Stephen P. Laurie
| (7603) Salopia | July 25, 1995 |
| (9421) Violilla | December 24, 1995 |
| (9428) Angel Louis | February 26, 1996 |
| (10212) 1997 RA 7 | September 3, 1997 |
| (10216) Popastro | September 22, 1997 |
| (10383) 1996 SR 7 | September 16, 1996 |
| (11601) 1995 SE 4 | September 28, 1995 |
| (11626) Church Stretton | November 8, 1996 |
| (12785) 1995 ST | September 19, 1995 |
| (12786) 1995 SU | September 19, 1995 |
| (13152) 1995 QK | August 19, 1995 |
| (13687) 1997 RB 7 | September 7, 1997 |
| (16753) 1996 QS 1 | August 21, 1996 |
| (16771) 1996 UQ 3 | October 19, 1996 |
| (17660) 1996 VP 6 | November 7, 1996 |
| (20199) 1997 DR | February 28, 1997 |
| (21281) 1996 TX 14 | October 13, 1996 |
Stephen P. Laurie is a British amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer.
Although he is an actuary , he found the time to discover a total of 50 asteroids between 1995 and 1997 . For his observations, he uses the Observatory of Church Stretton ( IAU code 966), in their environment he lives and works, and the Observatory of Ragdon ( IAU code J17)
He is also engaged in the search for comets and dwarf stars and is the discoverer of the supernova SN 1997bq in the spiral galaxy NGC 3147 .
source
- Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) [ preview on Google Book Search ]
Individual evidence
- ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
- ↑ Hermes newsletter ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (May 1997; PDF; 1.9 MB) p 2
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| SURNAME | Laurie, Stephen P. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |