Frank B. Zoltowski Explained
| Frank B. Zoltowski |
| Birth Date: | 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Pennsylvania |
| Years Active: | 1997-2003 |
| Known For: | discovery of minor planets |
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| Parents: | Frank Zoltowski, Constance Zoltowski |
Frank B. Zoltowski (born 1957) is an Australian amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets who lives in Woomera, South Australia. In 1998, he was awarded a "Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant" for improved near-Earth object searches.
Zoltowski conducts these searches from his home with a charge-coupled device camera. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He authored CCDTRACK, a computer program that auto-guides electronically controlled telescopes by tracking a user-selected celestial object.
He is mentioned in NASA's asteroid tracking database as an observer for asteroid . Astronomers at the Minor Planet Center used Zoltowski's work to work out an estimated approach distance for of 56,500 kilometers, and a closest approach date of Aug 7, 2027. It was thought to potentially crash into Earth.
The main-belt asteroid 18292 Zoltowski, discovered at the George R. Agassiz Station of the Harvard College Observatory in 1977, was named in his honor. The naming citation was published on 9 May 2001 .
List of discovered minor planets
Frank Zoltowski is credited by the Minor Planet Center for the discovery of 228 numbered minor planets between 1997 and 2003.
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| 25 December 1997 | |
| 1 August 1997 | |
| 21 December 1997 | |
| 15 January 1999 | |
| 18 April 1999 | |
| 18 December 1997 | |
| 5 May 1998 | |
| 19 May 1998 | |
| 18 March 1998 | |
| 27 April 1998 | |
| 23 August 1998 | |
| 1 September 1998 | | |
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| 27 November 1998 | |
| 11 September 1998 | |
| 23 September 1998 | |
| 19 October 1998 | |
| 25 October 1998 | |
| 12 January 1999 | |
| 1 August 1997 | |
| 3 September 1997 | |
| 15 November 1997 | |
| 20 September 1998 | |
| 31 October 1997 | |
| 11 December 1998 | | |
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| 21 September 1997 | |
| 19 December 1997 | |
| 24 January 1999 | |
| 22 December 1997 | |
| 27 March 1998 | |
| 12 September 1998 | |
| 11 February 2000 | |
| 18 November 1997 | |
| 18 February 1998 | |
| 18 March 1998 | |
| 22 April 1998 | |
| 5 May 1998 | | |
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| 10 April 1999 | |
| 24 January 1998 | |
| 18 April 1999 | |
| 6 January 1998 | |
| 18 February 1998 | |
| 24 March 1998 | |
| 25 April 1998 | |
| 27 April 1998 | |
| 16 June 1998 | |
| 23 May 1999 | |
| 23 June 1999 | |
| 5 April 1998 | | |
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| 24 May 1998 | |
| 11 July 1998 | |
| 10 June 1999 | |
| 23 June 1999 | |
| 24 June 1999 | |
| 30 September 1999 | |
| 4 April 1998 | |
| 1 September 1998 | |
| 23 May 1998 | |
| 22 June 1998 | |
| 25 June 1998 | |
| 16 December 1998 | | |
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| 24 January 1999 | |
| 25 May 1998 | |
| 23 August 1998 | |
| 1 September 1998 | |
| 28 September 1997 | |
| 8 August 1998 | |
| 15 August 1998 | |
| 25 August 1998 | |
| 11 March 2000 | |
| 4 April 1998 | |
| 20 September 1998 | |
| 16 December 1998 | | |
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| 29 October 1997 | |
| 1 November 1997 | |
| 29 November 1998 | |
| 12 January 1999 | |
| 10 February 1999 | |
| 20 February 1998 | |
| 14 April 1999 | |
| 18 April 1999 | |
| 27 November 1997 | |
| 16 January 1999 | |
| 9 February 1999 | |
| 10 February 1999 | | |
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| 13 March 1999 | |
| 17 September 1998 | |
| 13 April 1999 | |
| 6 May 1999 | |
| 27 December 1997 | |
| 27 March 1998 | |
| 30 March 1998 | |
| 16 May 1998 | |
| 17 August 1998 | |
| 19 April 1999 | |
| 10 June 1999 | |
| 24 March 1998 | | |
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| 24 March 1998 | |
| 5 April 1998 | |
| 5 May 1998 | |
| 13 April 1999 | |
| 16 April 1999 | |
| 17 April 1999 | |
| 20 January 1998 | |
| 4 April 1998 | |
| 4 July 1999 | |
| 29 September 1999 | |
| 17 March 1998 | |
| 15 May 1998 | | |
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| 12 August 1998 | |
| 17 August 1998 | |
| 1 September 1998 | |
| 20 March 1998 | |
| 15 May 1998 | |
| 25 June 1998 | |
| 1 September 1998 | |
| 29 November 1998 | |
| 25 August 1998 | |
| 16 September 1998 | |
| 20 September 1997 | |
| 26 September 1997 | | |
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| 24 December 1997 | |
| 17 June 1998 | |
| 14 August 1998 | |
| 21 August 1998 | |
| 1 September 1998 | |
| 12 September 1998 | |
| 20 October 1998 | |
| 24 May 2000 | |
| 29 October 1997 | |
| 4 November 1997 | |
| 25 June 1998 | |
| 14 August 1998 | | |
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| 22 January 1999 | |
| 3 September 1997 | |
| 20 November 1997 | |
| 24 January 1998 | |
| 15 December 1998 | |
| 26 April 1999 | |
| 16 May 1999 | |
| 13 August 1998 | |
| 12 April 1999 | |
| 12 April 1999 | |
| 17 April 1999 | |
| 18 June 1999 | | |
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| 23 June 1999 | |
| 9 March 2000 | |
| 4 April 1998 | |
| 17 July 1998 | |
| 12 May 1999 | |
| 21 August 1998 | |
| 23 September 1998 | |
| 12 May 1999 | |
| 22 June 1999 | |
| 24 June 1999 | |
| 10 July 1999 | |
| 13 September 1999 | | |
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| 2 October 1999 | |
| 3 October 1999 | |
| 27 February 2000 | |
| 20 March 1998 | |
| 2 April 1998 | |
| 22 April 1998 | |
| 22 June 1998 | |
| 3 July 1998 | |
| 11 July 1998 | |
| 28 August 1998 | |
| 29 November 1998 | |
| 1 May 1999 | | |
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| 2 February 2000 | |
| 21 April 2002 | |
| 16 June 1998 | |
| 16 June 1998 | |
| 23 May 1999 | |
| 2 February 2000 | |
| 10 December 2002 | |
| 27 July 1997 | |
| 14 August 1998 | |
| 3 September 1998 | |
| 15 April 1999 | |
| 22 August 1997 | | |
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| 25 April 1998 | |
| 22 June 1999 | |
| 9 July 1999 | |
| 24 June 2000 | |
| 28 March 1998 | |
| 10 June 1999 | |
| 3 January 1998 | |
| 15 May 1998 | |
| 8 December 1998 | |
| 2 June 1999 | |
| 29 April 2000 | |
| 7 May 2002 | | |
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| 9 December 2002 | |
| 31 December 2002 | |
| 12 April 1999 | |
| 17 August 1998 | |
| 21 April 1999 | |
| 10 September 1999 | |
| 3 February 2000 | |
| 18 April 1999 | |
| 23 June 1999 | |
| 26 September 2000 | |
| 11 September 1999 | |
| 1 March 2000 | | |
| important; height: 324px; |
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| 9 March 2000 | |
| 30 January 2000 | |
| 27 March 1998 | |
| 12 May 1999 | |
| 18 December 1998 | |
| 5 May 1998 | |
| 26 June 1998 | |
| 5 January 2003 | |
| 26 September 2000 | |
| 5 June 1999 | |
| 1 September 1998 | |
| 11 July 1998 | | |
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| 26 August 1998 | |
| 31 January 2003 | |
| 16 July 1999 | |
| 11 March 2000 | |
| 11 May 2002 | |
| 10 February 1999 | |
| 24 June 2000 | |
| 1 January 2003 | |
| 4 March 2000 | |
| 24 September 1998 | |
| 5 January 2003 | |
| 14 August 1998 | |
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