David S. Dixon

List of discovered asteroids :

(15056) Barbaradixon	December 28, 1998
(19718) Albertjarvis	November 5, 1999
(31442) Strong	February 7, 1999
(38540) Stevens	November 5, 1999
(60186) Las Cruces	November 5, 1999	[1]
(66661) Wallin	October 2, 1999
(71556) Page	February 27, 2000
(90463) Johnrichard	February 14, 2004
(120074) 2003 EA	March 1, 2003
(135991) 2002 UY 35	October 31, 2003
(144362) 2004 DG 45	February 26, 2004
(147373) 2003 EB	March 1, 2003
(186740) 2004 CR3 9	February 14, 2004
(202173) 2004 WA 1	November 18, 2004
(226960) 2004 VX 71	November 11, 2004
(241520) 2009 FR 47	March 29, 2009
(334697) 2003 DX 7	February 23, 2003
(352076) 2006 WN 130	November 26, 2006
(364314) 2006 UV 62	October 22, 2006
(367030) 2006 CC 10	February 4, 2006
[1] with Janet Stevens

David S. Dixon (* 1947 in Pontiac , Michigan ) is an American amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer. He works as a researcher at the White Sands Missile Range in the south of the State of New Mexico and operates the Jornada Observatory in Las Cruces .

During his observations, he discovered a total of 21 asteroids between 1998 and 2009, one of them together with Janet Stevens .

The asteroid (51741) Davidixon was named after him on November 10, 2003.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers

Web links

• Short biography of David S. Dixon on the webpage of the MPC Observatory (English)