R. Scott Dunbar

Discovered asteroid : 7
Number and name	Discovery date
(3360) Syrinx	4th November 1981	[1]
(3362) Khufu	August 30, 1984	[2]
(3551) Verenia	September 12, 1983
(6065) Chesneau	July 27, 1987	[1]
(6435) Daveross	February 24, 1984	[1]
(7163) Barenboim	February 24, 1984	[1]
(161995) 1983 LB	June 13, 1983
[1] together with Eleanor Helin [2] together with Maria A. Barucci

Roy Scott Dunbar is an American planetologist and asteroid explorer.

As a member of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , he participated in the PCAS at the Palomar Observatory . In the course of this project he discovered a total of eight asteroids, six together with Eleanor Helin .

His work on the stability of Trojan-like librations in the Earth-Sun system led to a search program for Earth Trojans carried out at the Palomar Observatory.

Honors

The asteroid (3718) Dunbar discovered by E. Helin and Schelte John Bus was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers

literature

• Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) [ preview on Google Book Search