclawski — Greg Rodgers  n.a.  G. Rodgers; G. Rodgers — Tim A. Rodriquez  n.a.  T. Rodriquez; (bio-it) T. Rodriquez — Henry G. Roe  1975–pres.  H. G. Roe; (bio-it) H. G. Roe  James M. Roe 102 1943–pres.  J. M. Roe; (bio-it) J. M. Roe — Elizabeth Roemer 2 1929–2016  E. Roemer; E. Roemer  John E. Rogers 3 n.a.  J. E. Rogers; (bio-it) J. E. Rogers  Brian P. Roman 11 n.a.  B. Roman; B. Roman  E. S. Romas 3 n.a.  E. S. Romas; first disc: ; at Kislovodsk Stn. (C20) E. S. Romas — Amy E. Rose 2 1987–pres.  A. E. Rose; A. E. Rose  Perry Rose (astronomer) 4 1966–pres.  P. Rose; Perry J. Rose, at Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey P. Rose  Emily Ross  n.a.  E. Ross; inferred; with Tara Houlden E. Ross — René Roy (astronomer) 9 1938–pres.  R. Roy; amateur, (bio-fr) R. Roy  Jiangao Ruan 2 1986–pres.  J. Ruan; (阮建高), Ruan Jiangao; amateur, co-discovery with Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, C/2009 G1 (STEREO), 80+ SOHO comets J. Ruan  Eric P. Rubenstein  n.a.  E. P. Rubenstein; E. P. Rubenstein — A. Rudd 2 n.a.  A. Rudd; disc:  and  A. Rudd — Marian Rudnyk 3 n.a.  M. Rudnyk; (bio-it) M. Rudnyk — Donald James Rudy  n.a.  D. Rudy; (bio-it) D. Rudy — Jose Maria Ruiz 9 n.a.  J. M. Ruiz; inferred, disc:  J. M. Ruiz — Vasilij Rumyantsev  n.a.  V. Rumyantsev; V. Rumyantsev — Kenneth S. Russell 2 n.a.  K. S. Russell; (bio-it) K. S. Russell  John Ruthroff  n.a.  J. Ruthroff; (bio-it) J. Ruthroff — Erin Lee Ryan 9 n.a.  E. L. Ryan; IAU , (547073) and (548758) E. L. Ryan — William H. Ryan (astronomer) 28 1962–pres.  W. H. Ryan; at MRO, (bio-it) W. H. Ryan;W. Ryan  Eileen V. Ryan  1960–pres.  E. V. Ryan; wife and collaborator of William Ryan at MRO; Src E. V. Ryan  John Sachs (astronomer) 2 n.a.  J. Sachs; amateur, disc  and , Src, Src, unrelated to  J. Sachs — Tsuyoshi Sakamoto 11 1975–pres.  T. Sakamoto; Bisei Spaceguard Center, first disc:  T. Sakamoto  Giuseppe A. Sala 2 n.a.  G. A. Sala; disc:  and  G. A. Sala — Paolo Sala (astronomer) 3 1954–pres.  P. Sala; amateur, disc: ,  and , P. Sala — George C. Sallit  n.a.  G. Sallit; (bio-it) G. Sallit — Stephen L. Salyards  n.a.  S. L. Salyards; (bio-it) S. L. Salyards — A. G. Samuel  n.a.  A. G. Samuel; (bio-it) A. G. Samuel — Salvador Sánchez (astronomer) 3 n.a.  S. Sánchez; unrelated to , (bio-it) S. Sanchez — Allan Sandage  1926–2010  A. R. Sandage; A. R. Sandage  Hans-Ullrich Sandig  1909–1979  H.-U. Sandig; (bio-de) H.-U. Sandig — Robert G. Sandness 6 n.a.  R. G. Sandness; amateur, (bio-it) R. G. Sandness — Luigi Sannino 2 1981–pres.  L. Sannino; amateur, disc:  and , (bio-it) L. Sannino  Matteo M. M. Santangelo 21 n.a.  M. M. M. Santangelo; Matteo Santangelo, (bio-it) M. M. M. Santangelo — Pablo Santos-Sanz 1 n.a.  P. Santos-Sanz; P. Santos-Sanz — Krisztián Sárneczky 627 1974–pres.  K. Sárneczky; K. Sarneczky  Lenka Kotková 262 1973–pres.  L. Kotková; Lenka Šarounová (née), at Ondřejov Observatory L. Sarounova  Goro Sasaki  n.a.  G. Sasaki; unrelated to , (bio-it) G. Sasaki — Isao Satō (astronomer) 6 1963–pres.  I. Satō; asteroid occultation, (bio-it) I. Sato  Naoto Satō 142 1953–pres.  N. Satō; amateur N. Sato  Boris Satovski 42 n.a.  B. Satovski; discovered , different from  B. Satovski — Paul Sava  n.a.  P. Sava; at Needville P. Sava — Giulio Scarfì  1964–pres.  G. Scarfì; amateur Src , observatories: (126) and (K78) G. Scarfi  Robert D. Schaldach  n.a.  R. D. Schaldach; co-discovered 61P/Shajn–Schaldach; (bio-fr) R. D. Schaldach — Alexandre Schaumasse 2 1882–1958  A. Schaumasse; A. Schaumasse  Giovanni Schiaparelli 1 1835–1910  G. Schiaparelli; disc:  G. Schiaparelli  Christine J. Schiff  n.a.  C. J. Schiff; amateur, wife of J. L. Schiff, (bio-it) C. J. Schiff — Joel L. Schiff  n.a.  J. L. Schiff; amateur, husband of C. J. Schiff, unrelated to , (bio-it) J. L. Schiff — Thomas Schildknecht 3 n.a.  T. Schildknecht; (bio-it), Src  T. Schildknecht — Frank Schiralli Jr.  n.a.  F. Schiralli Jr.; Src F. Schiralli Jr. — Lutz D. Schmadel 245 1942–2016  L. D. Schmadel; ARI-astronomer L. D. Schmadel; L.D. Schmadel  Alfred Schmitt 4 1907–1973  A. Schmitt; at Algiers and Strasbourg observatories A. Schmitt  Hans Scholl (astronomer) 56 1942–pres.  H. Scholl; ARI-astronomer H. Scholl  Richard Schorr 2 1867–1951  R. Schorr; R. Schorr  Martin Schroedter  n.a.  M. Schroedter; VERITAS M. Schroedter — Joachim Schubart 2 1928–pres.  J. Schubart; (bio-de), Src  J. Schubart  Lipót Schulhof 1 1847–1921  L. Schulhof; L. Schulhof  Hans-Emil Schuster 25 1934–pres.  H.-E. Schuster; at La Silla H.-E. Schuster  Erwin Schwab 98 1964–pres.  E. Schwab; amateur E. Schwab  Megan Schwamb 16 1984–pres.  M. E. Schwamb; (bio-fr) M. E. Schwamb; M. Schwamb  Michael B. Schwartz 254 1950–pres.  M. Schwartz; amateur, at Tenagra Observatory, (bio-it) M. Schwartz  Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann 22 1870–1964  A. Schwassmann; A. Schwassmann  James V. Scotti 1 1960–pres.  J. V. Scotti; at Spacewatch J. V. Scotti  George Mary Searle 1 1839–1918  G. Searle; disc:  G. Searle — William Lawrence Sebok 2 n.a.  W. Sebok; disc:  and , (bio-it) W. Sebok — Bruce A. Segal 2 1959–pres.  B. A. Segal; amateur, disc:  and , (bio-it) B. A. Segal  Carlos Segarra  n.a.  C. Segarra; Algimia-Valencia C. Segarra — Sadao Sei  n.a.  S. Sei; at Chirorin Observatory  S. Sei — Nalin Samarasinha  1958–pres.  N. Samarasinha; N. Samarasinha  Tsutomu Seki 225 1930–pres.  T. Seki; T. Seki  Alexey V. Sergeyev  n.a.  A. Sergeyev; inferred A. Sergeev — Carl Sexton 9 n.a.  C. Sexton; inferred, amateur C. Sexton — Grigory Shajn 3 1892–1956  G. Shajn; G. Shajn  Pelageya Shajn 19 1894–1956  P. F. Shajn; P. F. Shajn ,  R. Shank 3 n.a.  R. Shank; assumed, also R. Shanks (!), co-discoveries with C. Veillet R. Shank; R. Shanks  Scott S. Sheppard 27 1977–pres.  S. S. Sheppard; S. S. Sheppard; S. Sheppard  Edwin E. Sheridan 38 n.a.  E. E. Sheridan; (bio-it) E. E. Sheridan; E. Sheridan; E. Sherdian — Jia You Shih 3 n.a.  C.-Y. Shih; disc: ,  and  C.-Y. Shih  Yoshisada Shimizu 311 1943–pres.  Y. Shimizu; amateur Y. Shimizu  Hitoshi Shiozawa 29 n.a.  H. Shiozawa; amateur, (bio-it) H. Shiozawa — Seiji Shirai (astronomer) 3 n.a.  S. Shirai; , ,  S. Shirai  Vladimir Shkodrov 7 1930–2010  V. G. Shkodrov; at the Bulgarian National Observatory V. G. Shkodrov; V. Shkodrov  Carolyn S. Shoemaker 377 1929–2021  C. S. Shoemaker; C. S. Shoemaker  Eugene M. Shoemaker 183 1928–1997  E. M. Shoemaker; E. M. Shoemaker  Sergey E. Shurpakov 2 1966–pres.  S. Shurpakov; Sergey Eduardovich Shurpakov, amateur S. Shurpakov  Piero Sicoli 43 1954–pres.  P. Sicoli; amateur, at Sormano Observatory P. Sicoli  Stephen Singer-Brewster 6 1945–pres.  S. Singer-Brewster; at Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey S. Singer-Brewster  Amanjot Singh  1988–pres.  A. Singh; A. Singh  Russell Sipe 2 n.a.  R. Sipe; inferred, disc:  and  R. Sipe — Brigitta Sipőcz 42 1984–pres.  B. Sipőcz; (bio-de) B. Sipocz  Michael L. Sitko  n.a.  M. L. Sitko; inferred M. L. Sitko — Brian A. Skiff 62 n.a.  B. A. Skiff; at Lowell Observatory B. A. Skiff  David R. Skillman 17 1945–pres.  D. R. Skillman; D. R. Skillman; D. Skillman  Jure Skvarč 20 1964–pres.  J. Skvarč; (bio-it) J. Skvarc  Evgenij Fëdorovič Skvorcov 3 1882–1952  E. Skvorcov; Evgenij Skvortsov, (bio-it) E. Skvortsov  Sonia Keys  1961–2018  K. Smalley; Kyle Smalley, amateur, Powell Observatory K. Smalley  Tamara Smirnova 135 1935–2001  T. M. Smirnova; T. M. Smirnova  Suzanne Smrekar  n.a.  S. Smrekar; Suzanne Elizabeth Smrekar; (bio-it) S. Smrekar — Bogdan Sobczuk  n.a.  B. Sobczuk; Src B. Sobczuk — Adam Sodor 1 n.a.  A. Sodor; A. Sodor — Andrea Soffiantini  n.a.  A. Soffiantini; Carezza, Trentino (NASA) A. Soffiantini — Patrick Sogorb 6 1971–pres.  P. Sogorb; amateur, (bio-fr) P. Sogorb — Vladimir Jakovlevič Solov'ëv  n.a.  V. Y. Solovyov; (bio-it) V. Y. Solovyov  Y. Sorimachi (astronomer) 2 n.a.  Y. Sorimachi; disc:  and  Y. Sorimachi — Giovanni Sostero  1964–2012  G. Sostero; amateur G. Sostero  Alfredo Sota 4 n.a.  A. Sota; inferred, at Sierra Nevada Observatory  A. Sota  Guy Soulié 2 1920–pres.  G. Soulié; amateur, (bio-fr) G. Soulie  Timothy B. Spahr 59 1970–pres.  T. B. Spahr; Timothy Bruce Spahr, at Bigelow Sky Survey T. B. Spahr  Stefano Sposetti 166 1958–pres.  S. Sposetti; amateur S. Sposetti; Stefano Sposetti  Tom Stafford (astronomer) 40 n.a.  T. Stafford; T. Stafford — Anton Staus 1 1872–1955  A. Staus; disc:  A. Staus — Duncan Steel 12 1955–pres.  D. I. Steel; D. I. Steel  W. A. Stein  n.a.  W. A. Stein; inferred W. A. Stein  Édouard Stephan 2 1837–1923  É. Stephan; disc:  and  E. Stephan  Peter B. Stetson  1952–pres.  P. B. Stetson; Peter Brailey Stetson, (bio-it) P. B. Stetson  Berton L. Stevens 59 1951–pres.  B. L. Stevens; amateur, Desert Moon Observatory , (bio-it) B. L. Stevens  Janet A. Stevens  1950–pres.  J. Stevens; amateur, née Madenberg, wife of B. L. Stevens (bio-it) J. Stevens  Carlton F. Stewart  n.a.  C. F. Stewart; (bio-it) C. F. Stewart  DeLisle Stewart 1 1870–1941  D. Stewart; disc:  D. Stewart  Lacey Stewart  n.a.  L. Stewart; Src  L. Stewart  Jürgen Stock (astronomer) 3 1923–pres.  J. Stock; J. Stock  M. Stockmaster  n.a.  M. Stockmaster; inferred M. Stockmaster — Reiner Michael Stoss 9 1975–pres.  R. M. Stoss; amateur, at Starkenburg Observatory R. M. Stoss; R. Stoss  Luca Strabla  1963–pres.  L. Strabla; Luca Pietro Strabla, amateur, (bio-it) L. Strabla  Louis-Gregory Strolger  n.a.  L.-G. Strolger; inferred L.-G. Strolger — Gyula Strommer  1920–1995  G. Strommer; (bio-it) G. Strommer  Otto Struve 2 1897–1963  O. Struve; O. Struve   Antonio Stucchi  n.a.  A. Stucchi; inferred A. Stucchi — Jeffrey Sue  n.a.  J. Sue; inferred, at RAS Observatory , Src J. Sue  Uwe Süßenberger 4 n.a.  U. Süßenberger; U. Suessenberger — Matsuo Sugano 4 1939–pres.  M. Sugano; amateur M. Sugano  Atsushi Sugie 122 n.a.  A. Sugie; at Dynic Astronomical Observatory A. Sugie  Rafael Suvanto  1909–1940  R. Suvanto; (bio-it) R. Suvanto  Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer) 42 1950–pres.  K. Suzuki; amateur K. Suzuki  Shōhei Suzuki 52 n.a.  S. Suzuki; S. Suzuki — Steven Roger Swanson 2 n.a.  S. R. Swanson; inferred, disc:  and  S. R. Swanson  Frédéric Sy 2 1861–19xx  F. Sy; at Algiers and Paris observatories; disc:  and  F. Sy  Gyula M. Szabó 9 1979–pres.  G. Szabó; (bio-fr) G. Szabo  Tamás Szalai (astronomer) 6 n.a.  T. Szalai; inferred, disc:  and  T. Szalai  Dorottya Szám  n.a.  D. Szám; amateur, (bio-it) D. Szam — Péter Székely (astronomer) 3 n.a.  P. Székely; Piszkéstető Station P. Szekely — Attila Szing 6 n.a.  A. Szing; inferred A. Szing — D. Taeymans  n.a.  D. Taeymans; inferred D. Taeymans — Laurence G. Taff 10 1947–pres.  L. G. Taff; (bio-fr) L. G. Taff — Ugo Tagliaferri 2 n.a.  U. Tagliaferri; amateur, disc:  and , (bio-it) U. Tagliaferri — Atsushi Takahashi 22 1965–pres.  A. Takahashi; amateur, at Kitami Observatory A. Takahashi  Masanori Takeishi 13 1950–pres.  M. Takeishi; amateur, (bio-de) M. Takeishi  A. W. Taylor (astronomer)  n.a.  A. W. Taylor; , Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (see D. T. Durig) A. W. Taylor — D. Team (astronomer) 2 n.a.  D. Team; , Kitt Peak D. Team — Noéline Teamo 240 n.a.  N. Teamo; amateur, Hibiscus Observatory  N. Teamo — Wilhelm Tempel 5 1821–1889  E. W. Tempel; E. W. Tempel  Luciano Tesi 192 1931–pres.  L. Tesi; amateur L. Tesi; L. esi  Augusto Testa 31 1950–pres.  A. Testa; amateur A. Testa  Holger Thiele 4 1878–1946  H. Thiele; son of Thorvald N. Thiele H. Thiele  Bernd Thinius 2 1959–pres.  B. Thinius; amateur, disc:  and , B. Thinius — David J. Tholen 68 1955–pres.  D. J. Tholen; D. J. Tholen; D. C. Tholen  Norman G. Thomas 55 1930–pres.  N. G. Thomas; N. G. Thomas  William Thuillot  1951–pres.  W. Thuillot; inferred W. Thuillot  Dan Tibbets 3 n.a.  D. Tibbets; inferred, disc:  and  D. Tibbets — Jana Tichá 119 1965–pres.  J. Tichá; J. Ticha  Miloš Tichý 240 1966–pres.  M. Tichý; M. Tichy  Jürgen Tiedtke  1966–pres.  J. Tiedtke; amateur, co-disc. with M. Klein, FB J. Tiedtke — Friedrich Tietjen 1 1832–1895  F. Tietjen; ARI-astronomer, disc:  F. Tietjen  Michael Todd (astronomer) 5 n.a.  M. Todd; inferred M. Todd — Clyde Tombaugh 15 1906–1997  C. W. Tombaugh; C. W. Tombaugh  Maura Tombelli 199 1952–pres.  M. Tombelli; amateur M. Tombelli  Kōichirō Tomita 9 1925–2006  K. Tomita; at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory K. Tomita  Mario Tonincelli 5 n.a.  M. Tonincelli; inferred M. Tonincelli — John L. Tonry 2 1953–pres.  J. L. Tonry; University of Hawaii, disc:  and , (bio-de) J. L. Tonry  Carlos Torres (astronomer) 37 1929–2011  C. Torres; Carlos Torres R. (not Carlos Guillermo Torres), Src  C. Torres  Y. Torres  n.a.  Y. Torres; inferred Y. Torres  Juraj Tóth 16 1975–pres.  J. Tóth; at Comenius University J. Toth  Suzanne W. Tourtellotte 16 1945–2013  S. Tourtellotte; inferred S. Tourtellotte — Fabrizio Tozzi 153 1970–pres.  F. Tozzi; amateur, (bio-it) F. Tozzi — Richard Trentman 3 1939–pres.  R. Trentman; amateur, Powell Observatory Near-Earth-Object program; disc:  and  R. Trentman  David E. Trilling 52 1972–pres.  D. E. Trilling; disc:  and  D. E. Trilling  Paul J. Tristram  n.a.  P. J. Tristram; MJUO, Src P. J. Tristram  Chad Trujillo 65 1973–pres.  C. Trujillo; C. A. Trujillo; C. Trujillo; C. W. Trujillo  Yuan-Sheng Tsai (astronomer) 1 n.a.  Y.-S. Tsai; inferred Y.-S. Tsai  Akira Tsuchikawa 4 n.a.  A. Tsuchikawa; (bio-it) A. Tsuchikawa — Roy A. Tucker 737 1951–pres.  R. A. Tucker; R. A. Tucker; R. Tucker  D. Tuma  n.a.  D. Tuma; inferred D. Tuma — Horace Parnell Tuttle 2 1837–1923  H. P. Tuttle; H. P. Tuttle  Andrzej Udalski 2 1957–pres.  A. Udalski; disc:  and  A. Udalski — Seiji Ueda 705 1952–pres.  S. Ueda; amateur S. Ueda  Seitaro Urakawa 4 1975–pres.  S. Urakawa; at Bisei S. Urakawa  Takeshi Urata 642 1947–2012  T. Urata; amateur T. Urata  Fumiaki Uto 22 n.a.  F. Uto; F. Uto; T. Uto — Ovidiu Vaduvescu 8 n.a.  O. Vaduvescu; first:  O. Vaduvescu — Antonio Vagnozzi 46 1950–pres.  A. Vagnozzi; amateur A. Vagnozzi  Marja Väisälä 2 1916–2011  M. Väisälä; Marja Ilmatar Väisälä, daughter of Y. Väisälä, disc:  and , (bio-it) M. Vaisala — Yrjö Väisälä 128 1891–1971  Y. Väisälä; at Turku Observatory Y. Vaisala ,  Mallory Vale 3 1986–pres.  M. Vale; M. Vale  Jan Vales 5 n.a.  J. Vales; at Črni Vrh, J. Vales — George Van Biesbroeck 16 1880–1974  G. Van Biesbroeck; G. Van Biesbroeck  Hendrik van Gent 39 1899–1947  H. van Gent; H. van Gent  Cornelis Johannes van Houten 4643 1920–2002  C. J. van Houten; C. J. van Houten  Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld 4644 1921–2015  I. van Houten-Groeneveld; I. van Houten-Groeneveld; I. Groeneveld  Andre van Staden  n.a.  A. van Staden; inferred A. van Staden  Andrew Vanden Heuvel 3 n.a.  A. Vanden Heuvel; (bio-it) A. Vanden Heuvel — Luděk Vašta  n.a.  L. Vašta; inferred L. Vasta — Zdeňka Vávrová 115 1945–pres.  Z. Vávrová; Z. Vavrova  Christian Veillet 161 1954–pres.  C. Veillet; C. Veillet  Graziano Ventre 4 1954–pres.  G. Ventre; amateur, (bio-it) G. Ventre  Krisztián Vida  1983–pres.  K. Vida; (IAU ), co-disc. #K. Sarneczky K. Vida — Antoni Vidal  n.a.  A. Vidal; amateur, (bio-it) A. Vidal — Ester Vigil  n.a.  E. Vigil; amateur, (bio-it) E. Vigil — Jozef Világi 12 n.a.  J. Világi; inferred J. Vilagi — Walter Augustin Villiger  1872–1938  W. Villiger; W. Villiger  George R. Viscome 33 1956–pres.  G. R. Viscome; G. R. Viscome  David Voglsam  n.a.  D. Voglsam; Src D. Voglsam — Heinrich Vogt (astronomer) 1 1890–1968  H. Vogt; disc:  H. Vogt  Luigi Volta 5 1876–1952  L. Volta; (bio-it) L. Volta  Tomáš Vorobjov 15 1984–pres.  T. Vorobjov; amateur T. Vorobjov  Christel Vuissoz 5 n.a.  C. Vuissoz; inferred, disc:  C. Vuissoz — Libor Vyskočil  n.a.  L. Vyskočil; inferred L. Vyskocil — Arno Arthur Wachmann 3 1902–1990  A. Wachmann; A. Wachmann  Sahil Wadhwa  n.a.  S. Wadhwa; S. Wadhwa — Joe Wagner (astronomer) 6 1964–pres.  J. Wagner; (bio-it) J. Wagner — R. Mark Wagner 9 n.a.  R. M. Wagner; IAU  R. M. Wagner — Duncan Waldron 2 n.a.  J. D. Waldron; amateur, disc:  and , (bio-it) J. D. Waldron — Jasper V. Wall  n.a.  J. V. Wall; (bio-it) J. V. Wall — Åke Wallenquist  1904–1994  Å. A. E. Wallenquist; at Kvistaberg Station A. A. E. Wallenquist  Brian D. Warner 3 1952–pres.  B. D. Warner; photometrist, (bio-it), Src B. D. Warner  Archibald Warnock 7 n.a.  A. Warnock; (bio-it) A. Warnock — Lawrence H. Wasserman 295 n.a.  L. H. Wasserman; occultation, (bio-it) L. H. Wasserman  Kazuro Watanabe 671 1955–pres.  K. Watanabe; amateur K. Watanabe  James Craig Watson 22 1838–1880  J. C. Watson; J. C. Watson  Martin Watt 4 n.a.  M. Watt; (bio-it) M. Watt — J. Scott Weaver 2 1940–2008  J. S. Weaver; (bio-it) J. S. Weaver; S. Weaver  Robert Weber (astronomer) 8 1926–2008  R. Weber; R. Weber  Katrina Wefel 2 n.a.  K. Wefel; at Baton Rouge, disc:  and  K. Wefel — Don J. Wells 21 1965–pres.  D. Wells; amateur, (bio-it) D. Wells  Lisa Wells (astronomer) 5 n.a.  L. Wells; inferred; remote observer for CFHT; co-discoverer #M. Micheli: Src L. Wells — Jim Wentworth  n.a.  J. Wentworth; inferred J. Wentworth — Wolfgang Wenzel (astronomer)  1929–pres.  W. Wenzel; (bio-de) W. Wenzel  Richard Martin West 40 1941–pres.  R. M. West; R. M. West  Fred Lawrence Whipple  1906–2004  F. L. Whipple; F. L. Whipple  Minor White (astronomer) 45 n.a.  M. White; (bio-it) M. White — Robert J. Whiteley 12 1971–pres.  R. J. Whiteley; (bio-it) R. J. Whiteley  Paul Wiegert 85 1967–pres.  P. A. Wiegert; P. A. Wiegert  Patrick Wiggins (astronomer) 5 1949–pres.  P. Wiggins; amateur, (bio-it) P. Wiggins  Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer) 94 1925–2014  P. Wild; P. Wild  Peter D. Wilder  n.a.  P. D. Wilder; (bio-it) P. D. Wilder — Iwan P. Williams 7 n.a.  I. P. Williams; (bio-it) I. P. Williams  James G. Williams  n.a.  J. G. Williams; Src J. G. Williams  Kenneth A. Williams 14 1956–pres.  K. A. Williams;  Lake Clear N.Y.; astrophotographer K. A. Williams  Ryan M. Williams  n.a.  R. M. Williams; (bio-it) R. M. Williams — John E. Willis  n.a.  J. Willis; USNO-astronomer, Src  (bio-it) J. Willis — Albert George Wilson 5 1918–2012  A. G. Wilson; A. G. Wilson  Carl A. Wirtanen 8 1910–1990  C. A. Wirtanen; C. A. Wirtanen  Edith Wirtanen  n.a.  E. Wirtanen; Edith Rand Wirtanen, wife of Carl Wirtanen, (bio-it) E. Wirtanen  Carl Gustav Witt 2 1866–1946  G. Witt; G. Witt  David Wittman 3 n.a.  D. Wittman; David M. Wittman D. Wittman — Christian Wolf (astronomer)  n.a.  C. Wolf; assumed C. Wolf — Marek Wolf 19 1957–pres.  M. Wolf; M. Wolf — Max Wolf 248 1863–1932  M. F. Wolf; M. F. Wolf  Chris Wolfe 29 n.a.  C. Wolfe; (bio-it) C. Wolfe — Ulrich Wolff 2 1964–pres.  U. Wolff; amateur, Berlin, Src  U. Wolff — Harry Edwin Wood 12 1881–1946  H. E. Wood; H. E. Wood  Gao Xing 8 1974–pres.  X. Gao; first disc: , obscode:C42 X. Gao  Naotaka Yamamoto  n.a.  N. Yamamoto; (bio-it) N. Yamamoto — Masayuki Yanai 27 1959–pres.  M. Yanai; M. Yanai  Yang Tingzhang 12 n.a.  T.-C. Yang; (bio-it) T.-C. Yang — Ye Quan-Zhi 213 1988–pres.  Q.-z. Ye; also: Quan-Zhi Ye, (bio-it), Src  Q.-z. Ye; Q.-Z. Ye; Q. Ye  B. Yeung 1 n.a.  B. Yeung; B. Yeung — William Kwong Yu Yeung 2049 1960–pres.  W. K. Y. Yeung; amateur, (bio-it) W. K. Y. Yeung; W. K. Yeung  M. Yoshimi  n.a.  M. Yoshimi; M. Yoshimi  James Whitney Young 267 1941–pres.  J. W. Young J. W. Young; J. Young  Jure Zakrajšek 7 n.a.  J. Zakrajšek; Src J. Zakrajsek — O. Zamora  n.a.  O. Zamora; co-disc. #O. Vaduvescu O. Zamora — Fulvio Zanardini 2 n.a.  F. Zanardini; disc:  and , (bio-it) F. Zanardini — Luciano Zannoni  n.a.  L. Zannoni; L. Zannoni — Vincenzo Zappalà 9 1945–pres.  V. Zappalà; at Pino Torinese Observatory V. Zappala  Justas Zdanavičius 114 n.a.  J. Zdanavičius; (bio-it) J. Zdanavicius — Kazimieras Zdanavičius  1938–pres.  K. Zdanavičius; (bio-it) K. Zdanavicius  Kenneth W. Zeigler 3 n.a.  K. W. Zeigler; disc: , (bio-it) K. W. Zeigler — David S. Zelinsky  n.a.  D. Zelinsky; inferred D. Zelinsky  O. Zeloyniy 2 n.a.  O. Zeloyniy; inferred, first:  O. Zeloyniy – Xu Zhijian 4 1989–pres.  Z. Xu; amateur, , co-discoveries with Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, 300+ SOHO comets Z. Xu  Lyudmila Zhuravleva 213 1946–pres.  L. V. Zhuravleva; Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva; ITA-astronomer L. V. Zhuravleva  Massimo Ziboli 4 n.a.  M. Ziboli; amateur, disc: , (bio-it) M. Ziboli — Pavel Zigo  n.a.  P. Zigo; inferred P. Zigo — Ute Zimmer 24 1964–pres.  U. Zimmer; amateur, U. Zimmer — Michał Żołnowski 16 1975–pres.  M. Żołnowski; amateur, Rantiga Osservatorio M. Zolnowski  Frank B. Zoltowski 229 1957–pres.  F. B. Zoltowski; amateur F. B. Zoltowski  Giovanni Zonaro  n.a.  G. Zonaro; amateur, (bio-it) G. Zonaro — Cristina Zurita  n.a.  C. Zurita; inferred C. Zurita — Anna N. Żytkow 7 1947–pres.  A. Żytkow; A. Zytkow —
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Src Astronomical Research Observatory; Charleston; Westfield Astrovirtel 5 I03  Astrovirtel; ASTROVIRTEL Sierra Remote Observatories 3 G53, G80  Sierra Remote Obs.; Auberry Stardome Observatory 1 466, 467  Stardome Obs.; Auckland Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey 441 300  BATTeRS; BATTeRS Badlands Observatory 7 918  Badlands Obs.; Badlands Jonathan B. Postel Observatory 9 201  Jonathan B. Postel Obs.; Bareggio Bassano Bresciano Observatory 3 565  Bassano Bresciano Obs.; aka Osservatorio Astronomico (di) Bassano Bresciano, private, it:wiki Bassano Bresciano Bastia Observatory 1 197  Bastia Obs.; Bastia Highland Road Park Observatory 1 747  Highland Road Park Obs.; Baton Rouge Bédoin Observatory 1 132  Bédoin Obs.; Observatoire de Bédoin Bedoin Begues Observatory 2 170  Begues Obs.; () Begues Bélesta Observatory 2 A05  Bélesta Obs.;  at Bélesta-en-Lauragais, ADAGIO society Belesta Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program 1304 327  SCAP; Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program; NAOC Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program Bergen-Enkheim Observatory 1 A74  Bergen-Enkheim Obs.; Bergen-Enkheim Bergisch Gladbach Observatory 11 621  Bergisch Gladbach Obs.; Bergisch Gladbach Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory 31 344  Bohyunsan Obs.; Bohyunsan Boyden Observatory 4 074  Boyden Obs.; Boyden Observatory Bulgarian National Observatory 10 071  Bulgarian National Obs.; Bulgarian National Observatory Cala d'Hort Observatory  C85  Cala d'Hort Obs.; (Observatorio Cala d'Hort) Observatiorio Cala d'Hort CBA-East Observatory 1 H86  CBA-East Obs.; CBA-East CERGA Observatory 24 010  CERGA; Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie CERGA Catalina Sky Survey 30578 703  CSS; CSS Calar Alto Observatory 8 493  Calar Alto Obs.; Calar Alto Calvin–Rehoboth Observatory 114 G98  Calvin–Rehoboth Obs.; in NM, cite: , disc:  to Prairie School, all others to Calvin College Calvin College; Prairie School Campinas Observatory 1 870  Campinas Obs.; Observatório de Campinas Campinas Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory 5 468  Campo Catino Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico Campo Catino Campo Catino Campo Catino Austral Observatory Survey 5 I10  CAOS; Campo Catino Austral Observatory Survey Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey 1734 599  CINEOS; CINEOS; Campo Imperatore; Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey Canada–France Ecliptic Plane Survey 2 568  CFEPS; Src, presumably conducted at CFHT, using generic Mauna Kea obs. code (568) Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey Catalina Station 1 693  Catalina Stn.; Catalina Station Cavezzo Observatory 7 107  Cavezzo Obs.; Cavezzo Cavriana Observatory 2 571  Cavriana Obs.; Osservatorio di Cavriana Cavriana Alianza S4 Observatory 126 I08  Alianza S4 Obs.; Cerro Burek Cerro El Roble Observatory 1 805  Cerro El Roble Stn.; Cerro El Roble Paranal Observatory 5 309  Paranal Obs.; Cerro Paranal Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 249 807  Cerro Tololo Obs.; Cerro Tololo Cerro Tololo-LCO 1 W85, W86, W87  CTIO-LCO; Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) node at CTIO Cerro Tololo-LCO B Chante-Perdrix Observatory 162 A77  Chante-Perdrix Obs.; Observatoire Chante-Perdrix Chante-Perdrix Cielo Profundo Observatory 1 J01  Cielo Profundo Obs.;  Observatorio Cielo Colleverde di Guidonia Observatory 2 596  Colleverde Obs.; Osservatorio Colleverde di Guidonia Colleverde Copenhagen University Observatory 8 035  Copenhagen Obs.; Copenhagen Observatory Cordell–Lorenz Observatory 30 850  Cordell–Lorenz Obs.; Cordell-Lorenz Crimean Astrophysical Observatory 13 095  Crimean Astrophysical Obs.; Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Črni Vrh Observatory 427 106  Črni Vrh; Crni Vrh Dark Energy Camera 81 W84  CTIO-DECam; DECam Dark Energy Survey 6 W84  CTIO-DES; Dark Energy Survey Dax Observatory 8 958  Dax Obs.; Observatoire de Dax Dax Deep Ecliptic Survey 9 695  DES; Deep Ecliptic Survey Deep Lens Survey 80 807  DLS; Deep Lens Survey Drebach Observatory 16 113  Drebach Obs. Drebach; Volkssternwarte Drebach Doc Greiner Research Observatory 1 G48  Greiner Obs.; Doc Greiner Research Observatory European Near Earth Asteroids Research 12 809  EURONEAR; EURONEAR Desert Wanderer Observatory 2 G78  Desert Wanderer Obs.; El Centro Farpoint Observatory 137 734  Farpoint Obs.; cite: , NEKAAL, Kansas Farpoint; Eskridge Walter Hohmann Observatory 11 636  Walter Hohmann Obs.; Essen European Southern Observatory 2 809  ESO; European Southern Observatory Everstar Observatory 3 849  Everstar Obs.; Everstar Eygalayes Observatory 1 B44  Eygalayes Obs.; Eygalayes Farra d'Isonzo Observatory 225 595  Farra d'Isonzo; Farra d'Isonzo Faulkes Telescope Educational Project 3 608  Faulkes Project; Faulkes Telescope Educational Project Faulkes Telescope North 5 F65  Haleakala-Faulkes; Haleakala Félix Aguilar Observatory 63 808  Félix Aguilar Obs.; Felix Aguilar Observatory Fountain Hills Observatory 35 678  Fountain Hills Obs.; Fountain Hills Frasso Sabino Observatory 2 157  Frasso Sabino Obs.; Osservatorio di Frasso Sabino Frasso Sabino Goodricke-Pigott Observatory 75 683  Goodricke-Pigott Obs.; Goodricke-Pigott Great Shefford Observatory 10 J95  Great Shefford Obs.; Great Shefford Harvard College Observatory 55 800, 802  Harvard Obs.; Harvard Observatory Haute-Provence Observatory 5 511  Haute-Provence Obs.; Haute Provence; Institute d'Astrophysics Hawkeye Observatory 1 H52  Hawkeye Obs.; Hawkeye Herrenberg Observatory 1 240  Herrenberg Obs.; Herrenberg Hibiscus Observatory 3 F84  Hibiscus Obs.; Hibiscus Hormersdorf Observatory 6 A35  Hormersdorf Obs.; Hormersdorf Hunters Hill Observatory 1 E14  Hunters Hill Obs.; Hunters Hill IAA-AI Atacama 2 I16  IAA-AI; IAA-AI International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey 8 675  INAS; INAS Infrared Astronomical Satellite 4 500  IRAS; IRAS International Scientific Optical Network 10 H15  ISON; ISON ASC-Kislovodsk Observatory 11 D00  ASC-Kislovodsk; ASC-Kislovodsk; ISON-Kislovodsk Observatory Indiana Asteroid Program 119 760  Indiana University; Indiana University Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory 2 D44  Ishigakijima Obs.; disc:  and  Ishigakijima JATE Asteroid Survey  461  JATE Asteroid Survey; JATE Asteroid Survey Japan Spaceguard Association 1 381  JSGA; Japan Spaceguard Association Jarnac Observatory 168 G92  Jarnac Obs.; Jarnac John J. McCarthy Observatory 1 932  John J. McCarthy Obs.; John J. McCarthy Jonathan B. Postel Observatory 1 201  Jonathan B. Postel Obs.; Jonathan B. Postel Junk Bond Observatory 53 701  Junk Bond Obs.; Junk Bond Jura Observatory 6 185  Jura Obs.;  Vicques Kepler (spacecraft) 1 C55  Kepler; KEPLER Klet Observatory near Earth and other unusual objects observations team and telescope 36 246  KLENOT; KLENOT Kachina Observatory 5 G89  Kachina Obs.; Kachina Kambah Observatory 1 415  Kambah Obs.; Kambah Kiso Observatory 3 381  Kiso Obs.; Kiso Kitt Peak National Observatory 104 695  Kitt Peak Obs.; Kitt Peak Kleť Observatory 301 046  Kleť Obs.; Klet Kvistaberg Observatory 6 049  Kvistaberg Obs.; Kvistaberg Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research 150558 704  LINEAR; LINEAR Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search 22852 688  LONEOS; LONEOS; Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Survey Lulin Sky Survey 305 D35  LUSS; LUSS Roque de los Muchachos Observatory 39 950  La Palma Obs.; La Palma La Plata Observatory 5 839  La Plata Obs.; La Plata La Silla Observatory 27 I05  La Silla Obs.; La Silla Mount John University Observatory 5 474  Mount John Obs.; Lake Tekapo Las Campanas Observatory 1 304  Las Campanas Obs.; Las Campanas Les Engarouines Observatory 3 A14  Les Engarouines Obs.; Observatoire des Engarouines, Laurent Bernasconi,  Les Engarouines Lick Observatory 4 662  Lick Obs.; Lick Observatory LightBuckets Observatory 4 B10, H11  LightBuckets Obs.; LightBuckets Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site 8 704  Lincoln Lab ETS; Lincoln Laboratory ETS; Socorro Davidschlag Observatory 5 540  Davidschlag Obs.; Linz Observatory Linz Loiano Observatory 1 598  Loiano Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico di Loiano Loiano Los Molinos Observatory 2 844  Los Molinos Obs.; Los Molinos Lowell Observatory 3 690  Lowell Obs.; Lowell Observatory Lowell Discovery Telescope 1 G37  Lowell Discovery Tel.; Flagstaff Lulin Observatory 24 D35  Lulin Obs.; Lulin OGS Telescope 203 J04  ESA OGS; ESA OGS Lumezzane Observatory 1 130  Lumezzane Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico Serafino Zani Lumezzane Madonna di Dossobuono Observatory 7 560  Madonna di Dossobuono Obs.; (Osservatorio Madonna di Dossobuono) Madonna di Dossobuono Majdanak Observatory 3 188  Majdanak Obs.; Majdanak Málaga Observatory 1 J40  Málaga Obs.; Malaga Consell Observatory 2 176  Consell Obs.; (Observatorio Astronómico de Consell) Consell Marxuquera Observatory 1 952  Marxuquera Obs.; Observatori Astronòmic Marxuquera Marxuquera MASTER-SAAO Telescope  K95  MASTER; at South African Astronomical Observatory MASTER Mauna Kea Observatories 476 568  Mauna Kea Obs.; Mauna Kea iTelescope Observatory 43 H06, H10  iTelescope Obs.; Mayhill McDonald Observatory 2 711, V37  McDonald Obs.; McDonald Observatory Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory 1 303  Llano del Hato Obs.; Merida Mirasteilas Observatory 1 B67  Mirasteilas Obs.;  Falera Modra Observatory 15 118  Modra Obs.; Modra Molėtai Astronomical Observatory 43 152  Molėtai Obs.; Moletai Monte Viseggi Observatory 4 126  Monte Viseggi Obs.; Osservatorio Monte Viseggi Monte Viseggi Moriyama Observatory 1 900  Moriyama Obs.; Moriyama Mount Lemmon Survey 89589 G96  Mount Lemmon Survey; Mt. Lemmon Survey; Mount Lemmon Survey Mount Lemmon Sky Center 1 G84  Mount Lemmon Sky Center; lowest  Mount Lemmon SkyCenter; Mount Lemmon SkyCe Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking 44263 566, 644  NEAT; NEAT Nachi-Katsuura Observatory 1 905  Nachi-Katsuura Obs.; Nachi-Katsuura SFA Observatory 4 740  SFA Obs.; Nacogdoches Nakagawa Observatory 1 D74  Nakagawa Obs.; Nakagawa Nanchuan Observatory 1 D14  Nanchuan Obs.; Nanchuan George Observatory 220 735  Needville Obs.; Needville Network of European Observatories in the North 1 J50  NEON; La Palma Obs. La Palma-NEON New Horizons KBO Search 2 250, 266–269  New Horizons KBO Search; first discovery (516977); lowest numbered discovery (486958) New Horizons KBO Search; New Horizons Search Team John J. McCarthy Observatory 3 932  John J. McCarthy Obs.; New Milford Nyrölän observatorio 1 174  Nyrölä; Nyrola Mount Nyukasa Station 116 408  Mount Nyukasa Stn.; Nyukasa Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca 2869 620  Mallorca Obs.; OAM; OAM Observatory OCA-Anza Observatory 1 643  OCA-Anza; Orange County Astronomers - Anza OCA-Anza OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey 1089 910  ODAS; ODAS Oak Ridge Observatory 38 801  Oak Ridge Observatory; Oak Ridge Observatory Oakley Observatory 3 916, E09  Oakley Obs.; Oakley Observatory Naef Épendes 24 A13  Naef Obs.; Observatoire Naef Montcabre Observatory 1 213  Montcabre Obs.; Observatorio Montcabre Observatorio Montcabre Sunflower Observatory 10 739, 849  Olathe; Olathe Ondřejov Observatory 25 557  Ondřejov Obs.; (Observatoř Ondřejov), cite  Ondrejov Nihondaira Observatory Oohira Station 6 385  Oohira Stn.; Oohira Cima Rest Observatory 1 B11  Cima Rest Obs.; Osservatorio Cima Rest Osservatorio Cima Rest Polino Observatory 2 609  Polino Obs.; Osservatorio Polino Osservatorio Polino San Vittore Observatory 99 552  San Vittore Obs.; Osservatorio San Vittore Osservatorio San Vittore Ottmarsheim Observatory 15 224  Ottmarsheim Obs.; Observatoire d'Ottmarsheim Ottmarsheim Outer Solar System Origins Survey 40 568  OSSOS; lowest numbered discovery:  Outer Solar System Origins Survey Oukaïmeden Observatory 1 J43  Oukaïmeden Obs.;  Oukaimeden Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey 20 675  PCAS; PCAS PMO NEO Survey Program 761 330  PMO NEO; PMO NEO Survey Program; PMO Neo Survey Program Palomar Observatory 60 675  Palomar Obs.; Palomar Palomar Transient Factory 143 I41  PTF; Palomar Transient Factory Pan-STARRS 23414 F51  Pan-STARRS; Pan-STARRS 1; Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS 2 52 F52  Pan-STARRS 2; first discovery  Pan-STARRS 2 Beijing Astronomical Observatory 1 324, 327  Peking Obs.; Peking Observatory Perth Observatory 29 319, 322  Perth Obs.; Perth Observatory Pic du Midi Observatory 9 586  Pic du Midi Obs.; , cite:  Pic du Midi Pises Observatory 44 122  Pises Obs.; Observatoire des Pises Pises Piszkéstető Station 5 461, 561  Piszkéstető Stn.; Piszkesteto Pla D'Arguines Observatory 43 941  Pla D'Arguines Obs.; Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines Pla D'Arguines Pleiade Observatory 1 H96  Pleiade Obs.; Pleiade Powell Observatory 22 649  Powell Obs.; Powell Prairie Grass Observatory 2 H59  Prairie Grass Obs.; Prairie Grass Puckett Observatory 1 752, 764  Puckett Obs.; Puckett Purple Mountain Observatory 150 330  Purple Mountain Obs.; Purple Mountain Observatory Q. s. observers 7 G96, 691, F51, D03  Q. s. observers; Q. s. observers; observers, q.-s.; observers, Q. s.; q.-s. observers Rantiga Observatory 1 D03  Rantiga Obs.; Rantiga Osservatorio, Carpineti Tincana Reedy Creek Observatory 1 428  Reedy Creek Obs.;  Reedy Creek Remanzacco Observatory 9 473  Remanzacco Obs.; Remanzacco Royal Observatory Edinburgh 7 277  Edinburgh Obs.; Royal Observatory Edinburgh Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory 55 589  Santa Lucia Obs.; Stroncone Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Observatory 3 B74  Montmagastrell Obs.;  Observatory Santa Maria de Montmagastrell SM Montmagastrell Saint-Sulpice Observatory 19 947  Saint-Sulpice Obs.; Saint-Sulpice Saji Observatory 22 867  Saji Obs.; Saji Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory 36 104  Pistoia Mountains Obs.;  Italian: Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese San Marcello National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico) 1 679  OAN Mexico; San Pedro Martir Sandlot Observatory 6 H36  Sandlot Obs.; Sandlot Schiaparelli Observatory 7 204  Schiaparelli Obs.; Schiaparelli SDSS Collaboration 706 645 (705)  SDSS Collaboration; , , HP SDSS Collaboration; S. Collaboration Shandong University Observatory 16 D39  Shandong University Obs.; Shandong University Shishikui Observatory 1 342  Shishikui; Shishikui Siding Spring Observatory 4 413  Siding Spring Obs.; Siding Spring Siding Spring Survey 3505 E12  SSS; Siding Spring Survey Sierra Nevada Observatory 5 J86  Sierra Nevada Obs.; Sierra Nevada Sierra Stars Observatory 8 G68  Sierra Stars Obs.; Sierra Stars Silver Spring Observatory 2 H85  Silver Spring Obs.; Silver Spring Simeiz Observatory 1 094  Simeiz Obs.; Simeis Skylive Observatory 1 B40  Skylive Obs.; Skylive Sloan Digital Sky Survey 1874 645  SDSS; Sloan Digital Sky Survey; Sloan Digital Sky Survey Linked Object Catalog team SONEAR Observatory 3 Y00  SONEAR Obs.; SONEAR Sormano Astronomical Observatory 1 587  Sormano Obs.; Sormano Spacewatch 176020 691  Spacewatch; Spacewatch Space Surveillance Telescope 10 G45  Space Surveillance Telescope; lowest numbered discovery :  Space Surveillance Telescope Observatory of Saint-Veran 45 615  Saint-Véran Obs.; St. Veran Saint Pardon de Conques Observatory  I93  St Pardon de Conques Obs.; St Pardon de Conques Starkenburg Observatory 53 611  Starkenburg Obs.; Starkenburg; Heppenheim Steward Observatory 1 692  Steward Obs.;  if code 691, its Kitt-Peak Spacewatch Steward Stony Ridge Observatory 2 671  Stony Ridge Obs.; Stony Ridge Sub-Kilometer Asteroid Diameter Survey 21 695  SKADS; HP SKADS Suno Observatory 4 147  Suno Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno Suno; Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno Sutherland-LCO 1 K91, K92, K93  SAAO-LCO; Las Cumbres Observatory at South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland-LCO C Table Mountain Observatory 2 673, 673  Table Mountain Obs.; Wrightwood Taunus Observatory 3 B01  Taunus Obs.; Taunus Teide Observatory 6 954  Teide Obs.; Teide Tenagra Observatory 6 848  Tenagra Obs.; Tenagra; Cottage Grove Tenagra II Observatory 117 926  Tenagra II Obs.; Tenagra II Oakley Observatory 1 H22  Oakley Obs.; Terre Haute Terskol Observatory 3 B18  Terskol Obs.; Terskol Three Buttes Observatory 2 G90  Three Buttes Obs.; Three Buttes Tiki Observatory 2 F85  Tiki Obs.; Puna'auia   Tiki Cégep de Trois-Rivières Observatory 1 924  Cégep de Trois-Rivières Obs.; Observatoire du Cégep de Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivieres Turtle Star Observatory 2 628  Turtle Star Obs.; cite: , disc: ,  Turtle Star; Mulheim-Ruhr Tzec Maun Observatory 18 D25, H10  Tzec Maun Obs.; Tzec Maun Uppsala–ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets 1123 809  UESAC;   UESAC; UESAC, Comets Royal Observatory of Belgium 13 012  Uccle Obs.; Uccle Uenohara Observatory 2 376  Uenohara Obs.; Uenohara National Astronomical Observatory (Chile) 3 805  University of Chile; University of Chile Uppsala–DLR Asteroid Survey 262 049  UDAS; Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey Uppsala–DLR Trojan Survey 62 809  UDTS; Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey Valinhos Observatory 2 860  Valinhos Obs.; Valinhos Vallemare di Borbona Observatory 2 A55  Vallemare di Borbona Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico Vallemare di Borbona Vallemare Borbona Valmeca Observatory 6 184  Valmeca Obs.; Valmeca Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope 7 290, G83  VATT;  code 290, prolematic Mt. Gramham also for LBT (G83) Mount Graham Village-Neuf Observatory 2 138  Village-Neuf Obs.; Village-Neuf Višnjan Observatory 108 120  Višnjan Obs.; Visnjan Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer 4639 C51  WISE; WISE Wildberg Observatory 1 198  Wildberg Obs.;  Wildberg Wise Observatory 19 097  Wise Obs.; Wise Xinglong Station (NAOC) 5 327  Xinglong Stn.; Xinglong; Peking Yamagata Astronomical Observatory 2 D89  Yamagata Obs.; Yamagata Zelenchukskaya Station 8 114  Zelenchukskaya Stn.; Zelenchukskaya Stn Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory 2 A79  Zvezdno Obshtestvo Obs.; Zvezdno Obshtestvo Zwicky Transient Facility 1 I41  ZTF; Zwicky Transient Facility 7300 Observatory 4 H07  7300 Obs.; 7300
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