Jeff T. Alu

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Jeffrey (Jeff) Thomas Alu (born January 1, 1966) is an American musician, photographer, graphic artist, and amateur astronomer who has participated in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey. The asteroid 4104 Alu was named in his honor.<ref name="springer" />

Discoveries

Alu is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 24 minor planets, including several near-Earth asteroids as well as some in the asteroid belt. Many of these discoveries were made in collaboration with American astronomers Eleanor F. Helin and Kenneth J. Lawrence. He also co-discovered 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu and 132P/Helin–Roman–Alu, two periodic comets.

List of discovered minor planets

Co-discoveries made with Template:Note label E. F. Helin and Template:Note label K. J. Lawrence.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

List of minor planets discovered by Jeff Alu

Name	Discovery Date	Listing
4132 Bartók	12 March 1988	Template:LoMP
4221 Picasso	13 March 1988	Template:LoMP
5230 Asahina	10 March 1988	Template:LoMP
5639 Ćuk	9 August 1989	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mpl	12 March 1988	Template:LoMP
6335 Nicolerappaport	5 July 1992	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mpl	14 March 1988	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	9 November 1993	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	10 October 1991	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	1 May 1992	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mpl	24 September 1992	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mpl	29 June 1989	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	1 October 1989	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	9 August 1989	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	20 September 1987	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	29 August 1992	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	10 October 1991	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	20 November 1987	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	10 March 1988	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	10 October 1991	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	12 October 1991	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	20 August 1993	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	9 August 1988	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	5 September 1989	Template:LoMP Template:Ref label

See also

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External links

• Alu's Personal Home Page

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