Carl W. Hergenrother Explained

Minor planets discovered: 35 
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Carl William Hergenrother (born 1973) is an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets.

As credited by the Minor Planet Center, he has discovered and co-discovered 32 numbered asteroids at the Bigelow Sky Survey during 1993–1999. He has also discovered a number of comets including the long-period comet, C/1996 R1 (Hergenrother-Spahr), and three periodic comets, 168P/Hergenrother, 175P/Hergenrother and P/1999 V1 (Catalina). He is also a member of the science and operations team of the 2016-launched OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, a sample return mission to study near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu.

The outer main-belt asteroid 3099 Hergenrother was named in his honor on 3 May 1996 .

List of discovered minor planets

24 February 1995
2 June 1994
27 May 1995
26 June 1995
17 April 1993
18 September 1993
2 August 1994
25 February 1995
5 June 1994
5 June 1994
24 February 1995
14 October 1995
18 October 1996
30 September 1995
8 December 1996
13 September 1996
24 May 1995
6 October 1996
4 May 1994  
8 December 1996
26 May 1995
18 June 1998
12 September 1996
30 September 1995
28 January 1995  
30 September 1995
8 December 1996
13 December 1999
29 May 1997
5 April 1994  
27 September 1997
20 January 1998
20 January 2013
14 December 1999
25 February 2006  
Co-discovery made with:
T. B. Spahr
S. M. Larson
A. C. Smith

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