Jean Mueller

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Discovered asteroids : 10
Number and name	Discovery date
(4257) Ubasti	23rd August 1987
(4558) Janesick 1	July 12, 1988
(6569) Ondaatje	June 22, 1993
(9162) Kwiila	July 29, 1987
(11028) 1987 UW	October 18, 1987
(11500) Tomaiyowit 2	October 28, 1989
(12711) Tukmit	January 19, 1991
(16465) 1990 FV 1	March 24, 1990
(19204) Joshuatree	June 21, 1992
(24658) mixed	October 18, 1987
1 together with Alain Maury 2 together with JD Mendenhall

Jean Mueller, the first female telescope operator at the Palomar Observatory.

Jean E. Mueller (* 1950 ) is an American astronomer .

In 1985 she was the first woman to be hired to operate the large telescope at the Palomar Observatory , after having held the same position at the Mount Wilson Observatory since 1983 .

The asteroid (4031) Mueller , discovered on February 12, 1985 by Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker , was named after her.

Success as a discoverer of celestial bodies

• She is the discoverer of 15 comets , seven periodic and eight non-periodic.
• In addition, she discovered a total of 10 asteroids between 1987 and 2003 , two of them together with her colleagues.
• By 2006 she had discovered 98 supernovae , and was the co-discoverer of 9 others. This puts it close to Fritz Zwicky's record , who made 121 discoveries.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1] Ranking list of the asteroid explorers
2. ↑ [2] List of discovered supernovae

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