Greg Aldering
(9004) Peekaydee | October 22, 1982 |
(17398) 1982 UR 2 | October 20, 1982 |
(19951) 1982 UW 2 | October 20, 1982 |
(100001) 1982 UC 3 | October 20, 1982 |
Gregory Scott Aldering (* 1962 ) or Greg Aldering for short is an American astronomer and asteroid discoverer.
He is a member of the Supernova Cosmology Project and discovered a total of four asteroids at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona in 1982 . He is currently working at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory of the University of California on the determination of cosmological parameters using supernovae .
The asteroid (26533) Aldering was named after him on July 22, 2013.
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SURNAME | Aldering, Greg |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aldering, Gregory Scott |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer and asteroid explorer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |