David D. Balam

List of discovered asteroids : 37

(4789) Sprattia	October 20, 1987
(6532) Scarfe	4th January 1995
(7886) Redman	August 12, 1993
(11955) Russrobb	February 8, 1994
(20106) Morton	August 20, 1995
(29348) Criswick	March 28, 1995
(39791) James Hesser	August 13, 1997
(48774) Anngower	August 10, 1997
(54411) Bobstelle	June 3, 2000	[1]
(60622) Pritchet	March 30, 2000
(81915) Hartwick	July 15, 2000
(516560) Annapolisroyal	September 22, 2006
[1] together with PB Stetson

David D. Balam is a Canadian astronomer and asteroid explorer.

He works as a research assistant in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria in British Columbia .

Between 1987 and 2007 he discovered a total of 37 asteroids, one of them together with his colleague PB Stetson .

In addition, together with Gin Zhu , he discovered comet C / 1997 L1 (Zhu-Balam) on June 3, 1997 .

The asteroid (3749) Balam was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers

literature

• Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) Preview on Google Book Search .