James V. Scotti
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James Vernon Scotti (born 1960) is an American
near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). He wrote the first automatic asteroid detection software for the project in 1984.[1]
Discoveries
Scotti is the discoverer (on February 15, 1997) of 10199 Chariklo, an asteroid with two rings. This is the only known ringed asteroid and the smallest object yet discovered with a ring system.
He has discovered numerous
(496816) 1989 UP and (35396) 1997 XF11 (uncredited), which briefly created a stir in the news media when a preliminary orbit calculation indicated the possibility of Earth impact in 2028; further observations led to a more accurate orbit, which disproved the impact. In 1991, he discovered 1991 VG, a Near-Earth object with some unusual characteristics. In 2013, he discovered 2013 BS45, another NEO that moves in a low eccentricity and low inclination
orbit.
He has also recovered more than 75
(Scotti).Scotti's research interests include the origin of comets, the dynamical evolution of comets and asteroids, the near-Earth asteroids, and the outer Solar System.
Scotti is also an avid space enthusiast and is interested in the history of space exploration and particularly of the
Apollo Program
. He has contributed to the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, which details the Apollo lunar explorations. He is also a space artist and photographer.
Awards and honors
Asteroid
M.P.C. 12211).[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "3594 Scotti (1983 CN)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved February 3, 2020.