Walter R. Cooney, Jr.

List of discovered asteroids : 47

(11739) Baton Rouge	September 25, 1998	[1]
(15072) Landolt	January 25, 1999	[2]
(16107) Chanmugam	November 27, 1999
(20430) Stout	January 25, 1999	[3]
(43083) Frankconrad	November 19, 1999
(47045) Seandaniel	November 29, 1998
(49350) Katheynix	November 27, 1998
(53256) Sinitiere	March 16, 1999
(79912) Terrell	February 10, 1999	[4]
(85878) Guzik	February 13, 1999	[4]
(268115) Williamalbrecht	October 7, 2004	[5]
[1] with Matthew Collier [2] with Patrick M. Motl [3] with Susannah Lazar [4] with Ethan Kandler [5] with John Gross

Walter R. Cooney, Jr. (* 1962 ) is an American chemical engineer , amateur astronomer, and asteroid explorer .

He uses the Highland Road Park Observatory ( IAU code 747) in Baton Rouge in the US state of Louisiana for his observations. Between 1998 and 2005 he discovered 47 asteroids, sometimes together with his colleagues.

The asteroid (35365) Cooney was named after him on April 7, 2005.

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 )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers