John L. Tonry

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Discovered asteroids : 2
(20109) Alicelandis September 12, 1995
(30917) Moehorgan April 19, 1993

John L. Tonry (* 1953 ) is an American astronomer and asteroid explorer.

He studied mathematics at Princeton University until 1975 and received his PhD in physics from Harvard University in 1980 . In 1986 he became a professor at MIT , and a year later he moved to the chair of astronomy at the University of Hawaii . There he discovered a total of two asteroids between 1993 and 1995 . In 1986 he became a research fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellow ).

In 2016 an asteroid was named after him: (40919) Johntonry . In 2018 Tonry was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .

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SURNAME Tonry, John L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronomer and asteroid explorer
DATE OF BIRTH 1953