Stephen P. Laurie

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Asteroids discovered: 50
7603 Salopia 25 July 1995
9421 Violilla 24 December 1995
9428 Angelalouise 26 February 1996
(10212) 1997 RA7 3 September 1997
10216 Popastro 22 September 1997
(10383) 1996 SR7 16 September 1996
(11601) 1995 SE4 28 September 1995
11626 Church Stretton 8 November 1996
(12785) 1995 ST 19 September 1995
(12786) 1995 SU 19 September 1995
(13152) 1995 QK 19 August 1995
(13687) 1997 RB7 7 September 1997
(16753) 1996 QS1 21 August 1996
(16771) 1996 UQ3 19 October 1996
(17660) 1996 VP6 7 November 1996
(20199) 1997 DR 28 February 1997
(21281) 1996 TX14 13 October 1996
(22431) 1996 DY2 28 February 1996
(24828) 1995 SE1 20 September 1995
(26972) 1997 SM3 21 September 1997
(26981) 1997 UJ15 25 October 1997
(27902) 1996 RA5 13 September 1996
(27908) 1996 TX9 4 October 1996
(28015) 1997 YG9 26 December 1997
(31144) 1997 TM26 7 October 1997
(32930) 1995 SC4 24 September 1995
(37733) 1996 UD1 16 October 1996
(39663) 1995 WM1 16 November 1995
(39676) 1996 DQ1 20 February 1996
(39749) 1997 BW6 28 January 1997
(46690) 1997 AN23 14 January 1997
(48625) 1995 QF 16 August 1995
(48632) 1995 SV29 29 September 1995
(55825) 1995 SD4 27 September 1995
(55839) 1996 LH1 13 June 1996
(55846) 1996 RJ5 15 September 1996
(58367) 1995 QL 19 August 1995
(58403) 1995 WL1 16 November 1995
(58425) 1996 DR1 20 February 1996
(73818) 1995 WP1 17 November 1995
(73951) 1997 UK8 21 October 1997
(85369) 1996 DX2 26 February 1996
(90863) 1996 QR1 17 August 1996
(100323) 1995 OY1 22 July 1995
(100447) 1996 RB5 14 September 1996
(100458) 1996 TP3 4 October 1996
(129503) 1995 OZ1 24 July 1995
(129542) 1996 RK5 15 September 1996
(157813) 1995 WN1 16 November 1995
(160526) 1996 RZ4 13 September 1996

Stephen P. Laurie is a British amateur astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids and comets, [1] although his profession is that of an actuary. [2] He has also worked on searches for dwarf stars, [3] and discovered supernova SN 1997bq in NGC 3147, on 7 April 1997. [2] [4]

Laurie has named five asteroids he discovered from the Church Stretton area — 7603 Salopia (named after Shropshire), [5] 9421 Violilla, 9428 Angelalouise, 10216 Popastro and 11626 Church Stretton [6] — all discovered at observatory 966 Church Stretton and nearby location Ragdon (observatory J17). Laurie lives and works in the Church Stretton area. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Astronomical Data System
  2. 1 2 3 Independent newspaper A small speck in the sky; but a giant find for insurance man (1997)
  3. ↑ "Meeting the Cool Neighbors. IV. 2MASS 1835+32, a Newly Discovered M8.5 Dwarf within 6 Parsecs of the Sun" by I. Neill Reid, K. L. Cruz, Stephen P. Laurie, James Liebert, Conard C. Dahn, Hugh C. Harris, Harry H. Guetter, Ronald C. Stone, Blaise Canzian, Christian B. Luginbuhl5, Stephen E. Levine5, Alice K. B. Monet and David G. Monet The Astronomical Journal Volume 125 Number 1p. 354–358 doi : 10.1086/344946
  4. ↑ Hermes newsletter Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (May 1997) p 2
  5. ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 7603 Salopia
  6. ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA . Retrieved 24 May 2008.


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