Gary Hug

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List of discovered asteroids :
(18055) Fernhildebrandt October 11, 1999 [1]
(23989) Farpoint September 3, 1999 [1]
(24265) Banthonytwarog December 13, 1999 [1]
(24305) Darrell Parnell December 26, 1999 [1]
(24308) Cowenco December 29, 1999 [1]
(25594) Kessler December 29, 1999 [1]
(50768) Ianwessen March 27, 2000
(51569) Garywessen April 18, 2001
(54439) Topeka June 29, 2000

Gary Hug is an American amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer. He and his colleague Graham E. Bell run the Farpoint Observatory of the Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomers League (NEKAAL) in Eskridge , Kansas .

During his observations, he discovered over 40 asteroids between 1999 and 2006. He is also the co-discoverer of the short-period comet 178P / Hug-Bell .

Awards

He is, along with two other amateur astronomers, the recipient of the Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant of 2009.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
  2. ↑ The Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant  ; The Planetary Society
personal data
SURNAME Hug, Gary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century