Stephen Singer-Brewster
4555 Josefapérez |
August 24, 1987 |
5253 Fredclifford |
December 15, 1985 |
| (15700) 1987 QD | August 24, 1987 |
| (24655) 1987 QH | August 25, 1987 |
| (26817) 1987 QB | August 25, 1987 |
| (26818) 1987 QM | August 25, 1987 |
Stephen C. Singer-Brewster (b. 1945) also known as Stephen C. Brewster is an American astronomer.[2]
He is a member of the
Singer-Brewster has been an active member of Stony Ridge Observatory, Inc. since 1983 and has served on its board of directors. He formed the Faint Object Follow Up (FOFU) project at Stony Ridge in 2000 to encourage observations of faint asteroids and comets.
Eleanor Helin honored him with the naming of the asteroid
Pluto Fast Flyby, the Outer Planets/Solar Probe Mission and the Europa Orbiter
mission. At the time of his retirement in 2003 he was working in the Mars Advanced Studies Program and the Europa Orbiter/X2000 avionics development project at JPL.
References
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 28 December 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 105P/Singer Brewster" (2012-11-06 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "4555 Josefaperez (1987 QL)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "5253 Fredclifford (1985 XB)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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