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|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 2<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> ...lang}}; born 27 August 1976) is a French [[astronomer]] and a [[discoverer of minor planets]] at ESO's [[La Silla Observatory]] in Chile. ...

|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 10<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> '''Jun Chen''' is a [[Chinese American]] [[astronomer]] and [[discoverer of minor planets]]. ...

...nd [[Chad Trujillo]] at [[Las Campanas Observatory]] in the Atacama desert of Chile.<ref name="MPC-2005TN53" /><ref name="Sheppard-2006" /> It was the th ...une trojans are [[resonant trans-Neptunian object]]s (TNO) in a [[Resonant trans-Neptunian object#1:1|1:1]] mean-motion [[orbital resonance]] with Neptune. These Troj ...

|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 18<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> | ''see {{section link||List of discovered minor planets}}'' ...

Neptune trojans are [[resonant trans-Neptunian object]]s in a [[Resonant trans-Neptunian object#1:1|1:1]] mean-motion [[orbital resonance]] with Neptune. These Troj ...ntricity|eccentricity]] of 0.02 and an [[orbital inclination|inclination]] of 1[[Degree (angle)|°]] with respect to the [[ecliptic]].<ref name="jpldata" ...

|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 7<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> | ''see {{section link||List of discovered minor planets}}'' ...

{{Short description|Trans-Neptunian object, prototype of cubewanos}} | caption = Long-exposure image of Albion (circled) taken by the [[European Southern Observatory]] in Septembe ...

...= [[Neptune trojan]]{{·}}{{L4}}<ref name="MPC-NeptuneTrojans" /><br />[[Trans-Neptunian object|TNO]]<ref name="jpldata" />{{·}}[[Distant minor planet|distant]]<ref ...1 August 2001.<ref name="MPC-object" /><ref name="Buie" /> It orbits ahead of Neptune at its {{L4}} [[Lagrangian point]] and measures approximately {{con ...

|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 9<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> ...is a project to find [[Kuiper belt]] objects (KBOs), using the facilities of the [[National Optical Astronomy Observatory]] (NOAO). The principal invest ...

...der Sheppard''' (born 1977) is an American [[astronomer]] and a discoverer of numerous [[moons]], [[comets]] and [[minor planet]]s in the [[outer Solar S ...ojan, {{mpl|2005 TN|53}}. These discoveries showed that the Neptune trojan objects are mostly on highly inclined orbits and thus likely captured small bodies ...

...tion = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br />[[University of Hawaiʻi]] ...scovery of [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]], [[90377 Sedna|Sedna]] and other [[trans-Neptunian object]]s ...

...he well-being of his colleagues, visiting astronomers, and the discoverers of this asteroid. He and his food are dearly missed. || {{JPL|124143}}{{·}}{{L ...Moletai]] || {{mp|2001 OM|65}} || The Lithuanian town of [[Molėtai]], home of the [[Molėtai Astronomical Observatory]] || {{JPL|124192}}{{·}}{{LoMP|12419 ...

| alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ...r]] had stepped down. Holman was followed by Matthew Payne as new director of the MPC.<ref name="MPC-About" /><ref name="MPEC-2021-D60" /> ...

{{for|the former dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs|Michael E. Brown (political scientist)}} ...AB]])</small><br />[[UC Berkeley]] <small>([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])</small> ...

| alma_mater = [[University of Arizona]] ...ronomer]] known for discovering [[Charon (moon)|Charon]], the largest moon of the [[dwarf planet]] [[Pluto]]. ...

...stonsarchive-TNO-list" /> It was named after [[Clete (Amazon)|Clete]], one of the [[Amazons]] from [[Greek mythology]].<ref name="MPC-object" /> The [[mi ...According to the queen's will, Clete sailed to Italy and founded the city of Clete. The official {{MoMP|385695|naming citation}} was published by the [[ ...

{{Short description|Moon of Eris}} | caption = Low-resolution image of [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] and Dysnomia as imaged by the [[Hubble Space T ...

...ase Western Reserve University|Case Institute of Technology]]|[[University of Texas at Austin]]|}} | work_institutions = [[Lunar and Planetary Laboratory]]<br/> [[University of Arizona]] ...

|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 26<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> | ''see {{section link||List of discovered minor planets}}'' ...

...y]], [[Lincoln Laboratory]] at [[MIT]], [[Tufts University]], [[University of Oslo]] ...ity]], [[University of California at Berkeley]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ...