Robert Linderholm

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Discovered asteroids : 25
Number and name Discovery date
(10195) Nebraska September 13, 1996
(10392) Brace September 11, 1997
(11726) Edgerton May 1, 1998
(14969) Willacather August 28, 1997
(16750) Marisandoz August 18, 1996
(19294) Weymouth August 6, 1996
(19407) Standing Bear March 25, 1998
(24918) Tedkooser March 10, 1997
(49109) Agnesraab September 18, 1998
(66846) Franklederer November 6, 1999

Robert Linderholm (born October 19, 1933 in Seward , † July 6, 2013 in Cambridge ) was an American amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer. He used a 25 cm telescope at his private Lime Creek Observatory ( IAU code 721) in Cambridge , Nebraska . Between 1996 and 2001 he discovered a total of 26 asteroids , of which ten have been given their own names to date (as of May 2011).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Linderholm, Robert "Bob". In: Journal Star. July 10, 2013, accessed December 28, 2013 .
  2. ^ Welty, Danielle: Linderholm makes Nebraska part of outer space . In: Daily Nebraskan , February 9, 2005. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2008. 
  3. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
personal data
SURNAME Linderholm, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American amateur astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Seward, Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 2013
Place of death Cambridge, Nebraska