Leonard L. Amburgey Explained

Minor planets discovered: 2 

	August 7, 1997
	July 2, 2000

Leonard L. Amburgey (born 1945) is an American amateur astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and public-school teacher by profession.

On July 2, 2000, he stumbled upon the near-Earth and Apollo asteroid using a modest telescope in his backyard in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (IAU number 823).^[1] As a result, he became the fourth winner of the James Benson Prize for Discovery Methods of Near-Earth Objects by Amateurs.^[2]

In 2005, he received the Fitchburg State College (whence he graduated in 1968 and 1973) Alumni Achievement Award.^[3]

External links

• Amateur Night in Space, 28 October 2002 (about the Apollo asteroid)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astrometric Instruments' Photo Gallery . astrometric.com . 5 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707180758/http://www.astrometric.com/gallery/gallery.html . 7 July 2011 .
2. Web site: The Benson Prize. Sky & Telescope. 8 April 2014.
3. Web site: ? . Fitchburg State University . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050312051908/http://www.fsc.edu/alum/awards_scholarships.html . March 12, 2005 .