Timothy B. Spahr

Minor planets discovered: 58 <ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

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Timothy Bruce Spahr (born 1970) is an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets.<ref name="springer" />

From 2000–2014 he worked at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Minor Planet Center. From September 2006 to December 2014 he was the director of Minor Planet Center. He is a co-discoverer of Callirrhoe, a moon of Jupiter, and of Albiorix, a moon of Saturn. He also discovered two periodic comets: 171P/Spahr and P/1998 U4. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 58 minor planets.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

Dr. Spahr is currently the CEO of NEO Sciences LLC, a consulting firm specializing in characterization of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) including PHAs (Potentially Hazardous Asteroids), Asteroid and Comet science, and planetary defense coordination. Dr. Spahr is the manager of the UN-sanctioned International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) and also serves on the advisory council of The Planetary Society where he is the administrator of the Shoemaker NEO Grant program.

The Florian asteroid 2975 Spahr was named after him.<ref name="springer" />

List of discovered minor planets

6534 Carriepeterson	24 February 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mpl	8 July 1994	Template:Small
7476 Ogilsbie	14 April 1993	Template:Small
7605 Cindygraber	21 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	4 May 1994	Template:Small
7784 Watterson	5 August 1994	Template:Small
7835 Myroncope	16 June 1993	Template:Small
7885 Levine	17 May 1993	Template:Small
Template:Mp	1 January 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	19 October 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	23 May 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	16 June 1993	Template:Small
9799 Thronium	8 September 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	12 May 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	26 August 1995	Template:Small
11596 Francetic	26 May 1995	Template:Small
12008 Kandrup	11 October 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	31 August 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	19 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	29 December 1994	Template:Small

Template:Mp	22 September 1993	Template:Small
Template:Mp	21 September 1995	Template:Small
17601 Sheldonschafer	19 September 1995	Template:Small
17602 Dr. G.	19 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	18 October 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	11 May 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	10 October 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	7 October 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	20 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	22 May 1996	Template:Small
22449 Ottijeff	1 November 1996	Template:Small
24827 Maryphil	2 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	18 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	31 August 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	25 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	15 March 1993	Template:Small
Template:Mp	12 July 1994	Template:Small
Template:Mp	4 May 1994	Template:Small Template:Ref label
Template:Mp	10 October 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	26 September 1995	Template:Small

Template:Mp	21 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	12 October 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	15 September 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	26 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	7 September 1996	Template:Small
58373 Albertoalonso	19 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	7 October 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	30 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	23 October 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	3 June 1994	Template:Small
Template:Mp	29 September 1995	Template:Small
96268 Tomcarr	20 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	25 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	13 October 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	29 October 2002	Template:Small
Template:Mp	19 October 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	7 April 2002	Template:Small
Template:Mp	12 October 1996	Template:Small
Co-discovery made with: Template:Note label C. W. Hergenrother

External links

• An interview to Timothy Spahr (Minor Planet Center)
• Old equipment finds big asteroid nearby (asteroid: 1996 JA1)

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