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Nichole M. Danzl

Minor planets discovered: 6 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Nichole M. Danzl is an American astronomer and biologist who has discovered several trans-Neptunian objects while working with the Spacewatch survey.[2]

Career

Danzl studied biology at the University of Arizona. She is a research scientist, at the Columbia University Medical Center.[3] Between 1995 and 1998, she discovered a total of six minor planets, as part of her work on the Spacewatch program.[1]

List of discovered minor planets

(24835) 1995 SM55 19 September 1995 list
(26181) 1996 GQ21 12 April 1996 list
(26308) 1998 SM165 16 September 1998 list
(33128) 1998 BU48 22 January 1998 list
(33340) 1998 VG44 14 November 1998 list[A]
52975 Cyllarus 12 October 1998 list
Co-discovery made with: A J. A. Larsen and A. Gleason

Honors and awards

Asteroid 10720 Danzl, discovered by astronomers with the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak Observatory in 1986, was named after her.[4] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 May 2001 (M.P.C. 42671).[2]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. September 30, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "10720 Danzl". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Author Page for Nichole M. Danzl :: SSRN". papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 12, 2021.