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List of minor planet discoverers

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This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects).[1] As of January 2022, the discovery of 612,011 numbered minor planets are credited to 1,141 astronomers and 253 observatories, telescopes or surveys (see § Discovering dedicated institutions).

On how a discovery is made, see observations of small Solar System bodies. For a description of the tables below, see § Notes.

Discovering astronomers

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Astronomer Discoveries DOB–DOD Country Link-label; info, links, and notes Name(s) at MPC Cite
Hiroshi Abe (astronomer) 28 1958–pres. Japan H. Abe; H. Abe (5379)
Masanao Abe 2 1967–pres. Japan M. Abe; disc: MPC and MPC M. Abe (8926)
Mark Abraham (astronomer) 3 n.a. United States M. Abraham; amateur, Src M. Abraham
Christopher Aikman 4 1943–pres. Canada G. C. L. Aikman; G. C. L. Aikman
Makio Akiyama 16 1950–pres. Japan M. Akiyama; Susono Observatory M. Akiyama (4904)
Vladimir Albitsky 10 1891–1952 Russia
Soviet Union
V. Albitskij; Simeiz Observatory V. Albitskij (1783)
Gregory Scott Aldering 4 1962–pres. United States G. Aldering; G. Aldering (26533)
Mike Alexandersen 1 n.a. Denmark M. Alexandersen; M. Alexandersen
Manuel Díaz Alfaro 1 n.a.–pres. Spain M. D. Alfaro; National Solar Observatory M. Diaz-Alfaro
Heikki A. Alikoski 13 1912–1997 Finland H. Alikoski; Turku Obs. H. Alikoski (1567)
Éric J. Allen 1 n.a. Canada É. J. Allen; E. J. Allen
Rhiannon Lynne Allen 5 n.a. Canada R. L. Allen; R. Lynne Jones R. L. Allen; L. Allen (10297)
Martin Altmann 10 n.a. Germany M. Altmann; ARI-Gaia, first disc: (552651) M. Altmann
Jeff T. Alu 24 1966–pres. United States J. Alu; amateur J. Alu (4104)
Leonard L. Amburgey 2 1945–pres. United States L. L. Amburgey; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC L. L. Amburgey
Joe Anderson (astronomer) 7 n.a. United Kingdom J. Anderson; , co-disc. w/ #C. Veillet J. Anderson
A. David Andrews 1 1933–pres. United Kingdom A. D. Andrews; A. D. Andrews
James Annis 1 n.a.–pres. United States J. Annis; Fermilab J. Annis
Milan Antal 17 1935–1999 Slovakia M. Antal; M. Antal (6717)
Plinio Antolini 4 1920–2012 Italy P. Antolini; amateur, (bio-it) P. Antolini
Pierre Antonini 35 1933–pres. France P. Antonini; amateur P. Antonini (12580)
Masakatsu Aoki 2 1957–pres. Japan M. Aoki; amateur; unrelated to 5337 M. Aoki
Rolf Apitzsch 89 1943–pres. Germany R. Apitzsch; amateur, (bio-de) R. Apitzsch (29214)
Masaru Arai 45 1952–pres. Japan M. Arai; amateur M. Arai (21082)
Hiroshi Araki 3 1935–pres. Japan H. Araki; unrelated to 4718 H. Araki
Sylvain Arend 51 1902–1992 Belgium S. Arend; S. J. Arend (1502)
Claire Armstrong 1 n.a. United Kingdom C. Armstrong; amateur, wife of M. Armstrong C. Armstrong (15967)
James D. Armstrong 1 n.a. United States J. D. Armstrong; J. D. Armstrong
Mark Armstrong (astronomer) 2 1958–pres. United Kingdom M. Armstrong; amateur, husband of C. Armstrong, unrelated to 6469 M. Armstrong
Atsuo Asami 12 n.a. Japan A. Asami; A. Asami
David J. Asher 10 1966–pres. United Kingdom D. J. Asher; D. J. Asher (6564)
Georges Attard 1 1957–pres. France G. Attard; amateur G. Attard (37865)
Karl Augustesen 6 1945–pres. Denmark K. Augustesen; K. Augustesen (5171)
Walter Baade 10 1893–1960 Germany W. Baade; W. Baade (1501)
Ulrika Babiaková 14 1976–2002 Slovakia U. Babiaková; U. Babiakova (32531)
Paolo Bacci 1 1968–pres. Italy P. Bacci; amateur; (bio-it) P. Bacci (108205)
Hannes Bachleitner 2 1965–pres. Austria H. Bachleitner; also Johannes Bachleitner, amateur, disc: MPC and MPC H. Bachleitner (172932)
Solon Irving Bailey 1 1854–1931 United States S. I. Bailey; unrelated to 449922 S. I. Bailey
David D. Balam 56 n.a. Canada D. D. Balam; D. D. Balam (3749)
Loren C. Ball 108 1948–pres. United States L. Ball; amateur L. Ball (16095)
Thomas J. Balonek 9 n.a. United States T. J. Balonek; T. J. Balonek; T. Balonek
Odette Bancilhon 1 1908–1998 France O. Bancilhon; disc: List of minor planets: 1001–2000#333 O. Bancilhon (1713)
Susan Banh 1 n.a. Canada S. Banh; (bio-it) S. Banh
Nigel P. Bannister 1 n.a. United Kingdom N. P. Bannister; University of Leicester N. P. Bannister
Yoshiaki Banno 1 1952–1991 Japan Y. Banno; Y. Banno (3394)
Evelin Bányai 1 n.a. Hungary E. Bányai; E. Banyai
Cesare Barbieri 11 1942–pres. Italy C. Barbieri; C. Barbieri (13992)
Fabio Barblan 1 n.a.–pres. Italy F. Barblan; F. Barblan
John C. Barentine 6 1976–pres. United States J. C. Barentine; John Caleb Barentine J. C. Barentine (14505)
Kristina M. Barkume 1 n.a. United States K. M. Barkume; (bio-it) K. M. Barkume
Adam Barr 1 n.a.–pres. United Kingdom A. Barr; A. Barr
Ewan Barr 5 n.a. United States E. Barr; (bio-it) E. Barr
Sergio Barros 7 n.a. Chile S. Barros; (bio-it) S. Barros
Sandro Bartolini 1 1974–pres. Italy S. Bartolini; unrelated to 12399 S. Bartolini (11337)
Maria A. Barucci 3 n.a. Italy
France
M. A. Barucci; disc: MPC, MPC and MPC M. A. Barucci; M. Barucci (3485)
James Bauer (astronomer) 1 1968–pres. United States J. Bauer; James M. Bauer, James "Gerbs" Bauer J. Bauer (16232)
Ivo Baueršíma 1 1931–pres. Switzerland
Czech Republic
I. Baueršíma; (bio-de) I. Bauersima
Johann M. Baur 15 1930–2007 Germany J. M. Baur; amateur, (bio-de) J. M. Baur (11673)
David E. Beatty 1 n.a. United States D. Beatty; (bio-it); unrelated to 2925 D. Beatty
Thomas G. Beatty 1 n.a. United States T. G. Beatty; T. G. Beatty
D. Beaver 1 n.a. United States D. Beaver; amateur, co-discoverer with J. Dellinger at Needville, TX D. Beaver
Andrew C. Becker 644 1973–pres. United States A. C. Becker; (bio-it) A. C. Becker; A. Becker (5280)
Jim Bedient 8 n.a. United States J. Bedient; J. Bedient
E. S. Beeson 1 n.a. United States E. S. Beeson; unrelated to 5241 E. S. Beeson
Raoul Behrend 14 1964–pres. Switzerland R. Behrend; (bio-fr) R. Behrend (18874)
Bruce Edward Behymer 1 1983–pres. United States B. E. Behymer; (bio-it) B. E. Behymer
Sergey Belyavsky 36 1883–1953 Russia S. Belyavskyj; S. Beljavskij
Graham E. Bell 57 n.a. United States G. Bell; G. Bell
Federico Bellini 1 n.a. Italy F. Bellini; (bio-it), unrelated to 18509 F. Bellini
Yuri A. Belyaev 7 n.a. Russia Yu. A. Belyaev; it:Jurij A. Beljaev, fr:Iouri Beliaïev, unrelated to 2030 Yu. A. Belyaev
Zouhair Benkhaldoun 1 1959–pres. Morocco Z. Benkhaldoun; (bio-de) Z. Benkhaldoun (133892)
Denis Bergeron 2 1956–pres. Canada D. Bergeron; (bio-it) D. Bergeron
Fabrizio Bernardi 23 1972–pres. Italy F. Bernardi; F. Bernardi (27983)
Laurent Bernasconi 41 1966–pres. France L. Bernasconi; amateur, (bio-fr) L. Bernasconi (13793)
K. Berney 1 n.a. United States K. Berney; K. Berney
Gary M. Bernstein 3 n.a. United States G. Bernstein; C/2014 UN271, UPenn G. Bernstein
Emanuel Bettelheim 1 n.a. United States E. Bettelheim; E. Bettelheim
Francesco Biasci 1 n.a. Italy F. Biasci; F. Biasci
Wolf Bickel 852 1942–pres. Germany W. Bickel; amateur W. Bickel (4324)
Jamie Biggs 1 n.a. Australia J. Biggs; J. Biggs
Guillaume Bigourdan 1 1851–1932 France G. Bigourdan; disc: 390 G. Bigourdan
Harald Bill 1 1964–pres. Germany H. Bill; amateur H. Bill (196035)
Gary W. Billings 6 n.a. Canada G. W. Billings; amateur, (bio-fr) G. W. Billings (73703)
Richard P. Binzel 3 1958–pres. United States R. P. Binzel; R. P. Binzel (2873)
Kurt Birkle 9 1939–2010 Germany K. Birkle; (bio-de) K. Birkle (4803)
Mirel Bîrlan 2 1963–pres. Romania M. Birlan; (bio-ro), co-disc. w/ #O. Vaduvescu M. Birlan (10034)
Peter Birtwhistle 94 1958–pres. United Kingdom P. Birtwhistle; amateur, Src P. Birtwhistle (65100)
Manolo Blasco 5 n.a. Spain M. Blasco; (bio-it) M. Blasco
Laurent Blind 1 1965–pres. France L. Blind; C. R. L. Blind; L. Blind (90533)
Adam Block (astrophotographer) 1 1973–pres. United States A. Block; (bio-it) A. Block (172525)
Andrea Boattini 296 1969–pres. Italy A. Boattini; A. Boattini (8925)
Hermann Boehnhardt 1 n.a. Germany H. Boehnhardt; H. Boehnhardt
Andreas Boeker 2 1964–2011 Germany A. Boeker; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it),[2] A. Boeker (29483)
Michel Bœuf 12 n.a. France M. Boeuf; (bio-it), HP M. Boeuf
Henri M. J. Boffin 11 n.a. Belgium H. Boffin; H. M. J. Boffin; H. Boffin
Alfred Bohrmann 9 1904–2000 Germany A. Bohrmann; A. Bohrmann (1635)
Tom Boles 1 1944–pres. United Kingdom
Scotland
T. Boles; amateur T. Boles (7648)
Dennis Borgman 1 1952–pres. United States D. Borgman; D. Borgman (95219)
Gennadiy Borisov 1 1962–pres. Republic of Crimea (Russia) G. Borisov; discovered 2I/Borisov G. Borisov
Freimut Börngen 538 1930–2021 Germany F. Börngen; F. Borngen (3859)
Alphonse Borrelly 18 1842–1926 France A. Borrelly; A. Borrelly (1539)
Josep Maria Bosch 7 n.a. Spain
Catalonia
J. M. Bosch; amateur, also see (266983) J. M. Bosch
Grégoire Bourban 4 n.a. Switzerland G. Bourban; disc: MPC and MPC G. Bourban
Paul Bourgeois 1 1898–1974 Belgium P. Bourgeois; (bio-it) P. Bourgeois (1543)
Edward L. G. Bowell 571 1943–pres. United States E. Bowell; E. Bowell (2246)
Louis Boyer (astronomer) 40 1901–1999 France L. Boyer; L. Boyer (1215)
Richard P. Boyle 30 1943–pres. United States R. P. Boyle; disc: MPC and MPC, Src Archived 29 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine R. P. Boyle; R. P. Boyl (302849)
Joseph L. Brady 1 n.a. United States J. L. Brady; (bio-it) J. L. Brady
Nigel Brady (astronomer) 7 n.a. New Zealand N. Brady; N. Brady
Steve Brady (astronomer) 2 n.a. United States S. Brady; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) S. Brady
Alexis Brandeker 4 1974–pres. Sweden A. Brandeker; A. Brandeker
Vanja Brcic 2 n.a. Croatia V. Brcic; (bio-it) V. Brcic
John Broughton 1189 1952–pres. Australia J. Broughton; amateur J. Broughton (24105)
Jeffery A. Brown 1 n.a. United States J. A. Brown; Src J. A. Brown
Michael E. Brown 29 1965–pres. United States M. E. Brown; M. E. Brown (11714)
Timothy Brown (astronomer) 1 n.a.–pres. United States T. Brown; University of Colorado T. Brown
Ladislav Brožek 23 1952–pres. Slovakia L. Brožek; L. Brozek
Jim Bruton 2 n.a. United States J. Bruton; James Bruton, disc: MPC and MPC, Src J. Bruton
Dan Bruton 5 1967–pres. United States W. D. Bruton; (bio-fr) W. D. Bruton
Jacobus Albertus Bruwer 4 1915–pres. South Africa J. A. Bruwer; (bio-it) J. A. Bruwer (1811)
Emil Buchar 1 1901–1979 Czechoslovakia E. Buchar; (bio-it) E. Buchar (3141)
Marc Buie 1132 1958–pres. United States M. W. Buie; M. W. Buie (7553)
Christian Buil 5 n.a. France C. Buil; amateur, (bio-fr) C. Buil (6820)
Todd Burdullis 1 n.a. United States T. Burdullis; CFHT Src T. Burdullis
Geoffrey Burks 1 n.a. United States G. Burks; G. Burks
Matthew R. Burleigh 1 n.a. United States M. R. Burleigh; M. R. Burleigh
Bella A. Burnasheva 13 1944–pres. Russia B. A. Burnasheva; B. A. Burnasheva (4427)
Robert Burnham Jr. 1 1931–1993 United States R. Burnham; R. Burnham (3467)
Joseph A. Burns 1 1941–pres. United States J. A. Burns; J. A. Burns (2708)
Schelte J. Bus 1683 1956–pres. United States S. J. Bus; S. J. Bus (3254)
Matthias Busch 13 1968–pres. Germany M. Busch; amateur Src and Src M. Busch (7687)
Philippe Buttani 1 1966–pres. France P. Buttani; amateur, (bio-fr) P. Buttani (18167)
Eric Buttini 1 n.a.–pres. E. Buttini; E. Buttini
Luca Buzzi 1 1982–pres. Italy L. Buzzi; amateur, (bio-it) L. Buzzi (6517)
Rodolfo Calanca 1 1953-2021 Italy R. Calanca; (bio-it) R. Calanca
R. Campbell (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States R. Campbell; (545933), (obs.697) R. Campbell
Michael P. Candy 3 1928–1994 United Kingdom M. P. Candy; (bio-it) M. P. Candy (3015)
Albino Carbognani 1 1965–pres. Italy A. Carbognani; A. Carbognani (27269)
Luigi Carnera 16 1875–1962 Italy L. Carnera; L. Carnera (39653)
Don W. Carona 1 n.a. United States D. W. Carona; D. W. Carona
Alfredo Caronia 4 n.a. Italy A. Caronia; (bio-it) A. Caronia
Rafael Carrasco Garrorena 1 1902–1981 Spain R. Carrasco; (bio-it), unrelated to 4171 R. Carrasco
Uri Carsenty 1 1949–pres. Israel U. Carsenty; (bio-fr) U. Carsenty (13333)
Claudio Casacci 8 1958–pres. Italy C. Casacci; C. Casacci (4814)
James Len Casady 3 n.a. United States L. Casady; L. Casady
Ferrán Casarramona 2 n.a. Spain F. Casarramona; (bio-it) F. Casarramona
Ricard Casas (astronomer) 2 n.a. Spain R. Casas; (bio-it) R. Casas
Flavio Castellani 6 n.a. Italy F. Castellani; (bio-it) F. Castellani
Victor Casula 2 n.a.–pres. V. Casula; V. Casula
Vincenzo Silvano Casulli 200 1944–2018 Italy V. S. Casulli; amateur V. S. Casulli (7132)
Gabriele Cattani 18 n.a. Italy G. Cattani; G. Cattani
Cyril Cavadore 5 1969–pres. France C. Cavadore; (bio-it) C. Cavadore (9811)
Marco Cavagna 19 1958–2005 Italy M. Cavagna; amateur M. Cavagna (10149)
G. Cavalletti 1 n.a. Italy G. Cavalletti; G. Cavalletti
Anthony J. Cecce 18 n.a. United States A. J. Cecce; (bio-fr) A. J. Cecce
Vasco Cecchini 2 1932–pres. Italy V. Cecchini; amateur, (bio-it) V. Cecchini (13798)
Edvardas Černis 1 n.a. Lithuania E. Černis; E. Cernis
Kazimieras Černis 154 1958–pres. Lithuania K. Černis; K. Cernis; K. Černis
Vincenzo Cerulli 1 1859–1927 Italy V. Cerulli; disc: MPC V. Cerulli (31028)
Carlos Ulrrico Cesco 19 19XX–1987 Argentina C. U. Cesco; C. U. Cesco (1571)
Mario R. Cesco 6 n.a. Argentina M. R. Cesco; son of C. U. Cesco, (bio-it) M. R. Cesco
Brian C. Chaboyer 1 n.a. United States B. Chaboyer; IAU B. Chaboyer
Jean Chacornac 6 1823–1873 France J. Chacornac; J. Chacornac (1622)
Marcus Tristan Chamberlin 2 n.a. United States M. T. Chamberlin; disc: MPC, unrelated to 9250 M. T. Chamberlin
Zhang Jiaxiang 1 1932–2019 China C.-H. Chang; C.-H. Chang (4760)
Man-Ti Chang 5 n.a. China M.-T. Chang; M.-T. Chang
Zhāng Yùzhé 1 1902–1986 China Y. C. Chang; Y. C. Chang (2051)
Auguste Charlois 99 1864–1910 France A. Charlois; A. Charlois (1510)
Robin Chassagne 1 1962–pres. France R. Chassagne; (bio-it) R. Chassagne (15037)
Robert Chemin 1 n.a. France R. Chemin; (bio-it) R. Chemin (3913)
Jun Chen (astronomer) 11 n.a. United States
China
J. Chen; J. Chen
Tao Chen (astronomer) 3 1980–pres. China T. Chen; disc: MPC, Chen Tao, 陈韬 (天文学家) (bio-it), (bio-zh) T. Chen (19873)
Y.-C. Cheng 1 n.a. China Y.-C. Cheng; Y.-C. Cheng
Lyudmila Chernykh 267 1935–2017 Russia
Soviet Union
L. I. Chernykh; Ludmila I. Chernykh L. I. Chernykh (2325)
Nikolai Chernykh 537 1931–2004 Russia
Soviet Union
N. S. Chernykh; Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh N. S. Chernykh (2325)
Dennis K. Chesney 38 n.a. United States D. K. Chesney; D. K. Chesney
Dmitry Chestnov 23 n.a. Russia D. Chestnov; Dmitrij Nikolaevič Čestnov D. Chestnov; D. N. Chestnov
Eugene Chiang 1 1973–pres. United States E. Chiang; (bio-it) E. Chiang
Paolo Chiavenna 15 n.a. Italy P. Chiavenna; P. Chiavenna
Jack B. Child 13 1951–pres. United States J. B. Child; (bio-fr) J. B. Child (4580)
K.-J. Choo 1 n.a. South Korea K.-J. Choo; K.-J. Choo
Per Rex Christensen 1 n.a. Denmark P. R. Christensen; (bio-it) P. R. Christensen
Bernard Christophe 96 n.a. France B. Christophe; amateur, (bio-fr) B. Christophe
Joseph Churms 2 1926–1994 South Africa J. Churms; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) J. Churms
Jacqueline Ciffréo 1 n.a. France J. Ciffréo; disc: 108P/Ciffréo; (fr) J. Ciffreo
James L. Clem 1 n.a. United States J. L. Clem; CV Archived 25 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine J. L. Clem
Roy Clingan 64 1950–pres. United States R. Clingan; amateur, (bio-it) R. Clingan (33747)
Edwin Foster Coddington 3 1870–1950 United States E. F. Coddington; E. F. Coddington
S. Cofré 11 n.a. Chile S. Cofré; S. Cofre
Jérôme Eugène Coggia 5 1849–1919 France J. Coggia; J. Coggia
Seth M. Cohen 1 n.a. United States S. Cohen; unrelated to MPC S. Cohen
Robert Francis Coker 4 n.a. United States R. Coker; (bio-it) R. Coker
François Colas 2 1959–pres. France F. Colas; (bio-it) F. Colas (9553)
Simon Collander-Brown 2 n.a. United Kingdom S. Collander-Brown; disc: MPC, Src S. Collander-Brown
Matthew Collier (astronomer) 2 n.a. United States M. Collier; disc: MPC, unrelated to MPC, (bio-fr) M. Collier
Michael Collins (astronomer) 51 n.a. United States M. Collins; Myke Collins, unrelated to MPC, (bio-fr) M. Collins
Ermes Colombini 4 1956–pres. Italy E. Colombini; amateur, mentioned: MPC E. Colombini (7030)
Juan Pablo Colque 1 n.a. Chile J. P. Colque; Juan Pablo Colque Saavedra, co-disc. w/ #F. Pozo J. P. Colque
Enrico Colzani 1 1956–pres. Italy E. Colzani; amateur, Gruppo Astrofili Brianza (bio-it) E. Colzani (79847)
Josep Comas i Solà 11 1868–1937 Spain J. Comas i Solà; J. Comas Sola (1102), (1655)
Paul G. Comba 691 1926–2017 Italy
United States
P. G. Comba; amateur P. G. Comba (7636)
Martin Connors 1 1954–pres. Canada M. Connors; M. Connors (13700)
Luca Conversi 1 n.a. Italy L. Conversi; L. Conversi
Walter R. Cooney Jr. 47 1962–pres. United States W. R. Cooney Jr.; amateur W. R. Cooney Jr. (35365)
Pablo Cottenot 1 n.a. France P. Cottenot; disc: MPC P. Cottenot
Fernand Courty 2 1862–1921 France F. Courty; disc: MPC and MPC F. Courty
Philip Herbert Cowell 1 1870–1949 United Kingdom P. H. Cowell; P. H. Cowell (1898)
Greg Crawford 3 n.a. Australia G. Crawford; at Bagnall Beach Observatory, unrelated to 7327 G. Crawford
Lucy D. Crespo da Silva 1 1978–2000 United States L. Crespo da Silva; Lucy d'Escoffier Crespo da Silva, (bio-it) L. Crespo da Silva (96747)
Kiyoshi Kurosu 2 1965–pres. Japan K. Cross; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) K. Cross
Callie Crowder 1 ~1995–pres. United States C. Crowder; C. Crowder
Alex Cruz (astronomer) 2 n.a. United States A. Cruz; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, unrelated to 21502, (bio-it) A. Cruz
Balázs Csák 3 1979–pres. Hungary B. Csák; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) B. Csak
Tibor Csörgei 1 1972–pres. Slovakia T. Csörgei; T. Csorgei (270472)
Ignacio de la Cueva 3 n.a. Spain I. d. l. Cueva; C85 I. d. l. Cueva
Steve Cullen 1 n.a. United States S. Cullen; LightBuckets S. Cullen
Leland E. Cunningham 4 1904–1989 United States L. E. Cunningham; Leland Erskin Cunningham L. E. Cunningham (1754)
Heber Doust Curtis 1 1872–1942 United States H. D. Curtis; unrelated to 3621 H. D. Curtis
Karl F. J. Cwach 1 n.a. Australia K. F. J. Cwach; amateur, (bio-it) K. F. J. Cwach
Germano D'Abramo 3 1973–pres. Italy G. D'Abramo; G. D'Abramo (16154)
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest 1 1822–1875 Germany H. d'Arrest; disc: MPC H. d'Arrest (9133)
Ivano Dal Prete 1 n.a. Italy I. Dal Prete; amateur, (bio-it) I. Dal Prete
Gergely Dálya 1 n.a. Hungary G. Dálya; G. Dalya
Nichole M. Danzl 6 n.a. United States N. Danzl; (bio-it) N. Danzl (10720)
Juliet C. Datson 3 1980–pres. Germany J. C. Datson; Juliet Clare Datson, assumed GER nat' J. C. Datson (202736)
E.-M. David 1 n.a. United States E.-M. David; E.-M. David
Donald R. Davis (astronomer) 2 n.a. United States D. Davis; D. Davis (3638)
Richard G. Davis 4 n.a. United States R. G. Davis; (bio-fr) R. G. Davis
B. C. Dawson 1 n.a. United States B. C. Dawson; assumed B. C. Dawson
Matt Dawson (astronomer) 6 1959–pres. Luxembourg M. Dawson; amateur, Src M. Dawson (13750)
Denis Denisenko 1 1971–pres. Russia D. Denisenko; D. Denisenko
Leo Anton Karl de Ball 1 1853–1916 Germany
Austria
K. de Ball; disc: MPC K. de Ball
Peter De Cat 23 n.a. Belgium P. De Cat; (bio-it) P. De Cat; P. D. Cat
Annibale de Gasparis 9 1819–1892 Italy A. de Gasparis; A. de Gasparis (4279)
David R. De Graff 2 n.a. United States D. R. De Graff; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) D. R. DeGraff
Fiore De Luise 3 1977–pres. Italy F. De Luise; Campo Imperadore F. D. Luise (84012)
Miguel de Pascual Martínez 1 n.a. Spain M. de Pascual; disc: MPC, (bio-it) M. de Pascual
Patrick Martinez (astronomer) 2 n.a. France P. Martinez; CV, Src P. Martinez
José De Queiroz 3 1954–pres. Switzerland J. De Queiroz; amateur J. De Queiroz; J. D. Queiroz (72042)
Charles P. de Saint-Aignan 12 1977–pres. France
United States
C. P. de Saint-Aignan; C. P. de Saint-Aignan (5995)
Giovanni de Sanctis 42 1949–pres. Italy G. DeSanctis; G. De Sanctis (3268)
James A. DeYoung 1 n.a. United States J. DeYoung; USNO-astronomer,Src Archived 5 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (bio-it) J. DeYoung
Henri Debehogne 743 1928–2007 Belgium H. Debehogne; H. Debehogne (2359)
Catherine E. Delahodde 1 1974–pres. France C. E. Delahodde; C. E. Delahodde (15008)
Ian dell'Antonio 10 n.a. United States I. dell'Antonio; Ian P. dell'Antonio, Deep Lens Survey I. Dell'Antonio; I. DellAntonio
Joseph A. Dellinger 83 1961–pres. United States J. Dellinger; amateur, (bio-it) J. Dellinger (78392)
Eugène Joseph Delporte 66 1882–1955 Belgium E. Delporte; E. Delporte (1274)
Audrey C. Delsanti 2 1976–pres. France A. C. Delsanti; disc: MPC and MPC. Src A. C. Delsanti; A. Dalsanti
Christophe Demeautis 13 n.a. France C. Demeautis; amateur, (bio-fr) C. Demeautis (14141)
Alíz Derekas 3 1977–pres. Hungary A. Derekas; (bio-it) A. Derekas
Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch 1 1901–1986 Soviet Union
Moldova
A. Deutsch; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Dejč, disc: MPC A. Deutsch
Harlan Devore 1 n.a. United States H. Devore; (bio-it) H. Devore
Dennis di Cicco 60 1950–pres. United States D. di Cicco; D. di Cicco (3841)
Aldo Di Clemente 1 1948–pres. Italy A. Di Clemente; amateur A. Di Clemente (91214)
Mario Di Martino 2 1947–pres. Italy M. Di Martino; Turin Observatory M. Di Martino (3247)
Andrea Di Paola 20 1970–pres. Italy A. Di Paola; A. Di Paola; A. D. Paola (27130)
Mario Di Sora 5 1961–pres. Italy M. Di Sora; amateur, (bio-it) M. Di Sora; M. DiSora (21999)
Wilhelm Dieckvoß 2 1908–1982 Germany W. Dieckvoß; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-de) W. Dieckvoss (1706)
Elizabeth R. Dillon 1 n.a. United States E. R. Dillon; amateur, (bio-it) E. R. Dillon (78393)
William G. Dillon 58 1957–pres. United States W. G. Dillon; (bio-it) W. G. Dillon (78393)
Alessandro Dimai 1 1962–2019 Italy A. Dimai; amateur, (bio-it) A. Dimai (25276)
Bojan Dintinjana 1 n.a. Slovenia B. Dintinjana; B. Dintinjana
David S. Dixon 25 1947–pres. United States D. S. Dixon; amateur, at Jornada Observatory (715), (bio-it) D. S. Dixon (51741)
Petar Đurković 2 1908–1981 Serbia P. Đurković; see DMP P. Djurkovic
Jerzy Dobrzycki 1 1927–2004 Poland J. Dobrzycki; disc: MPC, (bio-it) J. Dobrzycki
Fabio Dolfi 3 1966–pres. Italy F. Dolfi; amateur F. Dolfi (26177)
Sauro Donati 22 1959–pres. Italy S. Donati; amateur, (bio-it) S. Donati (69977)
Alain Doressoundiram 2 1968–pres. France A. Doressoundiram; (bio-fr) A. Doressoundiram (7456)
Eric Dose 2 n.a. United States E. Dose; Farpoint E. Dose
François Dossin 5 1927–1998 Belgium F. Dossin; (bio-fr) F. Dossin
Adam Draginda 2 n.a. Canada A. Draginda; CFHT A. Draginda
Luiz Duczmal 2 n.a. Brazil L. Duczmal; Luiz Henrique Duczmal, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) L. Duczmal
Raymond Smith Dugan 16 1878–1940 United States R. S. Dugan; R. S. Dugan (2772)
R. Scott Dunbar 10 n.a. United States R. S. Dunbar; Roy Scott Dunbar, (bio-it) R. S. Dunbar; S. Dunbar (3718)
A. Dunlap-Smith 1 n.a. United States A. Dunlap-Smith; A. Dunlap-Smith
A. Dunn 1 n.a. United States A. Dunn; inferred, unrelated to MPC A. Dunn
Philippe Dupouy 2 1952–pres. France P. Dupouy; amateur, (bio-it) P. Dupouy; C. R. P. Dupouy (214485)
Douglas Tybor Durig 52 1961–pres. United States D. T. Durig; (bio-it) D. T. Durig
Chris F. Durman 1 n.a. United Kingdom C. F. Durman; (bio-it), discovery with Bev M. Ewen-Smith C. F. Durman
Wolfgang J. Duschl 1 n.a. Germany W. J. Duschl; W. J. Duschl
Marino Dusić 2 n.a. Croatia M. Dusić; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-de) M. Dusic
Gzregorz Duszanowicz 1 n.a. Poland G. Duszanowicz; G. Duszanowicz
Ron Dyvig 1 n.a. United States R. Dyvig; (bio-it) R. Dyvig
Max Eastman (astronomer) 9 n.a. United States M. Eastman; amateur, (735), Src M. Eastman
J. Edmonds 1 n.a. United States J. Edmonds; inferred J. Edmonds
Ilgmārs Eglītis 29 1951–pres. Latvia I. Eglītis; (bio-fr) I. Eglitis; I. Egliti (320153)
Norbert Ehring 5 1937–pres. Germany N. Ehring; amateur, (bio-de),[2] N. Ehring
Leonid Elenin 122 1981–pres. Russia L. Elenin; amateur L. Elenin
James L. Elliot 29 1943–2011 United States J. L. Elliot; J. L. Elliot (3193)
Eric Walter Elst 3870 1936–2022 Belgium E. W. Elst; E. W. Elst; E. Elst (3936)
Gary P. Emerson (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States G. Emerson; (bio-it), unrelated to 8225 G. Emerson
Mark Emmerich 2 1967–pres. Germany M. Emmerich; amateur,[2] Guidestar (A17), disc: MPC and MPC with Sven Melchert M. Emmerich
Kin Endate 625 1960–pres. Japan K. Endate; amateur K. Endate (4282)
Emil Ernst 1 1889–1942 Germany E. Ernst; (bio-de) E. Ernst
Gilbert A. Esquerdo 2 1976–pres. United States G. A. Esquerdo; disc: MPC and MPC G. A. Esquerdo (14026)
N. Wyn Evans 1 n.a. United Kingdom W. Evans; Src, unrelated to 3032 W. Evans
Bev M. Ewen-Smith 1 n.a. United Kingdom B. M. Ewen-Smith; (bio-it), co-discovery with Chris F. Durman B. M. Ewen-Smith
Giancarlo Fagioli 22 1940–pres. Italy G. Fagioli; amateur, (bio-it) G. Fagioli (27959)
Norman Falla 22 n.a United Kingdom N. Falla; amateur, (bio-it), Src Archived 19 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine N. Falla
Anikó Farkas–Takács 4 n.a. Hungary A. Farkas; (546025), Src A. Farkas
Tony L. Farnham 3 1964–pres. United States T. L. Farnham; disc: MPC, MPC and MPC T. L. Farnham (16946)
K. L. Faul 1 n.a. United States K. L. Faul; inferred K. L. Faul
Gina Fedon 3 n.a. United States
Italy
G. Fedon; (bio-it) G. Fedon
James Ferguson (American astronomer) 3 1797–1867 United States J. Ferguson; USNO-astronomer,Src Archived 5 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine J. Ferguson (1745)
Antonio Ferragamo 1 n.a. Spain A. Ferragamo; (Src) A. Ferragamo
M. Ferrando 38 n.a. Spain M. Ferrando; co-discoverer with R. Ferrando M. Ferrando
Rafael Ferrando 235 1966–pres. Spain R. Ferrando; R. Ferrando (161545)
Joan Lluís Ferrer 1 n.a. Spain J. L. Ferrer; C85 J. L. Ferrer
Walter Ferreri 15 1948–pres. Italy W. Ferreri; W. Ferreri (3308)
Mario A. Ferrero 2 1904–1965 Italy M. Ferrero; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) M. Ferrero (7684)
Ignacio Ramón Ferrín Vázquez 12 1943–pres. Venezuela I. R. Ferrín; (bio-it) I. R. Ferrin; I. Ferrin
Martin Fiedler 5 1978–pres. Germany M. Fiedler; amateur, (bio-de) M. Fiedler
Greg Fisch 1 n.a. United States G. Fisch; (bio-it) G. Fisch
Alan Fitzsimmons 17 n.a. United Kingdom A. Fitzsimmons; (bio-it); (HP and Src) A. Fitzsimmons; A. Fitzsimons (4985)
Ellen Fletcher 1 n.a. Australia E. Fletcher; inferred Src E. Fletcher
Jean-Christophe Le Floch 1 1965–pres. France J.-C. Le Floch; L. Floch (145445)
Hans Jørn Fogh Olsen 4 1943–pres. Denmark H. J. Fogh Olsen; (bio-it) H. J. Fogh Olsen (5323)
Sergio Foglia 3 1972–pres. Italy S. Foglia; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, related: (197P/LINEAR-it) S. Foglia (13147)
Wilhelm Julius Foerster 1 1832–1921 Germany W. Förster; Wilhelm Foerster, MPC-typo: Forster W. Forster (6771)
Peter Forshay 2 n.a. Canada P. Forshay; inferred; data analyst, at CFHT; co-discoverer #M. Micheli: Src Archived 8 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine P. Forshay
Giuseppe Forti 49 1939–2007 Italy G. Forti; Beppe Forti, at Arcetri Observatory G. Forti (6876)
Filip Fratev 28 1974–pres. Bulgaria F. Fratev; founder (A79) F. Fratev
Richard Fredrick 1 1953–pres. United States R. Fredrick; amateur R. Fredrick (41943)
T. F. Fric 1 n.a. United States T. F. Fric; inferred, co-discovery with R. J. Gilbrech T. F. Fric
Royal Harwood Frost 1 1879–1950 United States R. H. Frost; disc: MPC R. H. Frost
Hiroshi Fujii 2 n.a. Japan H. Fujii; wrong person? H. Fujii
Tetsuya Fujii 22 1960–pres. Japan T. Fujii; amateur T. Fujii (4343)
Yasuhide Fujita 3 1961–pres. Japan Y. Fujita; amateur, Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory Y. Fujita (11974)
Hideo Fukushima 2 1953–pres. Japan H. Fukushima; (bio-it) H. Fukushima (6345)
Gábor Fűrész 1 1978–pres. Hungary G. Fűrész; (bio-it) G. Furesz
Toshimasa Furuta 82 n.a. Japan T. Furuta; T. Furuta
Nicola Gentile Fusillo 1 n.a.–pres. N. Gentile; ESA; inferred N. Gentile
Fumihiko Futaba 2 n.a. Japan F. Futaba; inferred; disc: MPC and MPC F. Futaba
Marissa Gahran 2 n.a. United States M. Gahran; disc MPC and MPC (bio-it) M. Gahran
Maksim Maratovich Gabdeev 1 n.a. Russia M. Gabdeev; M. Gabdeev
Steven L. Gaiser 1 n.a. United States S. L. Gaiser; inferred S. L. Gaiser
Štefan Gajdoš 15 1959–pres. Slovakia Š. Gajdoš; (bio-it) S. Gajdos; S. Gajdoš (213636)
Avishay Gal-Yam 1 1970–pres. Israel A. Gal-Yam; (bio-it) A. Gal-Yam
Adrián Galád 81 1970–pres. Slovakia A. Galád; A. Galad; A. Galád (32008)
Emanuela Galliani 1 n.a. Italy E. Galliani; amateur, (bio-it) E. Galliani
Paul Garossino 14 1953–pres. Canada P. Garossino; Paul G. A. Garossino P. Garossino; P. G. A. Garossino (78394)
Gordon J. Garradd 33 1959–pres. Australia G. J. Garradd; Gordon John Garradd, amateur G. J. Garradd (5066)
Antonio Garrigós-Sánchez 1 1961–pres. Spain A. Garrigós-Sánchez; amateur, (B37), Src and Src Archived 10 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine A. Garrigos
Bruce L. Gary 1 1939–pres. United States Bruce L. Gary; B. Gary
Romain Gauderon 5 n.a. Switzerland R. Gauderon; (bio-it), co-discoveries with R. Behrend R. Gauderon
Michael Geffert 5 1953–pres. Germany M. Geffert; (bio-de), Src, Src, Src Archived 12 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine, not to be confused with Martin Geffert M. Geffert (12747)
Tom Gehrels 4661 1925–2011 United States
Netherlands
T. Gehrels; T. Gehrels (1777)
Teddy George 1 n.a. United States T. George; Observing Assistant at CFHT during 2003–2008 Src T. George
Oleg Geraščenko 2 n.a. Ukraine O. Geraščenko; Oleg Gerashchenko, (bio-it), first: (120405) O. Gerashchenko
Vladimir Gerke 13 n.a. Russia V. Gerke; amateur, Src V. Gerke
Herta Gessner 1 n.a. Germany H. Gessner; (bio-it) H. Gessner
Pierangelo Ghezzi 18 1956–pres. Italy P. Ghezzi; amateur, variable stars (bio-it) P. Ghezzi (46691)
Alex R. Gibbs 2 1967–pres. United States A. R. Gibbs; with Catalina Sky Survey, discoverer of comets, disc: MPC, (bio-it) A. R. Gibbs (14220)
James B. Gibson (astronomer) 27 n.a. United States J. Gibson; (bio-it) J. Gibson (2742)
Henry L. Giclas 17 1910–2007 United States H. L. Giclas; H. L. Giclas (1741)
Richard Gierlinger 43 1967–pres. Austria R. Gierlinger; amateur at (B21), (bio-it) R. Gierlinger (136367)
Richard J. Gilbrech 1 n.a. United States R. J. Gilbrech; inferred, co-discovery with T. F. Fric R. J. Gilbrech
Alan C. Gilmore 42 n.a. New Zealand A. C. Gilmore; A. C. Gilmore (2537)
Ricardo Gil-Hutton 1 1958–pres. Argentina R. Gil-Hutton; co-disc. w/ J. Licandro R. Gil-Hutton (4878)
Valter Giuliani 22 1960–pres. Italy V. Giuliani; (bio-it) V. Giuliani
Alessio Giunta 1 n.a. Italy A. Giunta; INAF A. Giunta
Brett J. Gladman 20 1966–pres. Canada B. Gladman; B. Gladman (7638)
Mitch Glaze 1 n.a. United States M. Glaze; inferred, amateur, at (649) M. Glaze
Arianna E. Gleason 5 1980–pres. United States A. Gleason; A. Gleason (10639)
Tom Glinos 21 1960-2023 Canada T. Glinos; amateur, (bio-it) T. Glinos (7124)
Hermann Goldschmidt 14 1802–1866 Germany
France
H. Goldschmidt; amateur H. Goldschmidt (1614)
David B. Goldstein (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States D. B. Goldstein; unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) D. B. Goldstein
Josep Juliá Gómez Donet 1 n.a. Spain J. J. Gomez; (bio-it) J. J. Gomez (90140)
François Gonnessiat 2 1856–1934 France F. Gonnessiat; F. Gonnessiat (1177)
Luis E. González 2 n.a. Chile L. E. González; Luis Eduardo González, disc: MPC, MPC, and C/1981 M1, Img, (bio-it) L. E. Gonzalez
Vittorio Goretti 32 1939–2016 Italy V. Goretti; Src V. Goretti (7801)
Paul Götz 20 1883–1962 Germany P. Götz; Max Wolf's assistant P. Gotz (2278)
Andrew Graham (astronomer) 1 1815–1908 Republic of Ireland A. Graham; disc: MPC A. Graham
Albert D. Grauer 4 1942–pres. United States A. D. Grauer; (bio-it) A. D. Grauer (18871)
Tommy Grav 4 1973–pres. Norway T. Grav; (bio-de) T. Grav (12309)
Andrea Grazian 3 A. Grazian; A. Grazian
Mauro Graziani 2 n.a. Italy M. Graziani; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, co-discoverer w/ F. Tozzi, (bio-it) M. Graziani
Roland Gredel 1 R. Gredel; R. Gredel
Robert Greimel 1 n.a. Austria R. Greimel; inferred, Src R. Greimel
Dave Grennan 2 n.a. Republic of Ireland D. Grennan; disc: MPC, HP, chng Dave to David Grennan D. Grennan
Markus Griesser (astronomer) 10 1949–pres. Switzerland M. Griesser; amateur, Eschenberg Observatory, (bio-de) M. Griesser (11547)
Ian P. Griffin 28 1958–pres. United Kingdom I. P. Griffin; (bio-de) I. P. Griffin; I. Griffin
A. Grigsby 2 n.a. United States A. Grigsby; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC A. Grigsby
Hannes Gröller 8 n.a.–pres. Austria H. Gröller; H. Groeller; H. Gröller
John Gross (astronomer) 7 1959–pres. United States J. Gross; amateur J. Gross (33800)
Arie William Grossman 1 n.a. United States A. Grossman; unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) A. Grossman
Gavril Grueff 1 n.a. Italy G. Grueff; (bio-it) G. Grueff
C. Gualdoni 1 n.a. Italy C. Gualdoni; C. Gualdoni
Joan Guarro i Fló 5 n.a. Spain
Catalonia
J. Guarro i Fló; (bio-it) J. Guarro
Daria Guidetti 2 1978–pres. Italy D. Guidetti; D. Guidetti (27005)
Ernesto Guido 6 1977–pres. Italy E. Guido; E. Guido (120361)
Amanda Sickafoose Gulbis 2 1975–pres. United States A. Gulbis; disc: MPC (parents) and MPC A. Gulbis (9525)
Sun Guoyou 2 1984–pres. China G. Sun; also Guoyou Sun, amateur, disc: C/2015 F5 (SWAN-XingMing), supernovae, novae, variable/double stars, planetary nebulae at Xingming Obs. G. Sun (546756)
Cynthia Gustava 3 n.a. United States C. Gustava; (bio-it) C. Gustava
Knut Anton Walter Gyllenberg 1 1886–1952 Sweden K. Gyllenberg; (bio-it) K. Gyllenberg
Bernhard Häusler 1 1958–pres. Germany B. Häusler; amateur, Src B. Haeusler
Olivier R. Hainaut 12 1966–pres. Belgium O. R. Hainaut; O. R. Hainaut; O. Hainaut (14972)
Mark Hammergren 2 1964–pres. United States M. Hammergren; (bio-it) M. Hammergren (7917)
Terry Handley 7 1952–2015 United States T. Handley; amateur T. Handley (16695)
A. T. Hansen 1 n.a. Denmark A. T. Hansen; Src A. T. Hansen
Leif Hansen (astronomer) 1 n.a. Denmark L. Hansen; (bio-it) L. Hansen
M. W. Hansen 1 n.a. Norway M. W. Hansen; inferred M. W. Hansen
D. S. Hardage 1 n.a. United States D. S. Hardage; co-disc. w/ D. T. Durig, Cordell-Lorenz D. S. Hardage
Karl Ludwig Harding 1 1765–1843 Germany K. Harding; disc: MPC K. Harding (2003)
Eugene A. Harlan 2 1921–2014 United States E. A. Harlan; (bio-it) E. A. Harlan
Malcolm Hartley 3 1947–pres. United Kingdom
Australia
M. Hartley; cometary discoveries, Siding Spring, UK Schmidt Telescope M. Hartley (4768)
Johannes Franz Hartmann 3 1865–1936 Germany J. Hartmann; unrelated to MPC J. Hartmann
Michael Harvanek 1 n.a.–pres. United States M. Harvanek; UC Boulder; Lowell; Apace Point M. Harvanek
Takashi Hasegawa 1 n.a. Japan T. Hasegawa; unrelated to MPC T. Hasegawa
Nariyasu Hashimoto 7 n.a. Japan N. Hashimoto; co-discoverer with #T. Sakamoto N. Hashimoto
Shuji Hayakawa 41 1958–pres. Japan S. Hayakawa; Syuji Hayakawa, (bio-it) S. Hayakawa (4647)
David Healy (astronomer) 231 1936–2011 United States D. Healy; D. Healy (66479)
Zsuzsanna Heiner 15 1949–pres. Hungary Z. Heiner; (bio-de), (bio-eo), (bio-fr), (bio-it) Z. Heiner
Aren N. Heinze 1 n.a.–pres. United States A. N. Heinze; A. N. Heinze
Joseph Helffrich 13 1890–1971 Germany J. Helffrich; J. Helffrich (2290)
Eleanor F. Helin 903 1932–2009 United States E. F. Helin; E. F. Helin (3267)
Stephan Hellmich 9 1981–pres. Germany S. Hellmich; DLR–Asteroids and Comets, Src Archived 7 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Img Archived 14 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine S. Hellmich (322577)
Karl Ludwig Hencke 2 1793–1866 Germany K. L. Hencke; K. L. Hencke (2005)
Arne Henden 1 1950–pres. United States A. Henden; A. Henden (33529)
Prosper-Mathieu Henry 7 1849–1903 France P. M. Henry; P. M. Henry
Paul-Pierre Henry 7 1848–1905 France P. P. Henry; P. P. Henry
David R. Herald 3 n.a. Australia D. Herald; amateur D. Herald (3696)
Carl W. Hergenrother 33 1973–pres. United States C. W. Hergenrother; C. W. Hergenrother (3099)
Kenneth E. Herkenhoff 2 n.a. United States K. Herkenhoff; (bio-it) K. Herkenhoff
Enrique Herrero 1 n.a. Spain E. Herrero; Institute of Space Sciences E. Herrero
Ejnar Hertzsprung 2 1873–1967 Denmark E. Hertzsprung; E. Hertzsprung (1693)
Merrill Hess 2 1955–pres. United States M. Hess; amateur M. Hess (162158)
Michael Hibbs 2 n.a. United States M. Hibbs; Mike Hibbs, (545829), Tarleton State University Obs. (I43) M. Hibbs
David Higgins (astronomer) 1 1961–pres. Australia D. Higgins; David J. Higgins; amateur, disc: MPC D. Higgins (33750)
Richard E. Hill 7 1949–pres. United States R. Hill; Richard Erik Hill, Richard Rik Hill, (bio-it), Src R. Hill (118945)
John Russell Hind 10 1823–1895 United Kingdom J. R. Hind; J. R. Hind (1897)
Tsutomu Hioki 56 n.a. Japan T. Hioki; (bio-it) T. Hioki (5072)
Masanori Hirasawa 52 n.a. Japan M. Hirasawa; M. Hirasawa
Joe Hobart 47 1944–pres. United States J. Hobart; chng to Joseph R. Hobart J. Hobart (4225)
Gabriella Hodosán 9 n.a. Hungary G. Hodosán; inferred G. Hodosan
Sebastian F. Hönig 571 1977–pres. Germany S. F. Hönig; (bio-it), Src Archived 11 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine S. F. Hoenig; S. Hoenig; S. F. Hönig (51983)
Cuno Hoffmeister 5 1892–1968 Germany C. Hoffmeister; C. Hoffmeister (1726), (4183)
Mark Holbrook 1 n.a.–pres. M. Holbrook; amateur, inferred M. Holbrook
Mark Hollands 1 n.a. United Kingdom M. Hollands; M. Hollands
William Holliday (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States W. Holliday; inferred W. Holliday
Matthew J. Holman 11 1967–pres. United States M. J. Holman; M. J. Holman (3666)
Robert Holmes (astronomer) 125 1956–pres. United States R. Holmes; Robert E. Holmes Jr., amateur, Astronomical Research Inst. (H21) Src, (bio-it) R. Holmes (5477)
Henry E. Holt 690 1929–2019 United States H. E. Holt; H. E. Holt (4435)
Paulo R. Holvorcem 424 1967–pres. Brazil P. R. Holvorcem; Paulo Holvorcem P. R. Holvorcem; P. Holvorcem (13421)
Ulrich Hopp 1 n.a. Germany U. Hopp; (bio-it) U. Hopp
H. Hori 3 n.a. Japan H. Hori; disc: MPC, MPC and MPC.[3] H. Hori
Felix Hormuth 117 1975–pres. Germany F. Hormuth; F. Hormuth (10660)
Kamil Hornoch 1 1972–pres. Czech Republic K. Hornoch; amateur K. Hornoch (14124)
Irwin K. Horowitz 1 n.a. United States I. Horowitz; (bio-it) I. Horowitz
Tara Houlden 1 n.a. United States T. Houlden; with Emily Ross T. Houlden
Léo Houziaux 3 1932–pres. Belgium L. Houziaux; (bio-fr) L. Houziaux (24945)
Meredith Howard 1 n.a. United States M. Howard; inferred, unrelated to MPC M. Howard
Ellen Howell 1 1961–pres. United States former wife of S. J. Bus; discoverer of comet 88P/Howell; DMP E. Howell (2735)
Steve Howell 1 n.a. United States S. Howell; PSI S. Howell
Xiangyao Hsiao 17 n.a. Taiwan X. Y. Hsiao; disc: MPC; grandfather 349785 X. Y. Hsiao; H.-Y. Hsiao
Edwin Hubble 1 1889–1953 United States E. Hubble; E. Hubble (2069)
John Huchra 1 1948–2010 United States J. Huchra; J. Huchra (4656)
Gary Hug 340 n.a. United States G. Hug; amateur G. Hug
Joseph Hunaerts 2 1912–1979 Belgium J. Hunaerts; Joseph J. Hunaerts, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-fr) J. Hunaerts
Kiichirō Furukawa 92 1929–2016 Japan K. Furukawa; MPC-typo: Hurukawa K. Hurukawa (3425)
Dieter Husar 1 1947–pres. Germany D. Husar; (bio-it) D. Husar (211343)
Robert Hutsebaut 10 1941–pres. Belgium R. Hutsebaut; amateur, (bio-it) R. Hutsebaut (117572)
Ho Seong Hwang 2 n.a. South Korea H. S. Hwang; H. S. Hwang
Giampiero Iatteri 1 1941–2004 Italy G. Iatteri; amateur, (bio-it) G. Iatteri (29561)
Jorge Iglesias Páramo 1 n.a. Spain J. Iglesias-Paramo; Jorge Iglesias-Páramo, co-disc. w/ #O. Vaduvescu J. Iglesias-Paramo
Yasukazu Ikari 20 n.a. Japan Y. Ikari; (bio-it) Y. Ikari
Kustaa Aadolf Inkeri 1 1908–1997 Finland K. Inkeri; (bio-it), unrelated to MPC K. Inkeri
Shigeru Inoda 17 1955–2008 Japan S. Inoda; amateur, (bio-de) S. Inoda (5484)
Masaru Inoue (astronomer) 12 n.a. Japan M. Inoue; unrelated to 6637, (bio-it) M. Inoue
Sergei I. Ipatov 8 1952–pres. Russia S. I. Ipatov; Sergij Ivanovič Ipatov, Sergueï Ivanovitch Ipatov S. I. Ipatov; S. Ipatov (14360)
Michael J. Irwin 8 n.a. United Kingdom M. J. Irwin; unrelated to 3959, (bio-fr) M. J. Irwin; M. Irwin
Kōichi Itagaki 3 1947–pres. Japan K. Itagaki; amateur, (bio-it) K. Itagaki (14551)
Kazuyoshi Itō 1 n.a. Japan K. Itō; K. Ito
Miguel Itzigsohn 15 18XX–1978 Argentina M. Itzigsohn; (bio-es) M. Itzigsohn (1596)
Nikolaj Ivanov (astronomer) 3 n.a. Russia N. Ivanov; (alt. Nikolay Ivanov; Николай Иванов) unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) N. Ivanov
Violeta G. Ivanova 14 n.a. Bulgaria V. G. Ivanova; V. G. Ivanova; V. Ivanova (4365)
Jurij Mykolajovyč Ivaščenko 21 1961–pres. Ukraine Y. Ivaščenko; Yuri Ivaščenko, disc: MPC, (bio-it) Y. Ivashchenko
Masayuki Iwamoto 6 1954–pres. Japan M. Iwamoto; M. Iwamoto (4951)
Shun-ei Izumikawa 2 n.a. Japan S. Izumikawa; S. Izumikawa
Gerhard Jackisch 1 n.a. Germany G. Jackisch; (bio-it) G. Jackisch
Cyril Jackson (astronomer) 72 1903–1988 South Africa
United Kingdom
C. Jackson; C. Jackson (2193)
Cristóvão Jacques (astronomer) 6 n.a. Brazil C. Jacques; (bio-it) C. Jacques
Herve Jacquinot 1 n.a. France H. Jacquinot; Observatoire des Terres Blanches, (B26) H. Jacquinot; H. JACQUINOT
Jost Jahn 9 1959–pres. Germany J. Jahn; amateur, discovery of (471926) aka 2013 KN6 at (C95) SATINO Remote Obs.; Src; (bio-it) J. Jahn (10340)
Quentin Jamieson 3 n.a. United States Q. Jamieson; Q. Jamieson
David James (astronomer) 2 n.a. United Kingdom D. James; first disc. (558168), co-disc. w/ #R. L. Allen D. James
Robert Jedicke 9 1963–pres. Canada R. Jedicke; 179P/Jedicke, 269P/Jedicke, (bio-it) R. Jedicke (5899)
Hamilton M. Jeffers 1 1893–1976 United States H. M. Jeffers; Hamilton Moore Jeffers H. M. Jeffers (1934)
Emmanuël Jehin 1 n.a. Belgium E. Jehin; TRAPPIST, U Liège E. Jehin
Peter Jekabsons 2 1943–1990 Australia P. Jekabsons; amateur, (bio-it) P. Jekabsons (3188)
Benjamin Jekhowsky 12 1881–1975 Russia
France
B. Jekhovsky; B. Jekhovsky (1606)
Kåre S. Jensen 1 n.a. Denmark K. S. Jensen; (bio-it) K. S. Jensen
Poul Jensen (astronomer) 98 n.a. Denmark P. Jensen; at Brorfelde Observatory P. Jensen (5900)
Young-Beom Jeon 45 n.a. South Korea Y.-B. Jeon; Y.-B. Jeon
Youngmin JeongAhn 1 n.a.–pres. Austria Y. JeongAhn; Y. JeongAhn
David C. Jewitt 52 1958–pres. United Kingdom D. C. Jewitt; D. C. Jewitt; D. J. Jewitt (6434)
Jin Zhangwei 2 1968–pres. China Z.-W. Jin; Zhang-Wei Jin, first disc: (263906), (bio-it) Z.-W. Jin; Z. Jin (546844)
Ernest Leonard Johnson 18 18xx–1977 South Africa E. L. Johnson; E. L. Johnson
Michael L. Johnson 2 n.a. United States M. L. Johnson; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) M. L. Johnson
David Jones (astronomer) 1 n.a. United Kingdom D. Jones; La Palma (IAU, Bio) D. Jones
Gilbert R. Jones 7 n.a. United States G. R. Jones; inferred, disc: MPC G. R. Jones
Richard E. Jones 2 n.a. United States R. E. Jones; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) R. E. Jones
Amy B. Jordan (astronomer) 30 n.a. United States A. B. Jordan; A. B. Jordan
Charles W. Juels 475 1944–2009 United States C. W. Juels; amateur C. W. Juels (20135)
Mario Jurić 125 1979–pres. Croatia M. Jurić; M. Juric
Anlaug Amanda Kaas 1 n.a. Norway A. A. Kaas; A. A. Kaas
Tetsuo Kagawa 115 1969–pres. Japan T. Kagawa; at Gekko Observatory T. Kagawa (6665)
Franz Kaiser 21 1891–1962 Germany F. Kaiser; Heidelberg astronomer F. Kaiser (3183)
Watari Kakei 3 1947–pres. Japan W. Kakei; (bio-fr) W. Kakei
Dušan Kalmančok 7 1945–pres. Slovakia D. Kalmančok; D. Kalmancok (29824)
Lars Kamél 2 1960–pres. Sweden L. Kamél; disc: MPC and MPC L. Kamel (4254)
Karl Walter Kamper 3 1941–1998 United States K. W. Kamper; (bio-it) K. W. Kamper
Kiyotaka Kanai 1 1951–pres. Japan K. Kanai; amateur K. Kanai (26168)
Ethan Kandler 3 n.a. United States E. Kandler; (bio-it) E. Kandler
Jens Kandler 25 1973–pres. Germany J. Kandler; (bio-de) J. Kandler; J. Kander (8861)
Hiroshi Kaneda 705 1953–pres. Japan H. Kaneda; orbit computer H. Kaneda (4677)
David Alexander Kann 1 1977–2023 A. Kann; A. Kann
Lyudmila Karachkina 130 1948–pres. Russia L. G. Karachkina; L. G. Karachkina (8019)
Y. Karavaev 1 n.a. Russia Y. Karavaev; Y. Karavaev
Stefan Karge 61 1963–pres. Germany S. Karge; amateur S. Karge (378917)
Ádám Kárpáti 2 n.a. Hungary Á. Kárpáti; disc: MPC and MPC, unrelated to MPC A. Karpati
Galina Ričardovna Kastelʹ 9 n.a. Russia
Soviet Union
G. R. Kastelʹ; ITA astronomer, (bio-it) G. R. Kastelʹ (3982)
Marc Kaschinski 1 n.a. France M. Kaschinski; Observatoire des Côtes-de-Meuse M. Kaschinski
John J. Kavelaars 11 1966–pres. Canada J. J. Kavelaars; J. J. Kavelaars; J. Kavelaars (154660)
Kōyō Kawanishi 13 1959–pres. Japan K. Kawanishi; K. Kawanishi (5591)
Nobuhiro Kawasato 105 n.a. Japan N. Kawasato; N. Kawasato (4910)
James Edward Keeler 2 1857–1900 United States J. E. Keeler; J. E. Keeler (2261)
János Kelemen 4 1951–pres. Hungary J. Kelemen; Piszkéstető Stn., Src, Src Archived 14 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine J. Kelemen (545784)
Stephen Kent (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States S. Kent; S. Kent
Susan D. Kern 63 1977–pres. United States S. D. Kern; Susan D. Benecchi (née Kern), at Space Telescope Science Institute, (bio-it) S. D. Kern; S. Kern (21458)
James W. Kessel 26 n.a. United States J. W. Kessel; J. W. Kessel
B. Khafizov 1 n.a. Uzbekistan B. Khafizov; B. Khafizov
Pamela M. Kilmartin 41 n.a. New Zealand P. M. Kilmartin; P. M. Kilmartin (3907)
Seung-Lee Kim 1 n.a. South Korea S.-L. Kim; inferred S.-L. Kim
A. Király 5 n.a. Hungary A. Király; A. Kiraly
Randolph L. Kirk 1 n.a. United States R. Kirk; (bio-it) R. Kirk
Karsten Kirsch 3 n.a. Germany K. Kirsch; co-disc: MPC, MPC and MPC, (bio-it) K. Kirsch
László L. Kiss 56 1972–pres. Hungary L. Kiss; (bio-it) L. Kiss (113202)
Minoru Kizawa 12 1947–pres. Japan M. Kizawa; M. Kizawa
Marcel Klein 6 1984–pres. Germany M. Klein; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, Src[2] M. Klein
Arnold Richard Klemola 16 1931–2019 United States A. R. Klemola; (bio-de) A. R. Klemola (1723)
Jan T. Kleyna 8 n.a. United Kingdom J. Kleyna; (bio-it) J. Kleyna
Rainer Kling 88 1952–pres. Germany R. Kling; amateur, (bio-de) R. Kling (185639)
Alain Klotz 7 1947–pres. France A. Klotz; amateur, (bio-fr) A. Klotz (10222)
Mary Ellen Knewston 1 n.a. United States M. Knewtson; (vs. Knewston), inferred, amateur M. Knewtson
Zoran Knežević (astronomer) 1 1949–pres. Serbia Z. Knežević; Z. Knezevic (3900)
André Knöfel 18 1963–pres. Germany A. Knöfel; amateur, (bio-de) A. Knofel; A. Knöfel (16438)
Viktor Knorre 4 1840–1919 Russia
Germany
V. Knorre; Victor Karlovich Knorre V. Knorre (14339)
Jurō Kobayashi 2 1949–pres. Japan J. Kobayashi; amateur, (bio-it) J. Kobayashi (6022)
Takao Kobayashi 2479 1961–pres. Japan T. Kobayashi; T. Kobayashi (3500)
Michal Kočer 8 n.a. Czech Republic M. Kočer; disc: MPC, (bio-it) M. Kocer
Bernd Koch 3 1955–pres. Germany B. Koch; amateur, (bio-it) B. Koch (191494)
Peter Kocher 113 1939–pres. Switzerland P. Kocher; amateur, (bio-fr), HP P. Kocher; Peter Kocher (115950)
Michael König 2 1966–pres. Germany M. König; amateur, disc: MPC, Src[2] M. Koenig
Luboš Kohoutek 76 1935–2023 Czech Republic L. Kohoutek; L. Kohoutek (1850)
Masahiro Koishikawa 19 1952–pres. Japan M. Koishikawa; M. Koishikawa (6097)
Takuo Kojima 45 1955–pres. Japan T. Kojima; amateur, (bio-it) T. Kojima (3644)
Ales Kolář 2 n.a. Czech Republic A. Kolář; disc: MPC and MPC, (differs from Jan Kolář MPC, MPC) A. Kolar
Eberhard Koldewey 2 1937–pres. Germany E. Koldewey; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) E. Koldewey (11352)
Peter Kolény 35 n.a. Slovakia P. Kolény; P. Koleny
Arthur König (astronomer) 1 1895–1969 Germany A. König; son of Arthur Peter König, (bio-it) A. Konig (3815)
August Kopff 68 1882–1960 Germany A. Kopff; A. Kopff (1631)
Korado Korlević 1295 1958–pres. Croatia K. Korlević; amateur K. Korlevic (10201)
Leonard Kornoš 37 1956–pres. Slovakia L. Kornoš; (bio-it) L. Kornos (23899)
Stanislav Alexandrovich Korotkiy 2 1983–pres. Russia S. Korotkiy; amateur, (bio-it) S. Korotkiy (231649)
Hiroki Kosai 93 1933–pres. Japan H. Kosai; at Tokyo Astronomical Observatory H. Kosai (3370)
Alexander Kostin 5 n.a. United States A. Kostin; (Houston, TX, U.S.), comets A. Kostin
Michael C. Kotson 1 n.a. United States M. C. Kotson; (CV) M. C. Kotson
Georgiy U. Koval'chuk 2 n.a. Ukraine G. Koval'chuk; disc: MPC and MPC G. Kovalchuk
Charles T. Kowal 22 1940–2011 United States C. T. Kowal; Charles Thomas Kowal C. T. Kowal
Richard Kowalski 14 1963–pres. United States R. A. Kowalski; disc: MPC R. A. Kowalski (7392)
Rainer Kracht 3 1948–pres. Germany R. Kracht; amateur, HP, (bio-it) R. Kracht (234761)
Thilo Kranz 1 n.a. Germany T. Kranz; Src Archived 19 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine T. Kranz
Rainer Kresken 13 n.a Germany R. Kresken; disc: MPC R. Kresken
Mike Kretlow 8 1967–pres. Germany M. Kretlow; (bio-it)[2] M. Kretlow (9938)
Charles J. Krieger 1 1898–pres. United States C. J. Krieger; Charles John Krieger, (bio-it) C. J. Krieger
A. Kriete 1 n.a. Czech Republic A. Kriete; inferred A. Kriete
Richard Kron 1 n.a. United States R. Kron; R. Kron
Timur Valer'evič Krjačko 104 1970–pres. Russia T. V. Kryachko; amateur, (bio-it) T. V. Kryachko; T. Kryachko; c. Kryachko (269589)
Marcin Kubiak 1 n.a. Poland M. Kubiak; M. Kubiak
Jeremy Martin Kubica 22 n.a. United States J. Kubica; disc: MPC J. Kubica
Kazuo Kubokawa 1 1903–1943 Japan K. Kubokawa; K. Kubokawa (6140)
François Kugel 410 1959–pres. France F. Kugel; Observatoire Chante-Perdrix (A77) F. Kugel; C. R. F. Kugel (120375)
Zoltán Kuli 161 1977–pres. Hungary Z. Kuli; Zoltán "Zoli" Kuli, amateur astronomer, Src Z. Kuli (257211)
György Kulin 21 1905–1989 Hungary G. Kulin; G. Kulin (3019)
Pratibha Kumar 3 n.a. India P. Kumar; wife of V. Reddy, disc: MPC, MPC and MPC, Src, Src P. Kumar
Nikolaj Efimovič Kuročkin 2 1923–2003 Russia N. E. Kuročkin; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) N. E. Kurochkin
Hirohisa Kurosaki 13 1970–pres. Japan H. Kurosaki; H. Kurosaki (23938)
Stefan Kürti 9 1960–pres. Slovakia S. Kürti; amateur, Src S. Kurti (132798)
Lothar Kurtze 1 1972–pres. Germany L. Kurtze; amateur,[2] L. Kurtze
Reiki Kushida 1 n.a. Japan R. Kushida; amateur, wife of Y. Kushida, disc: MPC R. Kushida (5239)
Yoshio Kushida 56 1957–pres. Japan Y. Kushida; amateur, husband of R. Kushida Y. Kushida (5605)
Michał Kusiak 23 1986–pres. Poland M. Kusiak; Src M. Kusiak (376574)
Peter Kušnirák 294 1974–pres. Slovakia P. Kušnirák; P. Kusnirak; P. Kušnirák (17260)
Jaroslav Květoň 2 n.a. Czech Republic
Slovakia
J. Květoň; disc: MPC, (bio-it) J. Kveton
Andrzej Kwiek 1 n.a. Poland A. Kwiek; disc: MPC, (bio-fr) A. Kwiek
Dmytro Kyrylenko 1 1985–pres. Ukraine D. Kyrylenko; at Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory D. Kyrylenko (281459)
Peter Kyrylenko 15 1987–pres. Ukraine P. Kyrylenko; at Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory P. Kyrylenko (281459)
Juan Lacruz 64 n.a. Spain J. Lacruz; (bio-it) J. Lacruz
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist 146 1944–pres. Sweden C.-I. Lagerkvist; at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory C.-I. Lagerkvist; C. Lagerkvist (2875)
Joanny-Philippe Lagrula 1 1870–1941 France J. Lagrula; disc: MPC J. Lagrula (1412)
Luciano Lai 13 1948–pres. Italy L. Lai; (bio-it) L. Lai (11100)
Peter B. Lake 1 n.a. Australia P. B. Lake; amateur P. B. Lake
Carl Otto Lampland 1 1873–1951 United States C. O. Lampland; disc: MPC C. O. Lampland (1767)
Werner Landgraf 7 1959–pres. Germany W. Landgraf; W. Landgraf (3132)
Marco Langbroek 1 1970–pres. Netherlands M. Langbroek; M. Langbroek (183294)
Jeffrey A. Larsen 2 1967–pres. United States J. A. Larsen; (bio-fr) J. A. Larsen (7657)
Stephen M. Larson 2 n.a. United States S. M. Larson; (bio-fr) S. M. Larson (3690)
Tod R. Lauer 2 1957–pres. United States T. Lauer; Tod Richard Lauer T. Lauer (3135)
Vygandas Laugalys 8 n.a. Lithuania V. Laugalys; (bio-it) V. Laugalys
Marguerite Laugier 21 1896–1976 France M. Laugier; M. Laugier (1597)
Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent 1 1823–1900 France J. J. P. Laurent; "J.J.P." vs "J.", disc: MPC, (bio-fr) J. J. P. Laurent (162)
Stephen P. Laurie 50 n.a. United Kingdom S. P. Laurie; amateur S. P. Laurie
Kenneth J. Lawrence 33 1964–pres. United States K. J. Lawrence; of Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey K. J. Lawrence (4969)
Susannah Lazar 1 1982–pres. United States S. Lazar; amateur, (bio-it) S. Lazar
Charles le Morvan 1 1865–1933 France C. le Morvan; disc: MPC, (bio-fr) C. le Morvan
Carlos Leal (astronomer) 9 n.a. Venezuela C. Leal; unrelated to 19426, (bio-fr) C. Leal
Byung-Chol Lee 37 n.a. South Korea B.-C. Lee; (bio-it) B.-C. Lee
L. Lee 1 n.a. United States L. Lee; inferred L. Lee
Ho Lee 1 n.a. South Korea H. Lee; H. Lee
Tae-Hyung Lee 1 1964–pres. South Korea T. H. Lee; (bio-it) T. H. Lee
Jonathan P. Leech 1 n.a. United States J. P. Leech; inferred J. P. Leech
Gerhard Lehmann 23 1960–pres. Germany G. Lehmann; amateur, (bio-de) G. Lehmann (8853)
Hubert Lehmann 1 n.a. Switzerland H. Lehmann; H. Lehmann
Cassandra Lejoly 1 n.a.–pres. United States C. Lejoly; Spacewatch C. Lejoly (199261)
Gregory J. Leonard 11 n.a. United States G. J. Leonard; (bio-it) G. J. Leonard
Riccardo Leoni 1 n.a. Italy R. Leoni; R. Leoni
Otto Lesser 1 1830–1887 Germany O. Lesser; disc: MPC O. Lesser
Ken Levin 11 1953–pres. United States K. Levin; physicist and amateur at BlackBird Obs. (H08) K. Levin (99862)
Stephen Levine (astronomer) 1 1965–pres. United States S. Levine; Stephen E. Levine S. Levine (19123)
David H. Levy 65 1948–pres. Canada D. H. Levy; D. H. Levy; D. Levy (3673)
Wendee Levy 4 1948–2022 Canada W. Levy; Wendee Esther Wallach Levy, wife of D. H. Levy, (bio-it) W. Levy (6485)
Ting X. Liao 2 n.a. China X. Liao; inferred X. Liao
Javier Licandro 1 1966–pres. Uruguay J. Licandro; co-disc. w/ R. Gil-Hutton J. Licandro (17919)
William Liller 2 1927–pres. United States W. Liller; W. Liller (3222)
Lin Qisheng (astronomer) 65 1964–pres. Taiwan C.-S. Lin; a.k.a. Lin Chi-Sheng, (bio-it) C.-S. Lin; C. S. Lin (175451)
Hung-Chin Lin 88 n.a. Taiwan H.-C. Lin; (林宏欽), H.-C. Lin
Tyler Linder 2 n.a.–pres. United States T. Linder; T. Linder
B. Linderholm 1 n.a. United States B. Linderholm; also see #R. Linderholm B. Linderholm
Robert Linderholm 26 1933–2013 United States R. Linderholm; R. Linderholm
Bernadet Linero 2 n.a. Spain B. Linero; B. Linero
V. Linkov 1 n.a. Ukraine V. Linkov; co-disc. #K. Polyakov V. Linkov
Tim Lister (astronomer) 2 n.a. United Kingdom T. Lister; (544116); Las Cumbres Obs.; Src T. Lister
Karl Lohnert 4 1885–1944 Germany K. Lohnert; Karl Julius Lohnert, (bio-it) K. Lohnert (11434)
A. Lokalov 1 n.a. Russia A. Lokalov; disc: MPC A. Lokalov
Vladimir O. Lokot' 2 n.a. Ukraine V. Lokot'; disc: MPC and MPC V. Lokot
Penélope Longa-Peña 1 n.a.–pres. Chile P. Longa-Pena; Universidad de Antofagasta P. Longa-Pena
Dinesh Loomba 6 n.a. United States D. Loomba; Src D. Loomba
Álvaro López-García 12 1941–pres. Spain Á. López-G.; (bio-it) A. Lopez (4657)
Ángel López Jiménez 58 1955–pres. Spain Á. López J.; (bio-it) A. Lopez
Jean-Marie Lopez 7 n.a. France J.-M. Lopez; amateur J.-M. Lopez; J. M. Lopez; J. Lopez
Joachim Lorenz 6 1955–pres. Germany J. Lorenz; amateur, disc: MPC,[2] J. Lorenz
Wilhelm Lorenz (astronomer) 4 1886–1918 Germany W. Lorenz; Karl Wilhelm Lorenz, (bio-it), (bio-de) W. Lorenz
Miklós Lovas 2 1931–pres. Hungary M. Lovas; at Konkoly Observatory, (bio-it) M. Lovas (73511)
Jessica Lovering 25 n.a. United States J. R. Lovering; Jessica R. Lovering, co-disc.: (542277) and (542433), CV J. R. Lovering
Andrew Lowe 511 1959–pres. Canada A. Lowe; amateur, orbit computer, (bio-it), HP A. Lowe (4091)
Percival Lowell 1 1855–1916 United States P. Lowell; disc: MPC P. Lowell (1886)
Paul Luckas 2 1962–pres. Australia P. Luckas; amateur, (bio-it) P. Luckas (131186)
Christian B. Luginbuhl 3 1955–pres. United States C. B. Luginbuhl; (bio-it) C. B. Luginbuhl (7393)
Kjell Lundgren 2 1950–pres. Sweden K. Lundgren; at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory K. Lundgren (11934)
Federica Luppi 1 n.a. Italy F. Luppi; F. Luppi
Robert Luther 24 1822–1900 Germany R. Luther; R. Luther (1303)
Jane Luu 39 1963–pres. United States J. X. Luu; J. X. Luu (5430)
Lucas M. Macri 1 1972–pres. United States
Argentina
L. Macri; (bio-it) L. Macri
Hiroshi Maeno 7 n.a. Japan H. Maeno; (bio-it) H. Maeno
John Mahony (astronomer) 10 n.a. United States J. Mahony; amateur, Src Archived 14 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine J. Mahony
Marie Mahrová 4 1947–pres. Czech Republic
Slovakia
M. Mahrová; (bio-it) M. Mahrova
Renu Malhotra 1 1961–pres. India
United States
R. Malhotra; R. Malhotra (6698)
Franco Mallia 15 1961–pres. Italy F. Mallia; amateur, (bio-it) F. Mallia (21685)
Francesco Manca 26 1966–pres. Italy F. Manca; amateur F. Manca (15460)
Jan Karel Mánek 1 1961–pres. Czech Republic J. Manek; amateur J. Manek (22697)
Brian G. W. Manning 19 1926–2011 United Kingdom B. G. W. Manning; amateur B. G. W. Manning (3698)
Massimiliano Mannucci 1 1970–pres. Italy M. Mannucci; amateur, unrelated to MPC; (bio-it) M. Mannucci
José Manteca 13 1959–pres. Spain J. Manteca; Pepe Manteca, (bio-it) J. Manteca (542926)
Ilan Manulis 1 1947–pres. Israel I. Manulis; inferred I. Manulis (13615)
Frédéric Maréchal 2 1952–pres. France F. Maréchal; amateur, (bio-it) F. Marechal
Wladimiro Marinello 3 n.a. Italy W. Marinello; amateur, (bio-it) W. Marinello (229836)
Mark Scott Marley 1 n.a. United States M. S. Marley; (bio-it) M. S. Marley
Brian G. Marsden 1 1937–2010 United Kingdom B. G. Marsden; B. G. Marsden (1877)
Albert Marth 1 1828–1897 Germany A. Marth; disc: MPC A. Marth
Axel Martin 3 1968–pres. Germany A. Martin; amateur, (bio-it) A. Martin (15924)
Pierre Martin (astronomer) 1 1964–pres. Canada P. Martin; Rene Pierre Martin, CFHT/WIYN Src P. Martin (59964)
Terry Martin (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States T. Martin; Src Archived 17 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine T. Martin
Carlos T. Martinez 6 n.a. United States C. T. Martinez; Src C. T. Martinez; C. Martinez
Gábor Marton (astronomer) 1 n.a. Hungary G. Marton; (IAU) G. Marton
Gianluca Masi 30 1972–pres. Italy G. Masi; discoverer of variable stars G. Masi (21795)
Joseph Masiero 63 1982–pres. United States J. Masiero; J. Masiero (8255)
Egisto Masotti 3 1947–pres. Italy E. Masotti; amateur, (bio-it) E. Masotti (22401)
Adam Massinger 7 1888–1914 Germany A. Massinger; (bio-de) A. Massinger (760)
Giuseppe Massone 1 n.a. Italy G. Massone; inferred G. Massone
Ronald A. Mastaler 3 n.a. United States R. Mastaler; R. Mastaler; R. A. Mastaler
Rose G. Matheny 1 n.a.–pres. United States R. G. Matheny; University of Arizona; Catalina Sky Survey R. G. Matheny
Mary Alice Mathison 1 n.a. United States M. A. Mathison; inferred, (bio-it) M. A. Mathison
Stanislav Matičič 16 n.a. Slovenia S. Matičič; inferred S. Maticic; S. Matičič
Damir Matković 2 n.a. Croatia D. Matković; (bio-it) D. Matkovic
Robert D. Matson 189 1962–pres. United States R. Matson; Robert Matson, Rob Matson, (bio-it) R. Matson (73491)
Masanori Matsuyama 19 1950–pres. Japan M. Matsuyama; amateur, Japanese: 松山正則, (bio-de) M. Matsuyama (4844)
Daniel Matter 7 1957–pres. France D. Matter; amateur, (bio-it) D. Matter (59833)
Alain Maury 9 1958–pres. France A. Maury; A. Maury (3780)
Deronda Mayes 1 1957–pres. United States D. Mayes; inferred D. Mayes (201777)
Emiliano Mazzoni 2 1953–pres. Italy E. Mazzoni; amateur, (bio-it) E. Mazzoni (49469)
Michele Mazzucato 6 1962–pres. Italy M. Mazzucato; Michele T. Mazzucato, (bio-it) M. Mazzucato (35461)
John V. McClusky 157 n.a. United States J. V. McClusky; J. V. McClusky; J. McClusky
Billy D. McCormack 1 n.a. United States B. D. McCormack; B. D. McCormack
Jennie McCormick 1 n.a. New Zealand J. McCormick; J. McCormick
Alric D. McDermott 1 n.a. United States A. D. McDermott; A. D. McDermott
David McDonald (astronomer) 2 1964–pres. Republic of Ireland D. McDonald; Dave McDonald, amateur D. McDonald (21782)
Stephen W. McDonald 1 n.a. United States S. McDonald; S. McDonald
James E. McGaha 6 1946–pres. United States J. McGaha; amateur, (bio-it) J. McGaha (10036)
P. McKenzie 1 n.a. Australia P. McKenzie; inferred P. McKenzie
David McLeish (astronomer) 1 n.a. Argentina D. McLeish; (bio-it) D. McLeish
Robert H. McNaught 491 1956–pres. United Kingdom
Scotland
Australia
R. H. McNaught; R. H. McNaught (3173)
Jeffrey S. Medkeff 10 1968–2008 United States J. Medkeff; J. Medkeff (41450)
Karen Jean Meech 15 1959–pres. United States K. J. Meech; K. J. Meech; K. Meech (4367)
Carol Neese 1 1958–pres. United States C. Neese; Carol Lynn Neese, MPC-typo: Meese C. Meese (9211)
Denis Mégevand 1 n.a. Switzerland D. Megevand; Geneva Obs., HARPS, Src D. Megevand
Sven Melchert 2 1968–pres. Germany S. Melchert; amateur,[2] Guidestar (A17), disc: MPC and MPC with Mark Emmerich S. Melchert
Philibert Jacques Melotte 1 1880–1961 United Kingdom P. Melotte; disc: MPC P. Melotte
J. Dave Mendenhall 1 n.a. United States J. D. Mendenhall; (bio-it) J. D. Mendenhall
Jean-Claude Merlin 75 1954–pres. France J.-C. Merlin; (bio-fr) J.-C. Merlin (57658)
Szabolcs Mészáros 5 1981–pres. Hungary S. Mészáros; (bio-it) S. Meszaros
Joel Hastings Metcalf 41 1866–1925 United States J. H. Metcalf; J. H. Metcalf (726), (792)
Natalʹja Vitalʹevna Metlova 1 n.a. Russia N. V. Metlova; (bio-it) N. V. Metlova
Michel Meunier 1 1964–pres. France M. Meunier; amateur, (bio-it), C/1997 J2 (Meunier–Dupouy) M. Meunier (37848)
Erich Meyer 22 1951–pres. Austria E. Meyer; amateur E. Meyer (7940)
Maik Meyer 16 1970–pres. Germany M. Meyer; amateur, (bio-de), Src M. Meyer (52005)
J. Michaud 1 n.a. United States J. Michaud; inferred J. Michaud
Marco Micheli 23 1983–pres. Italy M. Micheli; ESA/Pan-STARRS1 (news-it), (bio-it) M. Micheli (10277)
René Michelsen 8 n.a. Denmark R. Michelsen; R. Michelsen (10285)
Celina Mikolajczak 4 n.a. United States C. Mikolajczak; (bio-it) C. Mikolajczak
Blaž Mikuž 5 n.a. Slovenia B. Mikuž; at Črni Vrh B. Mikuz; B. Mikuž
Herman Mikuž 32 n.a. Slovenia H. Mikuž; at Črni Vrh, (bio-it) H. Mikuz; H. Mikuž
R. Miles 1 n.a. United States R. Miles; inferred R. Miles
Robert L. Millis 129 n.a. United States R. Millis; occultation, at Lowell Observatory, (bio-it), (bio-fr) R. Millis; R. L. Millis (2659)
Elia Millosevich 2 1848–1919 Italy E. Millosevich; E. Millosevich (69961)
Matt Mills (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States M. Mills; inferred M. Mills
Rudolph Minkowski 1 1895–1976 United States R. Minkowski; R. Minkowski (11770)
Alberto Miranda 2 n.a. Chile A. Miranda; co-disc #I. P. Griffin A. Miranda
Marina N. Mishina 1 n.a. Russia M. Mishina; M. Mishina
Tetsuyasu Mitani 1 1927–2004 Japan T. Mitani; disc: MPC, (bio-it) T. Mitani (3289)
Seidai Miyasaka 4 1955–pres. Japan S. Miyasaka; S. Miyasaka (3555)
Takashi Mizuno (astronomer) 1 1955–pres. Japan T. Mizuno; amateur, (bio-it) T. Mizuno (6392)
Yoshikane Mizuno 52 1954–pres. Japan Y. Mizuno; at Kani Observatory Y. Mizuno (4541)
Teo Močnik 1 1989–pres. Slovenia T. Močnik; CV T. Mocnik (579890)
Marko Moilanen 1 n.a. Finland M. Moilanen; (bio-it) M. Moilanen
Lawrence Alan Molnar 86 1959–pres. United States L. A. Molnar; (bio-it) L. A. Molnar; L. Molnar (8245)
Jean Montanne 1 n.a. France J. Montanne; (bio-it) J. Montanne
Nico Montigiani 1 n.a. Italy N. Montigiani; (bio-it) N. Montigiani
Didier Morata 1 1954–pres. France D. Morata; amateur, (bio-it) D. Morata (14643)
Stéphane Morata 1 1977–pres. France S. Morata; amateur, (bio-it) S. Morata (14643)
Zdeněk Moravec 94 1968–pres. Czech Republic Z. Moravec; Z. Moravec
Hiroshi Mori (astronomer) 45 1958–pres. Japan H. Mori; amateur, (bio-it) H. Mori (19190)
Paul Mortfield 1 n.a. Canada P. Mortfield; P. Mortfield
Nicholas Moskovitz 1 1981–pres. United States N. Moskovitz; N. Moskovitz (8254)
Patrick M. Motl 9 n.a. United States P. M. Motl; disc: MPC, (bio-it) P. M. Motl
Stefano Mottola 21 n.a. Italy S. Mottola; (bio-it) S. Mottola (5388)
Antonín Mrkos 274 1918–1996 Czech Republic A. Mrkos; at Kleť Observatory A. Mrkos (1832)
Jean Mueller 13 1950–pres. United States J. E. Mueller; at Second Palomar Sky Survey J. E. Mueller (4031)
Masaru Mukai 13 1949–pres. Japan M. Mukai; unrelated to 4750 M. Mukai
Gustavo Muler 25 1967–pres. Spain
Argentina
G. Muler; G. Muler (458063)
John-Derral Mulholland 1 1934–2008 United States J.-D. Mulholland; (bio-it) J. D. Mulholland
Ulisse Munari 49 1960–pres. Italy U. Munari; at the Astronomical Observatories of Padua and Asiago U. Munari (7599)
J. Muñoz 1 n.a. Spain J. Muñoz; inferred, (Manteca-it) J. Munoz
Osamu Muramatsu 73 1949–pres. Japan O. Muramatsu; O. Muramatsu (5606)
Juan Carlos Muzzio 2 1946–pres. Argentina J. C. Muzzio; at La Plata Institute of Astrophysics, (bio-it) J. C. Muzzio (6505)
Atsushi Nakajima (astronomer) 15 n.a. Japan A. Nakajima; disc: MPC A. Nakajima
Akimasa Nakamura 112 1961–pres. Japan A. Nakamura; at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory A. Nakamura (10633)
Tsuko Nakamura 3 1943–pres. Japan T. Nakamura; (bio-it) T. Nakamura (6599)
Akio Nakanishi 3 1964–pres. Japan A. Nakanishi; amateur A. Nakanishi (8702)
Orlando A. Naranjo 38 1951–pres. Venezuela O. A. Naranjo; (bio-it) O. A. Naranjo
Michael Nassir 1 n.a. United States M. Nassir; M. Nassir
Akira Natori 32 1956–pres. Japan A. Natori; at Nihondaira Observatory, (bio-it) A. Natori (5520)
Ramón Naves 1 n.a. Spain R. Naves; amateur at Montcabrer Observatory; not Carl Rod Nave R. Naves
Edgar Rangel Netto 8 n.a. Brazil E. R. Netto; at Valongo Observatory, (bio-de) E. R. Netto (3175)
Grigory Neujmin 74 1885–1946 Russia
Soviet Union
G. N. Neujmin; G. N. Neujmin (1129)
Vitali Nevski 15 1974–pres. Belarus V. Nevski; amateur, (B42), image, Comet ISON, alt: Vitaliy Nevskiy and Vitaly Nevsky V. Nevski
M. Nicholson 1 n/a M. Nicholson; M. Nicholson
Phil Nicholson 1 1951–pres. Australia P. Nicholson; Philip D. Nicholson, Sycorax P. Nicholson (7220)
Seth Barnes Nicholson 2 1891–1963 United States S. B. Nicholson; disc: MPC and MPC S. B. Nicholson (1831)
Tsuneo Niijima 32 1955–pres. Japan T. Niijima; amateur T. Niijima (5507)
Kota Nishiyama 6 1965–pres. Japan K. Nishiyama; Nishiyama Kota, Bisei Spaceguard Center K. Nishiyama (23955)
V. L. Nixon 1 n.a. United States V. L. Nixon; V. L. Nixon
Michael C. Nolan 1 1963–pres. United States M. C. Nolan; at Arecibo Observatory, (bio-it) M. C. Nolan (9537)
Jaume Nomen 55 1960–pres. Spain
Catalonia
J. Nomen; at Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca J. Nomen (56561)
Toshiro Nomura 13 1954–pres. Japan T. Nomura; T. Nomura (6559)
Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen 2 n.a. Denmark H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen; disc: MPC, (bio-it) H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen
Artyom Novichonok 26 1988–pres. Russia A. Novichonok; Comet ISON, Src A. Novichonok; A. O. Novichonok
Andrew J. Noymer 7 1971–pres. United States A. J. Noymer; (bio-it) A. J. Noymer (4956)
Donal O'Ceallaigh 3 n.a. Republic of Ireland D. O'Ceallaigh; Src D. O'Ceallaigh
Erwin Obermair 7 1946–2017 Austria E. Obermair; amateur E. Obermair (9236)
Pieter van Oers 1 n.a. Netherlands P. v. Oers; P. v. Oers
Eran O. Ofek 1 1972–pres Israel E. O. Ofek; HP E. O. Ofek (32436)
Warren B. Offutt 18 1928–2017 United States W. Offutt; W. Offutt (7639)
Youhei Ohba 3 n.a. Japan Y. Ohba; at ISAS Y. Ohba
Okuro Oikawa 8 1896–1980 Japan O. Oikawa; O. Oikawa (2667)
Gregory Wayne Ojakangas 2 n.a. United States G. Ojakangas; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) G. Ojakangas
Arto Oksanen 1 n.a. Finland A. Oksanen; amateur A. Oksanen
Shin-ichiro Okumura 3 n.a. Japan S. Okumura; Bisei SG, IAU S. Okumura
Tomimaru Okuni 130 1931–pres. Japan T. Okuni; amateur T. Okuni (7769)
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers 2 1758–1840 Germany H. W. Olbers; H. W. Olbers (1002)
R. M. Olivera 3 n.a. Spain
Catalonia
R. M. Olivera; amateur, also see § J. M. Bosch R. M. Olivera; R. Olivera
C. Michelle Olmstead 46 1969–pres. United States C. M. Olmstead; at Lowell Observatory C. M. Olmstead (3287)
Andrey Oreshko 41 n.a. Russia A. Oreshko; (also see Timur Kryachko and 2012 YQ1 A. Oreshko
Csilla Orgel 2 n.a. Hungary C. Orgel; inferred C. Orgel
José Luis Ortiz Moreno 2 1967–pres. Spain J. L. Ortiz; disc: MPC, unofficial discoverer Haumea J. L. Ortiz (4436)
Michel Ory 251 1966–pres. Switzerland M. Ory; amateur M. Ory (67979)
Yoshiaki Oshima 61 1952–pres. Japan Y. Oshima; at Gekko Observatory Y. Oshima (5592)
David J. Osip 1 n.a. Spain D. J. Osip; Las Campanas Observatory D. J. Osip
P. Ostafijchuk 2 n.a. Ukraine P. Ostafijchuk; Andrushivka Observatory P. Ostafijchuk
Liisi Oterma 54 1915–2001 Finland L. Oterma; at Turku Observatory L. Oterma (1529)
Iván Oteo Gómez 1 n.a. Spain I. Oteo; I. Oteo
Satoru Otomo 148 1957–pres. Japan S. Otomo; amateur S. Otomo (3911)
Rafael Pacheco 57 1954–pres. Spain R. Pacheco; amateur R. Pacheco (25001)
Deborah Lynne Padgett 1 n.a. United States D. Padgett; inferred D. Padgett
András Pál (astronomer) 14 1981–pres. Hungary A. Pál; (549663) (549961) A. Pal; A. Pál (11459)
Johann Palisa 122 1848–1925 Austria J. Palisa; J. Palisa (914)
Ernesto Palomba 2 1967–pres. Italy E. Palomba; disc: MPC and MPC E. Palomba (95951)
Kuo-Chuan Pan 1 n.a.–pres. Taiwan K. Pan; National Tsing Hua University K. Pan
Amanda Papadimos 4 n.a. Canada A. Papadimos; inferred A. Papadimos
L. M. Parham 1 n.a. L. M. Parham; inferred L. M. Parham
Sensi Pastor 1 n.a. Spain S. Pastor; La Murta Observatory (J76) S. Pastor
Praskov'ja Georgievna Parchomenko 2 1886–1970 Russia
Soviet Union
P. Parchomenko; Praskoviya Georgievna Parchomenko, (bio-it) P. Parchomenko (1857)
John Anthony Paquette 1 n.a. United States A. Paquette; inferred A. Paquette
Yun-Ho Park 2 n.a. South Korea Y.-H. Park; (bio-it) Y.-H. Park
Joel W. Parker 3 1962–pres. United States J. W. Parker; at Southwest Research Institute, inferred J. W. Parker; J. Wm. Parker (13751)
Quentin A. Parker 1 n.a. Australia Q. A. Parker; Quentin Andrew Parker, Siding Spring, disc.: comet 119P/Parker–Hartley Src Q. A. Parker
Murat Parmaksizoglu 1 n.a. Turkey M. Parmaksizoglu; M. Parmaksizoglu
Alois Paroubek 1 n.a. Czechoslovakia A. Paroubek; (bio-it) A. Paroubek
André Patry 9 1902–1967 France A. Patry; at Nice Observatory A. Patry (1601)
Thierry Pauwels 152 1957–pres. Belgium T. Pauwels; at Uccle Observatory T. Pauwels (12761)
Thomas Payer 4 1978–pres. Germany T. Payer; amateur,[2] T. Payer
Fernando Pedichini 1 n.a. Italy F. Pedichini; F. Pedichini
Jean-Claude Pelle 10 1942–pres. France J.-C. Pelle; Jean Claude George Pelle, amateur, (bio-fr) J. C. Pelle (84011)
Matthew T. Penny 1 n.a. United States M. T. Penny; M. T. Penny
Randy Pepper 2 n.a. United States R. Pepper; amateur, Fort Bend Astronomy Club, (bio-it) R. Pepper
Zenón M. Pereyra 1 n.a. Chile Z. Pereyra; disc: MPC, (bio-it) Z. Pereyra
Davide Perna 1 n.a. Italy D. Perna; D. Perna
Bernard Pernier 1 n.a. Switzerland B. Pernier; Geneva Obs. B. Pernier
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin 6 1845–1904 France J. Perrotin; J. Perrotin (1515)
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters 48 1813–1890 Germany
United States
C. H. F. Peters; C. H. F. Peters (100007)
George Henry Peters 3 1863–1947 United States G. H. Peters; USNO-astronomer,Src Archived 5 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine G. H. Peters
Jean-Marc Petit[dubiousdiscuss] 7 1961–pres. France J.-M. Petit; (bio-fr) J.-M. Petit; J. Petit (7740)
Enrico Pettarin 1 1970–pres. Italy E. Pettarin; amateur E. Pettarin (7258)
Holly Phaneuf 2 n.a. United States H. Phaneuf; amateur, (bio-it) H. Phaneuf
Jeffrey L. Phinney 4 1957–pres. United States J. Phinney; disc: MPC, MPC, MPC and MPC J. Phinney (46793)
Franco Piani 1 1955–pres. Italy F. Piani; amateur F. Piani (10573)
Giuseppe Piazzi 1 1746–1826 Italy G. Piazzi; disc: Ceres G. Piazzi (1000)
Paolo Pietrapiana 2 n.a. Italy P. Pietrapriana; amateur, disc: MPC, (bio-it) P. Pietrapiana
Michael Pietschnig 3 n.a. Austria M. Pietschnig; amateur, Src Archived 11 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine M. Pietschnig
Giuliano Pignata 4 n.a. Italy G. Pignata; ADAS G. Pignata
Jana Pittichová 9 1972–pres. Slovakia J. Pittichová; inferred J. Pittichova; J. Pittichová (20187)
Guido Pizarro (astronomer) 8 n.a. Chile G. Pizarro; brother of Oscar Pizarro, at La Silla, (bio-it) G. Pizarro (4609)
Oscar Pizarro 1 n.a. Chile O. Pizarro; brother of Guido Pizarro, (bio-it) O. Pizarro (4609)
Gianpaolo Pizzetti 4 1961–pres. Italy G. P. Pizzetti; amateur, (bio-it) G. P. Pizzetti; G. Pizzetti (233559)
John Platt (computer scientist) 2 1963–pres. United States J. Platt; J. Platt
C. E. Plunkett 1 n.a. United States C. E. Plunkett; inferred C. E. Plunkett
G. A. Plyugin 7 1925–pres. Russia G. A. Plyugin; Gurij Antonovič Pljugin, (bio-it) G. A. Plyugin
Regina Podstanická 1 1928–2000 Slovakia R. Podstanická; R. Podstanicka
N. R. Pogson 8 1829–1891 United Kingdom N. R. Pogson; Norman Robert Pogson N. R. Pogson (1830)
Radosław Poleski 1 n.a. Poland R. Poleski; R. Poleski
David Polishook 16 1976–pres. Israel D. Polishook; David L. Polishook, MIT and Tel Aviv University, (bio-it) D. Polishook (8464)
Isidre Pòlit 1 1880–1958 Spain
Catalonia
I. Pòlit; Isidre Pòlit i Boixareu, (bio-it) I. Polit (1708)
Christian Pollas 26 1947–pres. France C. Pollas; at Côte d'Azur Observatory, (bio-fr) C. Pollas (4892)
K. Polyakov 1 n.a. Ukraine K. Polyakov; co-disc. #V. Linkov K. Polyakov
Hejno Iogannović Potter 1 1929–2007 Russia H. Potter; Kheino Potter, disc: MPC, (bio-it) H. Potter (7320)
Francisco Pozo 1 1986–pres. Chile F. Pozo; Francisco Javier Pozo Núñez, (bio-es), F. Pozo
Valentino Pozzoli 4 n.a. Italy V. Pozzoli; inferred V. Pozzoli
Alexander Pravda 52 1961–pres. Slovakia A. Pravda; (bio-it) A. Pravda (60972)
Petr Pravec 355 1967–pres. Czech Republic P. Pravec; P. Pravec (4790)
Donald P. Pray 3 1949–pres. United States D. P. Pray; at Carbuncle Hill Obs.Src and Sugarloaf Obs. Src, (bio-it) D. P. Pray (35364)
Christopher J. Pritchet 1 n.a.–pres. Canada C. J. Pritchet; C. J. Pritchet
Gerrit Proffe 2 n.a. Germany G. Proffe; DLR inferred G. Proffe
Enrico Prosperi 1 1954–pres. Italy E. Prosperi; Castelmartini Obs. (160) E. Prosperi (33010)
S. Prosperi 1 n.a. Italy S. Prosperi; S. Prosperi
Milorad B. Protić 7 1911–2001 Serbia M. B. Protić; M. B. Protitch (22278)
Timo Prusti 10 n.a. Finland T. Prusti; ESA-Gaia, first disc: (552651) T. Prusti
Andrew W. Puckett 22 1977–pres. United States A. W. Puckett; Andrew Wayne Puckett A. W. Puckett (184011)
Ulisse Quadri 1 1953–pres. Italy U. Quadri; amateur, (bio-it) U. Quadri (10200)
Herbert Raab 1 1969–pres. Austria H. Raab; amateur, Src H. Raab (3184)
David L. Rabinowitz 36 1960–pres. United States D. L. Rabinowitz; D. L. Rabinowitz; D. Rabinowitz (5040)
Petar Radovan 1 n.a. Croatia P. Radovan; (bio-it) P. Radovan
Rajgopalan Rajamohan 6 n.a. India R. Rajamohan; (bio-it) R. Rajamohan
David Rankin (astronomer) 1 1984–pres. United States D. Rankin; amateur D. Rankin (62701)
Yudish Ramanjooloo 1 n.a. United Kingdom Y. Ramanjooloo; Y. Ramanjooloo (41458)
Vishnu Vardhan Reddy 23 1978–pres. India V. Reddy; (bio-it) V. Reddy (8068)
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth 395 1892–1979 Germany K. Reinmuth; K. Reinmuth (1111)
Kevin Reil 1 n.a.–pres. United States K. Reil; SLAC National Accelerator Lab; Skyline College K. Reil
Guy Reiss 5 1904–1964 France G. Reiss; at Algiers Observatory and Nice G. Reiss (1577)
José Antonio Reyes (astronomer) 1 n.a. Spain J. A. Reyes; La Murta Observatory (J76) J. A. Reyes
Tomáš Rezek (astronomer) 1 n.a. Czech Republic T. Rezek; inferred T. Rezek
Joseph Rheden 3 1873–1946 Austria J. Rheden; J. Rheden
Hans Rickman 2 1949–pres. Sweden H. Rickman; at Uppsala Observatory, (bio-it) H. Rickman (3692)
Judit Györgyey Ries 3 n.a. Hungary J. G. Ries; Src Archived 29 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine J. G. Ries
Wolfgang Ries 176 1968–pres. Austria W. Ries; amateur W. Ries (266887)
Jim Riffle 2 n.a. Canada J. Riffle; inferred J. Riffle
Fernand Rigaux 8 1905–1962 Belgium F. Rigaux; at Uccle Observatory F. Rigaux (19911)
Claudine Rinner 157 1965–pres. France C. Rinner; amateur, at Ottmarsheim Observatory C. Rinner (23999)
Keith Rivich 5 n.a. United States K. Rivich; amateur, (bio-it) K. Rivich
Irving Robbins (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States I. Robbins; Src and Src Archived 31 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine I. Robbins
Adrienne M. Robbins 1 n.a. United States A. Robbins; Adrienne Makita Robbins, (bio-it) A. Robbins
Larry Robinson (astronomer) 18 n.a. United States L. Robinson; amateur, at Sunflower Observatory, (bio-it) L. Robinson (18873)
Heiner Roclawski 1 1963–pres. Germany H. Roclawski;[2] H. Roclawski
Greg Rodgers 1 n.a. United States G. Rodgers; G. Rodgers
Tim A. Rodriquez 1 n.a. United States T. Rodriquez; (bio-it) T. Rodriquez
Henry G. Roe 1 1975–pres. United States H. G. Roe; (bio-it) H. G. Roe (28803)
James M. Roe 102 1943–pres. United States J. M. Roe; (bio-it) J. M. Roe
Elizabeth Roemer 2 1929–2016 United States E. Roemer; E. Roemer (1657)
John E. Rogers 3 n.a. United States J. E. Rogers; (bio-it) J. E. Rogers (5517)
Carl Roland 1 n.a.–pres. United States C. Roland; Hawkeye Obs. (H52); amateur, assumed C. Roland
Brian P. Roman 11 n.a. United States B. Roman; B. Roman (4575)
Filipp Dmitrievich Romanov 4 1997–pres. Russia F. D. Romanov; F. D. Romanov
E. S. Romas 3 n.a. Russia E. S. Romas; first disc: (546732); at Kislovodsk Stn. (C20) E. S. Romas; E. Romas
Amy E. Rose 2 1987–pres. United States A. E. Rose; A. E. Rose (175563)
Perry Rose (astronomer) 4 1966–pres. United States P. Rose; Perry J. Rose, at Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey P. Rose (9637)
Emily Ross 1 n.a. United States E. Ross; inferred; with Tara Houlden E. Ross
David Rowe (technologist) 1 n.a. United States D. Rowe; PlaneWave Instruments D. Rowe
René Roy (astronomer) 9 1938–pres. France R. Roy; amateur, (bio-fr) R. Roy (14533)
Jiangao Ruan 2 1986–pres. China J. Ruan; (阮建高), Ruan Jiangao; amateur, co-discovery with Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, C/2009 G1 (STEREO), 80 SOHO comets J. Ruan (546842)
Eric P. Rubenstein 1 n.a. United States E. P. Rubenstein; E. P. Rubenstein
A. Rudd 2 n.a. United States A. Rudd; disc: MPC and MPC A. Rudd
Marian Rudnyk 3 n.a. United States
Ukraine
M. Rudnyk; (bio-it) M. Rudnyk
Donald James Rudy 1 n.a. United States D. Rudy; (bio-it) D. Rudy
Jose Maria Ruiz 9 n.a. Spain J. M. Ruiz; inferred, disc: MPC J. M. Ruiz
Vasilij Rumyantsev 1 n.a. Russia V. Rumyantsev; V. Rumyantsev
Kenneth S. Russell 2 n.a. Australia K. S. Russell; (bio-it) K. S. Russell (3714)
John Ruthroff 1 n.a. United States J. Ruthroff; (bio-it) J. Ruthroff
Erin Lee Ryan 9 n.a. United States E. L. Ryan; IAU Archived 27 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine, (547073) and (548758) E. L. Ryan
William H. Ryan (astronomer) 28 1962–pres. United States W. H. Ryan; at MRO, (bio-it) W. H. Ryan;W. Ryan (21821)
Eileen V. Ryan 1 1960–pres. United States E. V. Ryan; wife and collaborator of William Ryan at MRO; Src E. V. Ryan; E. Ryan (9542)
John Sachs (astronomer) 2 n.a. United States J. Sachs; amateur, disc MPC and MPC, Src, Src, unrelated to MPC J. Sachs
Tsuyoshi Sakamoto 11 1975–pres. Japan T. Sakamoto; Bisei Spaceguard Center, first disc: (542669) T. Sakamoto (23950)
Giuseppe A. Sala 2 n.a. Italy G. A. Sala; disc: MPC and MPC G. A. Sala
Paolo Sala (astronomer) 3 1954–pres. Italy
Germany
P. Sala; amateur, disc: MPC, MPC and MPC,[2] P. Sala
George C. Sallit 1 n.a. United Kingdom G. Sallit; (bio-it) G. Sallit
Stephen L. Salyards 1 n.a. United States S. L. Salyards; (bio-it) S. L. Salyards
A. G. Samuel 1 n.a. Argentina A. G. Samuel; (bio-it) A. G. Samuel
Salvador Sánchez (astronomer) 3 n.a. Spain S. Sánchez; unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) S. Sanchez
Allan Sandage 1 1926–2010 United States A. R. Sandage; A. R. Sandage (9963)
Hans-Ullrich Sandig 1 1909–1979 Germany H.-U. Sandig; (bio-de) H.-U. Sandig
Robert G. Sandness 6 n.a. United States R. G. Sandness; amateur, (bio-it) R. G. Sandness
Luigi Sannino 2 1981–pres. Italy L. Sannino; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) L. Sannino (58691)
Matteo M. M. Santangelo 21 n.a. Italy M. M. M. Santangelo; Matteo Santangelo, (bio-it) M. M. M. Santangelo
Pablo Santos-Sanz 1 n.a. Spain P. Santos-Sanz; P. Santos-Sanz
Krisztián Sárneczky 627 1974–pres. Hungary K. Sárneczky; K. Sarneczky; K. Sárneczky (10258)
Lenka Kotková 262 1973–pres. Czech Republic L. Kotková; Lenka Šarounová (née), at Ondřejov Observatory L. Sarounova; L. Šarounová (10390)
Gordon Eric Sarty 1 n.a. Canada G. E. Sarty; G. E. Sarty
Goro Sasaki 1 n.a. Japan G. Sasaki; unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) G. Sasaki
Isao Satō (astronomer) 9 1963–pres. Japan I. Satō; asteroid occultation, (bio-it) I. Sato (6338)
Naoto Satō 142 1953–pres. Japan N. Satō; amateur N. Sato (6025)
Boris Satovski 42 n.a. Russia B. Satovski; discovered (541508), different from (212929) B. Satovski
Paul Sava 1 n.a. United States P. Sava; at Needville P. Sava
Ann Savage (astronomer) 1 1946–2017 United Kingdom A. Savage; FRAS A. Savage
Giulio Scarfì 1 1964–pres. Italy G. Scarfì; amateur Src Archived 23 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine, observatories: (126) and (K78) G. Scarfi (69565)
Robert D. Schaldach 1 n.a. United States R. D. Schaldach; co-discovered 61P/Shajn–Schaldach; (bio-fr) R. D. Schaldach
Alexandre Schaumasse 2 1882–1958 France A. Schaumasse; A. Schaumasse (1797)
Giovanni Schiaparelli 1 1835–1910 Italy G. Schiaparelli; disc: MPC G. Schiaparelli (4062)
Christine J. Schiff 1 n.a. New Zealand C. J. Schiff; amateur, wife of J. L. Schiff, (bio-it) C. J. Schiff
Joel L. Schiff 1 n.a. New Zealand J. L. Schiff; amateur, husband of C. J. Schiff, unrelated to MPC, (bio-it) J. L. Schiff
Thomas Schildknecht 3 n.a. Switzerland T. Schildknecht; (bio-it), Src T. Schildknecht
Frank Schiralli Jr. 1 n.a. United States F. Schiralli Jr.; Src F. Schiralli Jr.
Lutz D. Schmadel 245 1942–2016 Germany L. D. Schmadel; ARI-astronomer L. D. Schmadel; L.D. Schmadel (2234)
Brian Schmidt 1 1967–pres. Australia B. Schmidt; w/ High-Z Supernova Search Team B. Schmidt; Schmidt, B., the High-Z team (233292)
Alfred Schmitt 4 1907–1973 France A. Schmitt; at Algiers and Strasbourg observatories A. Schmitt (1617)
Hans Scholl (astronomer) 56 1942–pres. Germany H. Scholl; ARI-astronomer H. Scholl (2959)
Richard Schorr 2 1867–1951 Germany R. Schorr; R. Schorr (1235)
Martin Schroedter 1 n.a. United States M. Schroedter; VERITAS M. Schroedter
Joachim Schubart 2 1928–pres. Germany J. Schubart; (bio-de), Src J. Schubart (1911)
Lipót Schulhof 1 1847–1921 Hungary L. Schulhof; L. Schulhof (2384)
Hans-Emil Schuster 25 1934–pres. Germany H.-E. Schuster; at La Silla H.-E. Schuster (2018)
Erwin Schwab 98 1964–pres. Germany E. Schwab; amateur E. Schwab (185638)
Megan Schwamb 16 1984–pres. United States M. E. Schwamb; (bio-fr) M. E. Schwamb; M. Schwamb (11814)
Michael B. Schwartz 254 1950–pres. United States M. Schwartz; amateur, at Tenagra Observatory, (bio-it) M. Schwartz (13820)
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann 22 1870–1964 Germany A. Schwassmann; A. Schwassmann (989)
James V. Scotti 1 1960–pres. United States J. V. Scotti; at Spacewatch J. V. Scotti (3863)
George Mary Searle 1 1839–1918 United States G. Searle; disc: MPC G. Searle
William Lawrence Sebok 2 n.a. United States W. Sebok; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) W. Sebok
Bruce A. Segal 2 1959–pres. United States B. A. Segal; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) B. A. Segal (21683)
Carlos Segarra 1 n.a. Spain C. Segarra; Algimia-Valencia C. Segarra
Sadao Sei 1 n.a. Japan S. Sei; at Chirorin Observatory (383) S. Sei
Nalin Samarasinha 1 1958–pres. Sri Lanka
United States
N. Samarasinha; N. Samarasinha (12871)
Tsutomu Seki 225 1930–pres. Japan T. Seki; T. Seki (3426)
Alexey V. Sergeyev 1 n.a. Uzbekistan A. Sergeyev; inferred A. Sergeev; A. Sergeyev
Carl Sexton 9 n.a. United States C. Sexton; inferred, amateur C. Sexton
Grigory Shajn 3 1892–1956 Russia
Soviet Union
G. Shajn; G. Shajn (1648)
Pelageya Shajn 19 1894–1956 Russia
Soviet Union
P. F. Shajn; P. F. Shajn (1190), (1648)
R. Shank 3 n.a. United States R. Shank; assumed, also R. Shanks (!), co-discoveries with C. Veillet R. Shank; R. Shanks
Scott S. Sheppard 27 1977–pres. United States S. S. Sheppard; S. S. Sheppard; S. Sheppard (17898)
Edwin E. Sheridan 38 n.a. United States E. E. Sheridan; (bio-it) E. E. Sheridan; E. Sheridan; E. Sherdian
Jia You Shih 3 n.a. China C.-Y. Shih; disc: MPC, MPC and MPC C.-Y. Shih
Yoshisada Shimizu 311 1943–pres. Japan Y. Shimizu; amateur Y. Shimizu (7300)
Hitoshi Shiozawa 29 n.a. Japan H. Shiozawa; amateur, (bio-it) H. Shiozawa
Seiji Shirai (astronomer) 3 n.a. Japan S. Shirai; MPC, MPC, MPC S. Shirai
Vladimir Shkodrov 7 1930–2010 Bulgaria V. G. Shkodrov; at the Bulgarian National Observatory V. G. Shkodrov; V. Shkodrov (4364)
Carolyn S. Shoemaker 377 1929–2021 United States C. S. Shoemaker; C. S. Shoemaker (4446)
Eugene M. Shoemaker 183 1928–1997 United States E. M. Shoemaker; E. M. Shoemaker (2074)
Philip Short (astronomer) 1 n.a. United Kingdom P. Short; P. Short
Sergey E. Shurpakov 2 1966–pres. Belarus S. Shurpakov; Sergey Eduardovich Shurpakov, amateur S. Shurpakov (279274)
Piero Sicoli 43 1954–pres. Italy P. Sicoli; amateur, at Sormano Observatory P. Sicoli (7866)
Stephen Singer-Brewster 7 1945–pres. United States S. Singer-Brewster; at Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey S. Singer-Brewster; S. C. Brewster (10315)
Amanjot Singh 1 1988–pres. United States A. Singh; A. Singh (175562)
Russell Sipe 2 n.a. United States R. Sipe; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC R. Sipe
Brigitta Sipőcz 46 1984–pres. Hungary B. Sipőcz; (bio-de) B. Sipocz; B. S. ocz; B. Sipőcz
Michael L. Sitko 1 n.a. United States M. L. Sitko; inferred M. L. Sitko
Brian A. Skiff 62 n.a. United States B. A. Skiff; at Lowell Observatory B. A. Skiff (2554)
David R. Skillman 17 1945–pres. United States D. R. Skillman; D. R. Skillman; D. Skillman (70720)
Jure Skvarč 20 1964–pres. Slovenia J. Skvarč; (bio-it) J. Skvarc; J. Skvarč (89818)
Evgenij Fëdorovič Skvorcov 3 1882–1952 Russia
Soviet Union
E. Skvorcov; Evgenij Skvortsov, (bio-it) E. Skvortsov (1854)
Sonia Keys 1 1961–2018 United States K. Smalley; Kyle Smalley, amateur, Powell Observatory K. Smalley (36445)
Tamara Smirnova 135 1935–2001 Russia T. M. Smirnova; T. M. Smirnova (5540)
A. C. Smith 1 n.a. A. C. Smith; A. C. Smith
Glenn Smith 1 1962–Pres Canada G. Smith; co-disc. with M. Brown G. Smith
Suzanne Smrekar 1 n.a. United States S. Smrekar; Suzanne Elizabeth Smrekar; (bio-it) S. Smrekar
Bogdan Sobczuk 1 n.a. Poland B. Sobczuk; Src B. Sobczuk
Adam Sodor 1 n.a. Hungary A. Sodor; A. Sodor
Andrea Soffiantini 1 n.a. Italy A. Soffiantini; Carezza, Trentino (NASA) A. Soffiantini
Patrick Sogorb 6 1971–pres. France P. Sogorb; amateur, (bio-fr) P. Sogorb
Vladimir Jakovlevič Solov'ëv 1 n.a. Russia V. Y. Solovyov; (bio-it) V. Y. Solovyov
Y. Sorimachi (astronomer) 2 n.a. Japan Y. Sorimachi; disc: MPC and MPC Y. Sorimachi
Giovanni Sostero 1 1964–2012 Italy G. Sostero; amateur G. Sostero (9878)
Alfredo Sota 4 n.a. Spain A. Sota; inferred, at Sierra Nevada Observatory (J86) A. Sota
Guy Soulié 2 1920–pres. France G. Soulié; amateur, (bio-fr) G. Soulie (13226)
Timothy B. Spahr 59 1970–pres. United States T. B. Spahr; Timothy Bruce Spahr, at Bigelow Sky Survey T. B. Spahr (2975)
Stefano Sposetti 166 1958–pres. Switzerland S. Sposetti; amateur S. Sposetti; Stefano Sposetti (22354)
Tom Stafford (astronomer) 40 n.a. United States T. Stafford; T. Stafford
Anton Staus 1 1872–1955 Germany A. Staus; disc: MPC A. Staus
Duncan Steel 12 1955–pres. United Kingdom
Australia
D. I. Steel; D. I. Steel (4713)
W. A. Stein 1 n.a. United States W. A. Stein; inferred W. A. Stein
Édouard Stephan 2 1837–1923 France É. Stephan; disc: MPC and MPC E. Stephan
Peter B. Stetson 1 1952–pres. Canada P. B. Stetson; Peter Brailey Stetson, (bio-it) P. B. Stetson (255703)
Berton L. Stevens 59 1951–pres. United States B. L. Stevens; amateur, Desert Moon Observatory (448), (bio-it) B. L. Stevens (38540)
Janet A. Stevens 1 1950–pres. United States J. Stevens; amateur, née Madenberg, wife of B. L. Stevens (bio-it) J. Stevens (55561)
Carlton F. Stewart 1 n.a. United States C. F. Stewart; (bio-it) C. F. Stewart
DeLisle Stewart 1 1870–1941 United States D. Stewart; disc: MPC D. Stewart
Lacey Stewart 1 n.a. United States L. Stewart; Src Archived 10 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine L. Stewart
Jürgen Stock (astronomer) 3 1923–pres. Germany
Venezuela
J. Stock; J. Stock (4388)
M. Stockmaster 1 n.a. United States M. Stockmaster; inferred M. Stockmaster
Reiner Michael Stoss 9 1975–pres. Germany R. M. Stoss; amateur, at Starkenburg Observatory R. M. Stoss; R. Stoss (7689)
Luca Strabla 1 1963–pres. Italy L. Strabla; Luca Pietro Strabla, amateur, (bio-it) L. Strabla (35326)
Louis-Gregory Strolger 1 n.a. United States L.-G. Strolger; inferred L.-G. Strolger
Gyula Strommer 1 1920–1995 Hungary G. Strommer; (bio-it) G. Strommer (254876)
Otto Struve 2 1897–1963 United States O. Struve; O. Struve (2227)
Antonio Stucchi 1 n.a. Italy A. Stucchi; inferred A. Stucchi
Jeffrey Sue 1 n.a. United States J. Sue; inferred, at RAS Observatory (H06), Src J. Sue
Uwe Süßenberger 4 n.a. Germany U. Süßenberger; U. Suessenberger
Judit Szulágyi 1 J. Szulágyi; J. Szulagyi; J. Szulágyi
Matsuo Sugano 4 1939–pres. Japan M. Sugano; amateur M. Sugano (5872)
Atsushi Sugie 122 n.a. Japan A. Sugie; at Dynic Astronomical Observatory A. Sugie (3957)
Rafael Suvanto 1 1909–1940 Finland R. Suvanto; (bio-it) R. Suvanto (1927)
Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer) 42 1950–pres. Japan K. Suzuki; amateur K. Suzuki (5526)
Shōhei Suzuki 52 n.a. Japan S. Suzuki; S. Suzuki
Steven Roger Swanson 2 n.a. United States S. R. Swanson; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC S. R. Swanson
Frédéric Sy 2 1861–1917 France F. Sy; at Algiers and Paris observatories; disc: MPC and MPC F. Sy (1714)
Gyula M. Szabó 9 1979–pres. Hungary G. Szabó; (bio-fr) G. Szabo (113203)
Tamás Szalai (astronomer) 6 n.a. Hungary T. Szalai; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC T. Szalai
Dorottya Szám 1 n.a. Hungary D. Szám; amateur, (bio-it) D. Szam
Péter Székely (astronomer) 3 n.a. Hungary P. Székely; Piszkéstető Station P. Szekely
Attila Szing 6 n.a. Hungary A. Szing; inferred A. Szing
D. Taeymans 1 n.a. Belgium D. Taeymans; inferred D. Taeymans
Laurence G. Taff 10 1947–pres. United States L. G. Taff; (bio-fr) L. G. Taff
Ugo Tagliaferri 2 n.a. Italy U. Tagliaferri; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) U. Tagliaferri
Atsushi Takahashi 22 1965–pres. Japan A. Takahashi; amateur, at Kitami Observatory A. Takahashi (4842)
Katalin Takáts 1 n.a.–pres. Hungary K. Takáts; K. Takats; K. Takáts
Masanori Takeishi 13 1950–pres. Japan M. Takeishi; amateur, (bio-de) M. Takeishi (7776)
A. W. Taylor (astronomer) 1 n.a. United States A. W. Taylor; (545546), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (see D. T. Durig) A. W. Taylor
D. Team (astronomer) 2 n.a. United States D. Team; (545774), Kitt Peak D. Team
Noéline Teamo 240 n.a. France N. Teamo; amateur, Hibiscus Observatory (F84) N. Teamo
Wilhelm Tempel 5 1821–1889 Germany E. W. Tempel; E. W. Tempel (3808)
Luciano Tesi 192 1931–pres. Italy L. Tesi; amateur L. Tesi; L. esi (15817)
Augusto Testa 31 1950–pres. Italy A. Testa; amateur A. Testa (11667)
Holger Thiele 4 1878–1946 Denmark H. Thiele; son of Thorvald N. Thiele H. Thiele (1586)
Bernd Thinius 2 1959–pres. Germany B. Thinius; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC,[2] B. Thinius
David J. Tholen 68 1955–pres. United States D. J. Tholen; D. J. Tholen; D. C. Tholen (3255)
Norman G. Thomas 55 1930–pres. United States N. G. Thomas; N. G. Thomas (2555)
William Thuillot 1 1951–pres. France W. Thuillot; inferred W. Thuillot (18568)
Dan Tibbets 3 n.a. United States D. Tibbets; inferred, disc: MPC and MPC D. Tibbets
Jana Tichá 119 1965–pres. Czech Republic J. Tichá; J. Ticha; J. Tichá (5757)
Miloš Tichý 240 1966–pres. Czech Republic M. Tichý; M. Tichy; M. Tichý (3337)
Jürgen Tiedtke 1 1966–pres. Germany J. Tiedtke; amateur, co-disc. with M. Klein, FB J. Tiedtke
Friedrich Tietjen 1 1832–1895 Germany F. Tietjen; ARI-astronomer, disc: MPC F. Tietjen (2158)
Michael Todd (astronomer) 5 n.a. Australia M. Todd; inferred M. Todd
Clyde Tombaugh 15 1906–1997 United States C. W. Tombaugh; C. W. Tombaugh (1604)
Maura Tombelli 199 1952–pres. Italy M. Tombelli; amateur M. Tombelli (9904)
Kōichirō Tomita 9 1925–2006 Japan K. Tomita; at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory K. Tomita (2391)
Mario Tonincelli 6 n.a. Italy M. Tonincelli; inferred M. Tonincelli; M.Tonincelli
John L. Tonry 2 1953–pres. United States J. L. Tonry; University of Hawaii, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-de) J. L. Tonry (40919)
Carlos Torres (astronomer) 37 1929–2011 Chile C. Torres; Carlos Torres R. (not Carlos Guillermo Torres), Src C. Torres (1769)
Y. Torres 1 n.a. United States Y. Torres; inferred Y. Torres
Juraj Tóth 16 1975–pres. Slovakia J. Tóth; at Comenius University J. Toth (24976)
Suzanne W. Tourtellotte 16 1945–2013 United States S. Tourtellotte; inferred S. Tourtellotte
Fabrizio Tozzi 153 1970–pres. Italy F. Tozzi; amateur, (bio-it) F. Tozzi
Richard Trentman 3 1939–pres. United States R. Trentman; amateur, Powell Observatory Near-Earth-Object program; disc: MPC and MPC R. Trentman (41279)
David E. Trilling 52 1972–pres. United States D. E. Trilling; disc: MPC and MPC D. E. Trilling; D. Trilling (20362)
Paul J. Tristram 1 n.a. New Zealand P. J. Tristram; MJUO, Src P. J. Tristram
Chad Trujillo 65 1973–pres. United States C. Trujillo; C. A. Trujillo; C. Trujillo; C. W. Trujillo (12101)
Yuan-Sheng Tsai (astronomer) 1 n.a. Taiwan Y.-S. Tsai; inferred Y.-S. Tsai
Akira Tsuchikawa 4 n.a. Japan A. Tsuchikawa; (bio-it) A. Tsuchikawa
Roy A. Tucker 737 1951–pres. United States R. A. Tucker; R. A. Tucker; R. Tucker; R.A. Tucker (10914)
Vlad Tudor 1 n.a.–pres. V. Tudor; V. Tudor
D. Tuma 1 n.a. Czech Republic D. Tuma; inferred D. Tuma
Horace Parnell Tuttle 2 1837–1923 United States H. P. Tuttle; H. P. Tuttle (5036)
Andrzej Udalski 2 1957–pres. Poland A. Udalski; disc: MPC and MPC A. Udalski
Seiji Ueda 705 1952–pres. Japan S. Ueda; amateur S. Ueda (4676)
Seitaro Urakawa 4 1975–pres. Japan S. Urakawa; at Bisei S. Urakawa (23900)
Takeshi Urata 642 1947–2012 Japan T. Urata; amateur T. Urata (3722)
Fumiaki Uto 22 n.a. Japan F. Uto; F. Uto; T. Uto
Ovidiu Vaduvescu 8 n.a. Romania O. Vaduvescu; first: (555152) O. Vaduvescu
Antonio Vagnozzi 46 1950–pres. Italy A. Vagnozzi; amateur A. Vagnozzi (7529)
Marja Väisälä 2 1916–2011 Finland M. Väisälä; Marja Ilmatar Väisälä, daughter of Y. Väisälä, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) M. Vaisala
Yrjö Väisälä 128 1891–1971 Finland Y. Väisälä; at Turku Observatory Y. Vaisala (1573), (2804)
Mallory Vale 3 1986–pres. United States M. Vale; M. Vale (158899)
Jan Vales 5 n.a. Slovenia J. Vales; at Črni Vrh, J. Vales
George Van Biesbroeck 16 1880–1974 Belgium
United States
G. Van Biesbroeck; G. Van Biesbroeck (1781)
Hendrik van Gent 39 1899–1947 Netherlands H. van Gent; H. van Gent (1666)
Cornelis Johannes van Houten 4643 1920–2002 Netherlands C. J. van Houten; C. J. van Houten (1673)
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld 4644 1921–2015 Netherlands I. van Houten-Groeneveld; I. van Houten-Groeneveld; I. Groeneveld (1674)
Andre van Staden 1 n.a. South Africa A. van Staden; inferred A. van Staden
Andrew Vanden Heuvel 3 n.a. United States A. Vanden Heuvel; (bio-it) A. Vanden Heuvel
Jonathan Alexander Quirola Vásquez 1 1990–pres. Ecuador J. Vasquez; Jonathan Quirola-Vásquez; J. A. Quirola‐Vásquez; Radboud University J. Vasquez
Luděk Vašta 1 n.a. Czech Republic L. Vašta; inferred L. Vasta
Zdeňka Vávrová 115 1945–pres. Czech Republic Z. Vávrová; Z. Vavrova (3364)
Christian Veillet 161 1954–pres. France C. Veillet; C. Veillet (16984)
Graziano Ventre 4 1954–pres. Italy G. Ventre; amateur, (bio-it) G. Ventre (22500)
Krisztián Vida 1 1983–pres. Hungary K. Vida; (IAU), co-disc. #K. Sarneczky K. Vida
Antoni Vidal 1 n.a. Spain A. Vidal; amateur, (bio-it) A. Vidal
Ester Vigil 1 n.a. Spain E. Vigil; amateur, (bio-it) E. Vigil
Jozef Világi 12 n.a. Slovakia J. Világi; inferred J. Vilagi; J. Világi
Walter Augustin Villiger 1 1872–1938 Switzerland W. Villiger; W. Villiger (1310)
George R. Viscome 33 1956–pres. United States G. R. Viscome; G. R. Viscome (6183)
David Voglsam 1 1976-pres. Austria D. Voglsam; Src D. Voglsam
Heinrich Vogt (astronomer) 1 1890–1968 Germany H. Vogt; disc: MPC H. Vogt (1439)
Luigi Volta 5 1876–1952 Italy L. Volta; (bio-it) L. Volta (383622)
Tomáš Vorobjov 15 1984–pres. Slovakia T. Vorobjov; amateur T. Vorobjov (4858)
Christel Vuissoz 5 n.a. Switzerland C. Vuissoz; inferred, disc: MPC C. Vuissoz
Libor Vyskočil 1 n.a. Czech Republic L. Vyskočil; inferred L. Vyskocil
Arno Arthur Wachmann 3 1902–1990 Germany A. Wachmann; A. Wachmann (1704)
Sahil Wadhwa 1 n.a. India S. Wadhwa; S. Wadhwa
Joe Wagner (astronomer) 6 1964–pres. United States J. Wagner; (bio-it) J. Wagner
R. Mark Wagner 9 n.a. United States R. M. Wagner; IAU R. M. Wagner
Duncan Waldron 2 n.a. United Kingdom
Scotland
J. D. Waldron; amateur, disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) J. D. Waldron
Jasper V. Wall 1 n.a. Canada J. V. Wall; (bio-it) J. V. Wall
Åke Wallenquist 1 1904–1994 Sweden Å. A. E. Wallenquist; at Kvistaberg Station A. A. E. Wallenquist (2114)
Brian D. Warner 3 1952–pres. United States B. D. Warner; photometrist, (bio-it), Src B. D. Warner (8734)
Archibald Warnock 7 n.a. United States A. Warnock; (bio-it) A. Warnock
Lawrence H. Wasserman 295 n.a. United States L. H. Wasserman; occultation, (bio-it) L. H. Wasserman (2660)
Kazuro Watanabe 671 1955–pres. Japan K. Watanabe; amateur K. Watanabe (4155)
James Craig Watson 22 1838–1880 Canada
United States
J. C. Watson; J. C. Watson (729)
Martin Watt 4 n.a. United Kingdom M. Watt; (bio-it) M. Watt
J. Scott Weaver 2 1940–2008 United States J. S. Weaver; (bio-it) J. S. Weaver; S. Weaver (96344)
Robert Weber (astronomer) 8 1926–2008 United States R. Weber; R. Weber (6181)
Katrina Wefel 2 n.a. United States K. Wefel; at Baton Rouge, disc: MPC and MPC K. Wefel
Don J. Wells 21 1965–pres. United States D. Wells; amateur, (bio-it) D. Wells (99891)
Lisa Wells (astronomer) 5 n.a. United States L. Wells; inferred; remote observer for CFHT; co-discoverer #M. Micheli: Src L. Wells
Jim Wentworth 1 n.a. United States J. Wentworth; inferred J. Wentworth
Wolfgang Wenzel (astronomer) 1 1929–2021 Germany W. Wenzel; (bio-de) W. Wenzel (58607)
Richard Martin West 40 1941–pres. Denmark R. M. West; R. M. West (2022)
Fred Lawrence Whipple 1 1906–2004 United States F. L. Whipple; F. L. Whipple (1940)
Minor White (astronomer) 45 n.a. United States M. White; (bio-it) M. White
Robert J. Whiteley 12 1971–pres. United States R. J. Whiteley; (bio-it) R. J. Whiteley (20460)
Paul Wiegert 85 1967–pres. Canada P. A. Wiegert; P. A. Wiegert (15068)
Patrick Wiggins (astronomer) 5 1949–pres. United States P. Wiggins; amateur, (bio-it) P. Wiggins (4099)
Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer) 94 1925–2014 Switzerland P. Wild; P. Wild (1941)
Peter D. Wilder 1 n.a. United States P. D. Wilder; (bio-it) P. D. Wilder
Iwan P. Williams 7 n.a. United Kingdom I. P. Williams; (bio-it) I. P. Williams (3634)
James G. Williams 1 n.a. United States J. G. Williams; Src J. G. Williams (2335)
Kenneth A. Williams 14 1956–pres. United States K. A. Williams; (824) Lake Clear N.Y.; astrophotographer K. A. Williams (14075)
Ryan M. Williams 1 n.a. United States R. M. Williams; (bio-it) R. M. Williams
John E. Willis 1 n.a. United States J. Willis; USNO-astronomer, Src Archived 5 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (bio-it) J. Willis
Albert George Wilson 5 1918–2012 United States A. G. Wilson; A. G. Wilson (4015)
Carl A. Wirtanen 8 1910–1990 United States C. A. Wirtanen; C. A. Wirtanen (2044)
Edith Wirtanen 1 n.a. United States E. Wirtanen; Edith Rand Wirtanen, wife of Carl Wirtanen, (bio-it) E. Wirtanen (6029)
Carl Gustav Witt 2 1866–1946 Germany G. Witt; G. Witt (2732)
David Wittman 3 n.a. United States D. Wittman; David M. Wittman D. Wittman
Christian Wolf (astronomer) 1 n.a. Germany C. Wolf; assumed C. Wolf
Marek Wolf 19 1957–pres. Czech Republic M. Wolf; M. Wolf
Max Wolf 248 1863–1932 Germany M. F. Wolf; M. F. Wolf (827)
Chris Wolfe 29 n.a. United States C. Wolfe; (bio-it) C. Wolfe
Ulrich Wolff 2 1964–pres. Germany U. Wolff; amateur, Berlin, Src U. Wolff
Harry Edwin Wood 12 1881–1946 United Kingdom H. E. Wood; H. E. Wood (1660)
Gao Xing 8 1974–pres. China X. Gao; first disc: (546049), obscode:C42 X. Gao (204710)
Naotaka Yamamoto 1 n.a. Japan N. Yamamoto; (bio-it) N. Yamamoto
Masayuki Yanai 27 1959–pres. Japan M. Yanai; M. Yanai (4260)
Yang Tingzhang 12 n.a. Taiwan T.-C. Yang; (bio-it) T.-C. Yang
Quanzhi Ye 213 1988–pres China Q. Ye; Quanzhi Ye;[4] also: Ye Quanzhi, (bio-it), Src Archived 19 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Q. Ye; QZ Ye; Q.-z. Ye (10280)
B. Yeung 1 n.a. United States B. Yeung; B. Yeung
William Kwong Yu Yeung 2049 1960–pres. Canada W. K. Y. Yeung; amateur, (bio-it) W. K. Y. Yeung; W. K. Yeung; W. K. YEUNG (40776)
Qing-zhu Yin 1 n.a.–pres. China Q. Yin; UC Davis Q. Yin
M. Yoshimi 1 n.a. Japan M. Yoshimi; M. Yoshimi
James Whitney Young 267 1941–pres. United States J. W. Young; J. W. Young; J. Young (2874)
Jure Zakrajšek 7 n.a. Slovenia J. Zakrajšek; Src J. Zakrajsek
O. Zamora 1 n.a. Spain O. Zamora; co-disc. #O. Vaduvescu O. Zamora
Fulvio Zanardini 2 n.a. Italy F. Zanardini; disc: MPC and MPC, (bio-it) F. Zanardini
Luciano Zannoni 1 n.a. Italy L. Zannoni; L. Zannoni
Vincenzo Zappalà 9 1945–pres. Italy V. Zappalà; at Pino Torinese Observatory V. Zappala (2813)
Justas Zdanavičius 114 n.a. Lithuania J. Zdanavičius; (bio-it) J. Zdanavicius
Kazimieras Zdanavičius 1 1938–pres. Lithuania K. Zdanavičius; (bio-it) K. Zdanavicius (203823)
Kenneth W. Zeigler 3 n.a. United States K. W. Zeigler; disc: MPC, (bio-it) K. W. Zeigler
David S. Zelinsky 1 n.a. United States D. Zelinsky; inferred D. Zelinsky (3042)
O. Zeloyniy 2 n.a. Russia O. Zeloyniy; inferred, first: (550982) O. Zeloyniy
Xu Zhijian 4 1989–pres. China Z. Xu; amateur, (546756), co-discoveries with Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, 300 SOHO comets Z. Xu (546843)
Lyudmila Zhuravleva 213 1946–pres. Russia
Ukraine
L. V. Zhuravleva; Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva; ITA-astronomer L. V. Zhuravleva (26087)
Massimo Ziboli 4 n.a. Italy M. Ziboli; amateur, disc: MPC, (bio-it) M. Ziboli
Pavel Zigo 1 n.a. Slovakia P. Zigo; inferred P. Zigo
Ute Zimmer 24 1964–pres. Germany U. Zimmer; amateur,[2] U. Zimmer
Michał Żołnowski 41 1975–pres. Poland M. Żołnowski; amateur, Rantiga Osservatorio M. Zolnowski; M. Żołnowski; M. Żołnowsk (384815)
Frank B. Zoltowski 229 1957–pres. Australia F. B. Zoltowski; amateur F. B. Zoltowski (18292)
Giovanni Zonaro 1 n.a. Italy G. Zonaro; amateur, (bio-it) G. Zonaro
Cristina Zurita 1 n.a. Spain C. Zurita; inferred C. Zurita
Anna N. Żytkow 7 1947–pres. Poland A. Żytkow; A. Zytkow

Discovering dedicated institutions

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Institution Discoveries Obs. code Country Link-label; info, links, and notes Name(s) at MPC
Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory 299 608, 605 United States AMOS; AMOS
Altschwendt Observatory 11 A44 Austria Altschwendt Obs.; cite: (117156) Altschwendt
Ametlla de Mar Observatory 12 946 Spain
Catalonia
Ametlla de Mar Obs.; Ametlla de Mar
Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory 124 A50 Ukraine Andrushivka Obs.; Andrushivka
Apache Point Observatory 9 645 United States Apache Point Obs.; Apache Point
Argentine National Observatory 1 822 Argentina Argentine National Observatory; Córdoba Obs.; Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba; Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Córdoba; Cordoba


Asiago Observatory 8 098 Italy Asiago Obs.; Cima Ekar
Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey 219 209 Italy
Germany
ADAS; Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey; ADAS
Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System 2 T05, T08
M22, W68
United States ATLAS; Haleakala (ATLAS-HKO) and Mauna Loa (ATLAS-MLO), as well as at Sutherland Observatory (South Africa) and El Sauce Observatory (Chile) ATLAS; ATLAS-HKO, Haleaka
Astronomical Research Observatory 96 H55, H21 United States ARO; Astronomical Research Observatory moved from Charleston (H55) to Westfield (H21) in 2009. Src Astronomical Research Observatory; Charleston; Westfield
Astrovirtel 5 I03 Chile Astrovirtel; ASTROVIRTEL
Sierra Remote Observatories 3 G53, G80 United States Sierra Remote Obs.; Auberry
Stardome Observatory 1 466, 467 New Zealand Stardome Obs.; Auckland
Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey 441 300 Japan BATTeRS; BATTeRS; Bisei SG Center
Badlands Observatory 7 918 United States Badlands Obs.; Badlands
Jonathan B. Postel Observatory 9 201 Italy Jonathan B. Postel Obs.; Bareggio
Bassano Bresciano Observatory 3 565 Italy Bassano Bresciano Obs.; aka Osservatorio Astronomico (di) Bassano Bresciano, private, it:wiki Bassano Bresciano
Bastia Observatory 1 197 Italy Bastia Obs.; Bastia
Highland Road Park Observatory 1 747 United States Highland Road Park Obs.; Baton Rouge
Bédoin Observatory 1 132 France Bédoin Obs.; Observatoire de Bédoin Bedoin
Begues Observatory 2 170 Spain
Catalonia
Begues Obs.; (Catalan: Observatori Astronòmic de Begues) Begues
Bélesta Observatory 2 A05 France Bélesta Obs.; (576901) at Bélesta-en-Lauragais, ADAGIO society Belesta
Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program 1304 327 China SCAP; Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program; NAOC Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
Bergen-Enkheim Observatory 1 A74 Germany Bergen-Enkheim Obs.; Bergen-Enkheim
Bergisch Gladbach Observatory 11 621 Germany Bergisch Gladbach Obs.; Bergisch Gladbach
Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory 31 344 South Korea Bohyunsan Obs.; Bohyunsan
Boyden Observatory 4 074 South Africa Boyden Obs.; Boyden Observatory
Bulgarian National Observatory 10 071 Bulgaria Bulgarian National Obs.; Bulgarian National Observatory
Cala d'Hort Observatory 1 C85 Spain Cala d'Hort Obs.; (Observatorio Cala d'Hort) Observatiorio Cala d'Hort
CBA-East Observatory 1 H86 United States CBA-East Obs.; CBA-East
CERGA Observatory 24 010 France CERGA; Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie CERGA
Catalina Sky Survey 30578 703 United States CSS; CSS
Calar Alto Observatory 8 493 Spain Calar Alto Obs.; Calar Alto
Calvin–Rehoboth Observatory 114 G98 United States Calvin–Rehoboth Obs.; in NM, cite: MPC, disc: MPC to Prairie School, all others to Calvin College Calvin College; Prairie School
Campinas Observatory 1 870 Brazil Campinas Obs.; Observatório de Campinas Campinas
Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory 5 468 Italy Campo Catino Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico Campo Catino Campo Catino
Campo Catino Austral Observatory Survey 5 I10 Chile CAOS; Campo Catino Austral Observatory Survey; San Pedro de CAO; CAO, San Pedro de
Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey 1734 599 Italy CINEOS; CINEOS; Campo Imperatore; Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey
Canada–France Ecliptic Plane Survey 2 568 Canada
France
CFEPS; Src, presumably conducted at CFHT, using generic Mauna Kea obs. code (568) Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey
Catalina Station 1 693 United States Catalina Stn.; Catalina Station
Cavezzo Observatory 7 107 Italy Cavezzo Obs.; Cavezzo
Cavriana Observatory 2 571 Italy Cavriana Obs.; Osservatorio di Cavriana Cavriana
Alianza S4 Observatory 126 I08 Argentina Alianza S4 Obs.; Cerro Burek
Cerro El Roble Observatory 1 805 Chile Cerro El Roble Stn.; Cerro El Roble
Paranal Observatory 5 309 Chile Paranal Obs.; Cerro Paranal
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 249 807 Chile Cerro Tololo Obs.; Cerro Tololo
Cerro Tololo-LCO 1 W85, W86, W87 Chile CTIO-LCO; Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) node at CTIO Cerro Tololo-LCO B
Chante-Perdrix Observatory 162 A77 France Chante-Perdrix Obs.; Observatoire Chante-Perdrix Chante-Perdrix
Cielo Profundo Observatory 1 J01 Spain Cielo Profundo Obs.; (541487) Observatorio Cielo
Colleverde di Guidonia Observatory 2 596 Italy Colleverde Obs.; Osservatorio Colleverde di Guidonia Colleverde
Copenhagen University Observatory 8 035 Denmark Copenhagen Obs.; Copenhagen Observatory
Cordell–Lorenz Observatory 30 850 United States Cordell–Lorenz Obs.; Cordell-Lorenz
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory 13 095 Ukraine Crimean Astrophysical Obs.; Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Črni Vrh Observatory 427 106 Slovenia Črni Vrh; Crni Vrh
Dark Energy Camera 81 W84 Chile CTIO-DECam; DECam; Cerro Tololo-DECam
Dark Energy Survey 6 W84 Chile CTIO-DES; Dark Energy Survey
Dax Observatory 8 958 France Dax Obs.; Observatoire de Dax Dax
Deep Ecliptic Survey 9 695 United States DES; Deep Ecliptic Survey
Deep Lens Survey 80 807 Chile
United States
DLS; Deep Lens Survey
Drebach Observatory 16 113 Germany Drebach Obs.; Drebach; Volkssternwarte Drebach
Doc Greiner Research Observatory 1 G48 United States Greiner Obs.; Doc Greiner Research Observatory
European Near Earth Asteroids Research 12 809 Chile EURONEAR; EURONEAR
Desert Wanderer Observatory 2 G78 United States Desert Wanderer Obs.; El Centro
Farpoint Observatory 137 734 United States Farpoint Obs.; cite: MPC, NEKAAL, Kansas Farpoint; Eskridge
Walter Hohmann Observatory 11 636 Germany Walter Hohmann Obs.; Essen
European Southern Observatory 2 809 Chile ESO; European Southern Observatory
Everstar Observatory 3 849 United States Everstar Obs.; Everstar
Eygalayes Observatory 1 B44 France Eygalayes Obs.; Eygalayes
Farra d'Isonzo Observatory 225 595 Italy Farra d'Isonzo; Farra d'Isonzo; CCAF
Faulkes Telescope Educational Project 3 608 United States Faulkes Project; Faulkes Telescope Educational Project
Faulkes Telescope North 5 F65 United States Haleakala-Faulkes; Haleakala
Félix Aguilar Observatory 63 808 Argentina Félix Aguilar Obs.; Felix Aguilar Observatory
Fountain Hills Observatory 35 678 United States Fountain Hills Obs.; Fountain Hills
Frasso Sabino Observatory 2 157 Italy Frasso Sabino Obs.; Osservatorio di Frasso Sabino Frasso Sabino
Goodricke-Pigott Observatory 75 683 United States Goodricke-Pigott Obs.; Goodricke-Pigott
Great Shefford Observatory 10 J95 United Kingdom Great Shefford Obs.; Great Shefford
Harvard College Observatory 55 800, 802 United States Harvard Obs.; Harvard Observatory
Haute-Provence Observatory 5 511 France Haute-Provence Obs.; Haute Provence; Institute d'Astrophysics
Hawkeye Observatory 1 H52 United States Hawkeye Obs.; Hawkeye
Herrenberg Observatory 1 240 Germany Herrenberg Obs.; Herrenberg
Hibiscus Observatory 3 F84 France Hibiscus Obs.; Hibiscus
Hormersdorf Observatory 6 A35 Germany Hormersdorf Obs.; Hormersdorf
Hunters Hill Observatory 1 E14 Australia Hunters Hill Obs.; Hunters Hill
IAA-AI Atacama 2 I16 Chile IAA-AI; IAA-AI
International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey 8 675 United States INAS; INAS
Infrared Astronomical Satellite 4 500 United States IRAS; IRAS
International Scientific Optical Network 10 H15 United States ISON; ISON
ASC-Kislovodsk Observatory 11 D00 Russia ASC-Kislovodsk; ASC-Kislovodsk; ISON-Kislovodsk Observatory
Indiana Asteroid Program 119 760 United States Indiana University; Indiana University
Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory 2 D44 Japan Ishigakijima Obs.; disc: MPC and MPC Ishigakijima
JATE Asteroid Survey 1 461 Hungary JATE Asteroid Survey; JATE Asteroid Survey
Japan Spaceguard Association 1 381 Japan JSGA; Japan Spaceguard Association
Jarnac Observatory 168 G92 United States Jarnac Obs.; Jarnac
John J. McCarthy Observatory 1 932 United States John J. McCarthy Obs.; John J. McCarthy
Jonathan B. Postel Observatory 1 201 Italy Jonathan B. Postel Obs.; Jonathan B. Postel
Junk Bond Observatory 53 701 United States Junk Bond Obs.; Junk Bond
Jura Observatory 6 185 Switzerland Jura Obs.; (42113) Vicques
Kepler (spacecraft) 1 C55 United States Kepler; KEPLER
Klet Observatory near Earth and other unusual objects observations team and telescope 36 246 Czech Republic KLENOT; KLENOT
Kachina Observatory 5 G89 United States Kachina Obs.; Kachina
Kambah Observatory 1 415 Australia Kambah Obs.; Kambah
Kiso Observatory 3 381 Japan Kiso Obs.; Kiso
Kitt Peak National Observatory 104 695 United States Kitt Peak Obs.; Kitt Peak
Kleť Observatory 301 046 Czech Republic Kleť Obs.; Klet
Kvistaberg Observatory 6 049 Sweden Kvistaberg Obs.; Kvistaberg; Uppsala-Kvistaberg
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research 150558 704 United States LINEAR; LINEAR
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search 22852 688 United States LONEOS; LONEOS; Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
Lulin Sky Survey 305 D35 China LUSS; LUSS
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory 39 950 Spain La Palma Obs.; La Palma
La Plata Observatory 5 839 Argentina La Plata Obs.; La Plata
La Silla Observatory 27 I05 Chile La Silla Obs.; La Silla
Mount John University Observatory 5 474 United States Mount John Obs.; Lake Tekapo
Las Campanas Observatory 1 304 Chile Las Campanas Obs.; Las Campanas
Les Engarouines Observatory 3 A14 France Les Engarouines Obs.; Observatoire des Engarouines, Laurent Bernasconi, (541609) Les Engarouines
Lick Observatory 4 662 United States Lick Obs.; Lick Observatory
LightBuckets Observatory 4 B10, H11 France
United States
LightBuckets Obs.; LightBuckets
Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site 8 704 United States Lincoln Lab ETS; Lincoln Laboratory ETS; Socorro
Liverpool Telescope 1 J13 Spain La Palma-Liverpool; La Palma-Liverpool
Davidschlag Observatory 5 540 Austria Davidschlag Obs.; Linz Observatory Linz
Loiano Observatory 1 598 Italy Loiano Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico di Loiano Loiano
Los Molinos Observatory 2 844 Uruguay Los Molinos Obs.; Los Molinos
Lowell Observatory 3 690 United States Lowell Obs.; Lowell Observatory
Lowell Discovery Telescope 1 G37 United States Lowell Discovery Tel.; Flagstaff
Lulin Observatory 24 D35 Taiwan Lulin Obs.; Lulin
OGS Telescope 203 J04 Spain ESA OGS; ESA OGS
Lumezzane Observatory 1 130 Italy Lumezzane Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico Serafino Zani Lumezzane
Madonna di Dossobuono Observatory 7 560 Italy Madonna di Dossobuono Obs.; (Osservatorio Madonna di Dossobuono) Madonna di Dossobuono
Majdanak Observatory 3 188 Uzbekistan Majdanak Obs.; Majdanak
Málaga Observatory 1 J40 Spain Málaga Obs.; Malaga
Consell Observatory 2 176 Spain Consell Obs.; (Observatorio Astronómico de Consell) Consell
Marxuquera Observatory 1 952 Spain Marxuquera Obs.; Observatori Astronòmic Marxuquera Marxuquera
MASTER-SAAO Telescope 1 K95 South Africa MASTER; at South African Astronomical Observatory MASTER
MASTER-II Observatory 1 C41, C94, D54 Russia MASTER-II Observatories at Kislovodsk, Tunka, and Blagoveshchensk, respectively; MASTER-II
Mauna Kea Observatories 476 568 United States Mauna Kea Obs.; Mauna Kea; Maunakea
iTelescope Observatory 43 H06, H10 United States iTelescope Obs.; Mayhill
McDonald Observatory 2 711, V37 United States McDonald Obs.; McDonald Observatory
Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory 1 303 Venezuela Llano del Hato Obs.; Mérida
Mirasteilas Observatory 1 B67 Switzerland Mirasteilas Obs.; (541318) Falera
Modra Observatory 15 118 Slovakia Modra Obs.; Modra
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory 43 152 Lithuania Molėtai Obs.; Moletai
Monte Viseggi Observatory 4 126 Italy Monte Viseggi Obs.; Osservatorio Monte Viseggi Monte Viseggi
Moriyama Observatory 1 900 Japan Moriyama Obs.; Moriyama
Mount Lemmon Survey 89589 G96 United States Mount Lemmon Survey; Mt. Lemmon Survey; Mount Lemmon Survey
Mount Lemmon Sky Center 1 G84 United States Mount Lemmon Sky Center; lowest (542072) Mount Lemmon SkyCenter; Mount Lemmon SkyCe
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking 44263 566, 644 United States NEAT; NEAT; Haleakala-NEAT/GEO
Nachi-Katsuura Observatory 1 905 Japan Nachi-Katsuura Obs.; Nachi-Katsuura
SFA Observatory 4 740 United States SFA Obs.; Nacogdoches
Nakagawa Observatory 1 D74 Japan Nakagawa Obs.; Nakagawa
Nanchuan Observatory 1 D14 China Nanchuan Obs.; Nanchuan
George Observatory 220 735 United States Needville Obs.; Needville
Network of European Observatories in the North 1 J50 Spain NEON; La Palma Obs. La Palma-NEON
John J. McCarthy Observatory 3 932 United States John J. McCarthy Obs.; New Milford
Nyrölän observatorio 1 174 Finland Nyrölä; Nyrola
Mount Nyukasa Station 116 408 Japan Mount Nyukasa Stn.; Nyukasa
Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca 2869 620, J75 Spain OAM Obs.; Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca (620), La Sagra Observatory (J75); La Sagra alias inferred not to be L98 due to MPC discovery circumstance changes to 614006, 614007, 614008 OAM; OAM Observatory; La Sagra
OCA-Anza Observatory 1 643 United States OCA-Anza; Orange County Astronomers - Anza OCA-Anza
OCA–DLR Asteroid Survey 1089 910 France ODAS; ODAS
Oak Ridge Observatory 38 801 United States Oak Ridge Observatory; Oak Ridge Observatory
Oakley Observatory 3 916, E09 United States
Australia
Oakley Obs.; Oakley
Observatory Naef Épendes 24 A13 Switzerland Naef Obs.; Observatoire Naef
Montcabre Observatory 1 213 Italy Montcabre Obs.; Observatorio Montcabre Observatorio Montcabre
Sunflower Observatory 10 739, 849 United States Olathe; Olathe
Ondřejov Observatory 25 557 Czech Republic Ondřejov Obs.; (Observatoř Ondřejov), cite MPC Ondrejov
Nihondaira Observatory Oohira Station 6 385 Japan Oohira Stn.; Oohira
Cima Rest Observatory 1 B11 Italy Cima Rest Obs.; Osservatorio Cima Rest Osservatorio Cima Rest
Polino Observatory 2 609 Italy Polino Obs.; Osservatorio Polino Osservatorio Polino
San Vittore Observatory 99 552 Italy San Vittore Obs.; Osservatorio San Vittore Osservatorio San Vittore
Ottmarsheim Observatory 15 224 France Ottmarsheim Obs.; Observatoire d'Ottmarsheim Ottmarsheim
Outer Solar System Origins Survey 40 568 United States OSSOS; lowest numbered discovery: (496315) Outer Solar System Origins Survey
Oukaïmeden Observatory 1 J43 Morocco Oukaïmeden Obs.; (541778) Oukaimeden
Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey 20 675 United States PCAS; PCAS
PMO NEO Survey Program 761 330 China PMO NEO; PMO NEO Survey Program; PMO Neo Survey Program
Palomar Observatory 60 675 United States Palomar Obs.; Palomar; Palomar Mountain-D; Palomar Mountain
Palomar Transient Factory 143 I41 United States PTF; Palomar Transient Factory
Pan-STARRS 23414 F51 United States Pan-STARRS; Pan-STARRS 1; Pan-STARRS1
Pan-STARRS 2 52 F52 United States Pan-STARRS 2; first discovery 515767 Pan-STARRS 2
Beijing Astronomical Observatory 1 324, 327 China Peking Obs.; Peking Observatory
Perth Observatory 29 319, 322 Australia Perth Obs.; Perth Observatory
Pic du Midi Observatory 9 586 France Pic du Midi Obs.; French: Observatoire du Pic du Midi, cite: MPC Pic du Midi
Pises Observatory 44 122 France Pises Obs.; Observatoire des Pises Pises
Piszkéstető Station 5 461, 561 Hungary Piszkéstető Stn.; Piszkesteto
Pla D'Arguines Observatory 43 941 Spain Pla D'Arguines Obs.; Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines Pla D'Arguines
Pleiade Observatory 1 H96 Canada Pleiade Obs.; Pleiade
Polonia Observatory 1 W98 Chile Polonia Obs.; Polonia
Powell Observatory 22 649 United States Powell Obs.; Powell
Prairie Grass Observatory 2 H59 United States Prairie Grass Obs.; Prairie Grass
Puckett Observatory 1 752, 764 United States Puckett Obs.; Puckett
Purple Mountain Observatory 150 330 China Purple Mountain Obs.; Purple Mountain Observatory
Q. s. observers 7 G96, 691, F51, D03 United States Q. s. observers; Q. s. observers; observers, q.-s.; observers, Q. s.; q.-s. observers
Rantiga Observatory 1 D03 Italy Rantiga Obs.; Rantiga Osservatorio, Carpineti Tincana
Reedy Creek Observatory 1 428 Australia Reedy Creek Obs.; (541609) Reedy Creek
Remanzacco Observatory 9 473 Italy Remanzacco Obs.; Remanzacco
Royal Observatory Edinburgh 7 277 United Kingdom
Scotland
Edinburgh Obs.; Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory 55 589 Italy Santa Lucia Obs.; Stroncone
Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Observatory 3 B74 Spain Montmagastrell Obs.; Observatory Santa Maria de Montmagastrell SM Montmagastrell
Saint-Sulpice Observatory 19 947 France Saint-Sulpice Obs.; Saint-Sulpice
Saji Observatory 22 867 Japan Saji Obs.; Saji
Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory 36 104 Italy Pistoia Mountains Obs.; Italian: Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese San Marcello
National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico) 1 679 Mexico OAN Mexico; San Pedro Martir
Sandlot Observatory 6 H36 United States Sandlot Obs.; Sandlot
Schiaparelli Observatory 7 204 Italy Schiaparelli Obs.; Schiaparelli
SDSS Collaboration 706 645 (705) United States SDSS Collaboration; (544266), (546719), HP SDSS Collaboration; S. Collaboration
Shandong University Observatory 16 D39 China Shandong University Obs.; Shandong University
Shishikui Observatory 1 342 Japan Shishikui; Shishikui
Siding Spring Observatory 4 413 Australia Siding Spring Obs.; Siding Spring; Siding Spring-Faul; Spring-Faul, Siding
Siding Spring Survey 3505 E12 Australia SSS; Siding Spring Survey
Sierra Nevada Observatory 5 J86 Spain Sierra Nevada Obs.; Sierra Nevada
Sierra Stars Observatory 8 G68 United States Sierra Stars Obs.; Sierra Stars
Silver Spring Observatory 2 H85 United States Silver Spring Obs.; Silver Spring
Simeiz Observatory 1 094 Ukraine Simeiz Obs.; Simeis; Crimea-Simeiz
Skylive Observatory 1 B40 Italy Skylive Obs.; Skylive
Sloan Digital Sky Survey 1874 645 United States SDSS; Sloan Digital Sky Survey; Sloan Digital Sky Survey Linked Object Catalog team
SONEAR Observatory 3 Y00 Brazil SONEAR Obs.; SONEAR
Sormano Astronomical Observatory 1 587 Italy Sormano Obs.; Sormano
Spacewatch 176020 691 United States Spacewatch; Spacewatch
Space Surveillance Telescope 10 G45 United States Space Surveillance Telescope; lowest numbered discovery MPC: 512234 Space Surveillance Telescope
Observatory of Saint-Veran 45 615 France Saint-Véran Obs.; St. Veran
Saint Pardon de Conques Observatory 1 I93 France St Pardon de Conques Obs.; St Pardon de Conques
Starkenburg Observatory 53 611 Germany Starkenburg Obs.; Starkenburg; Heppenheim
Steward Observatory 1 692 United States Steward Obs.; if code 691, its Kitt-Peak Spacewatch Steward
Stony Ridge Observatory 2 671 United States Stony Ridge Obs.; Stony Ridge
Sub-Kilometer Asteroid Diameter Survey 21 695 United States SKADS; HP SKADS
Suno Observatory 4 147 Italy Suno Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno Suno; Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno
Sutherland-LCO 1 K91, K92, K93 Italy SAAO-LCO; Las Cumbres Observatory at South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland-LCO C
Table Mountain Observatory 2 673, 673 United States Table Mountain Obs.; Wrightwood
Taunus Observatory 3 B01 Germany Taunus Obs.; Taunus
Teide Observatory 6 954 Spain Teide Obs.; Teide
Tenagra Observatory 6 848 United States Tenagra Obs.; Tenagra; Cottage Grove
Tenagra II Observatory 117 926 United States Tenagra II Obs.; Tenagra II; Nogales
Oakley Observatory 1 H22 United States Oakley Obs.; Terre Haute
Terskol Observatory 3 B18 Russia Terskol Obs.; Terskol
Three Buttes Observatory 2 G90 United States Three Buttes Obs.; Three Buttes
Tiki Observatory 2 F85 French Polynesia Tiki Obs.; Puna'auia (202773) (541566) Tiki
TRAPPIST 1 I40 Chile Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST); TRAPPIST
Cégep de Trois-Rivières Observatory 1 924 France Cégep de Trois-Rivières Obs.; Observatoire du Cégep de Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivieres
Turtle Star Observatory 2 628 Germany Turtle Star Obs.; cite: MPC, disc: MPC, MPC Turtle Star; Mulheim-Ruhr
Tzec Maun Observatory 18 D25, H10 Australia
United States
Tzec Maun Obs.; Tzec Maun
Uppsala–ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets 1123 809 Sweden UESAC; MPC UESAC; UESAC, Comets
Royal Observatory of Belgium 13 012 Belgium Uccle Obs.; Uccle
Uenohara Observatory 2 376 Japan Uenohara Obs.; Uenohara
National Astronomical Observatory (Chile) 3 805 Chile University of Chile; University of Chile
Uppsala–DLR Asteroid Survey 262 049 Sweden
Germany
UDAS; Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey
Uppsala–DLR Trojan Survey 62 809 Sweden
Germany
UDTS; Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
Valinhos Observatory 2 860 Brazil Valinhos Obs.; Valinhos
Vallemare di Borbona Observatory 2 A55 Italy Vallemare di Borbona Obs.; Osservatorio Astronomico Vallemare di Borbona Vallemare Borbona
Valmeca Observatory 6 184 France Valmeca Obs.; Valmeca
Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope 7 290, G83 United States VATT; code 290, prolematic Mt. Gramham also for LBT (G83) Mount Graham
Village-Neuf Observatory 2 138 France Village-Neuf Obs.; Village-Neuf
Višnjan Observatory 108 120 Croatia Višnjan Obs.; Visnjan
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory 1 696 United States Whipple Obs.; Whipple
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer 4639 C51 United States WISE; WISE
Wildberg Observatory 1 198 Germany Wildberg Obs.; (541268) Wildberg
Wise Observatory 19 097 Israel Wise Obs.; Wise
Xinglong Station (NAOC) 5 327 China Xinglong Stn.; Xinglong; Peking
Yamagata Astronomical Observatory 2 D89 Japan Yamagata Obs.; Yamagata
Zadko Observatory 1 D20 Australia Zadko Obs.; Zadko
Zelenchukskaya Station 8 114 Russia Zelenchukskaya Stn.; Zelenchukskaya Stn
Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory 2 A79 Bulgaria Zvezdno Obshtestvo Obs.; Zvezdno Obshtestvo
Zwicky Transient Facility 1 I41 United States ZTF; Zwicky Transient Facility
7300 Observatory 4 H07 United States 7300 Obs.; 7300

Discovering sites

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Discovery site Obs. codes present Country Link-label; info, links, and notes Name(s) at MPC
Mount Lemmon Observatory G96 United States Mount Lemmon

Notes

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The discovery table consist of the following fields:

  • Astronomers and Institutions: links to the corresponding article about the discovering astronomer or institution on Wikipedia. If not linked, the displayed name should be a redirect to this list. For example, the page Masanao Abe forwards to the anchored table row List of minor planet discoverers § M. Abe using the astronomer's MPC-name as ID.
  • Discoveries: displays the total number of discovered and co-discovered minor planets made by the discoverer (numbered bodies only). It links to the corresponding "Discovery by..." category, which are subcategories of Category:Discoveries by astronomer and Category:Astronomical discoveries by institution, respectively. These categories do not contain discoveries for which no page on Wikipedia exists. Astronomers with only a few discoveries often do not have their own discovery-category (redlinks). For those who have discovered only one single minor planet, the link in the discovery column directly points to the corresponding entry in the list of minor planets. There are typically no linked categories for astronomers with an unknown first name.
  • DOB–DOD and Observatory code: displays the date of birth and death for astronomers, and alphanumeric IAU code(s) for institutions, respectively.
  • Country: nationality of the astronomer or location of the discovering dedicated institution, respectively. Some discoverers have assigned two flags, with the first being the most appropriate to allow for a sensible sorting by country.
  • Link-label; info, links and, notes: The link-label is used for piped discoverer links, intended for a consistent usage in minor-planet object articles and in the List of minor planets (see index). After the link-label, additional information is given: this includes links to external sources (Src), links to the MPC database (see here) for objects discovered or co-discovered by the astronomer, and trans-wiki links to existing articles on French, German and Italian Wikipedia. (The link-label should be separated by a semi-colon from all other information).
  • Name(s) at MPC: displays the name of the discoverer as used by the MPC (non-diacritical version; where the abbreviated first name is written before the family name). Some discoverers have multiple names due to inconsistencies and typos.
  • Cite: minor-planet discoverers are often honored with the naming of (one or several) asteroids by their colleges. The associated citation typically gives the discoverer's full name, his or her date of birth and additional biographical information.

References

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  1. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Schwab, Erwin (2016). Kleinplaneten-Entdeckungen in Deutschland (German). Epubli Berlin. ISBN 978-3-741-80915-6.
  3. ^ Possibly Hiroshi Hori; see Geodesy with the World's Smallest (3-m) VLBI Telescope Archived 30 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Ye, Quanzhi. "Quanzhi Ye's Astronomy Department Home Page". Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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