Timothy B. Spahr
Timothy "Tim" Bruce Spahr (* 1970 ) is an American astronomer .
Spahr worked from 2000 to 2015 as director of the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics . He discovered numerous asteroids between 1993 and 2002 and was involved in the discovery of several small moons on the planets Jupiter and Saturn , including Callirrhoe and Albiorix .
The asteroid (2975) Spahr bears his name . In the meantime, various comets that he (co-) discovered have been named after him.
Individual evidence
literature
- Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th edition, Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) [ preview on Google Book Search ]
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| SURNAME | Spahr, Timothy B. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spahr, Tim; Spahr, Timothy Bruce (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |