Loren C. Ball Explained
Loren C. Ball (born 1948) is an American amateur astronomer, who has discovered more than 100 asteroids while working at his Emerald Lane Observatory (843), built on the roof of his house on Emerald Lane, Decatur, Alabama. As of 2024, he has credit for 110 numbered designations with the Minor Planet Center at Harvard for the period between 2000 and 2004. None of them were co-discoveries. He is under contract with NASA through the University of Alabama in Huntsville to do outreach to school groups and organisations., he promotes asteroid education in schools and on social media.
The main-belt asteroid 16095 Lorenball, discovered by astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey in 1999, is named after him. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 8 November 2019 .
List of discovered minor planets
| 34351 Decatur | 3 September 2000 | |
| 28 April 2001 | |
| 25 August 2000 | |
| 7 October 2000 | |
| 15 October 2001 | |
| 6 April 2002 | |
| 25 April 2001 | |
| 4 April 2002 | |
| 8 May 2002 | |
| 11 August 2002 | |
| 25 September 2001 | |
| 15 August 2001 | |
| 9 August 2000 | |
| 29 September 2000 | |
| 2 October 2000 | |
| 8 October 2000 | |
| 30 September 2001 | |
| 26 August 2000 | |
| 3 September 2000 | |
| 2 October 2000 | | |
| 15 August 2001 | |
| 1 August 2002 | |
| 4 August 2002 | |
| 8 August 2002 | |
| 24 August 2003 | |
| 23 October 2003 | |
| 25 August 2001 | |
| 12 April 2003 | |
| 7 November 2001 | |
| 15 April 2004 | |
| 27 April 2001 | |
| 14 July 2001 | |
| 24 August 2001 | |
| 4 April 2002 | |
| 6 April 2002 | |
| 18 October 2001 | |
| 26 October 2001 | |
| 26 October 2001 | |
| 6 September 2002 | |
| 23 March 2004 | | |
| 20 October 2001 | |
| 24 October 2000 | |
| 21 October 2001 | |
| 29 November 2002 | |
| 16 September 2001 | |
| 18 November 2001 | |
| 18 October 2001 | |
| 29 July 2002 | |
| 5 August 2002 | |
| 1 December 2002 | |
| 14 November 2002 | |
| 25 August 2000 | |
| 24 October 2001 | |
| 20 October 2003 | |
| 16 April 2004 | |
| 29 October 2001 | |
| 7 December 2002 | |
| 12 September 2001 | |
| 16 April 2001 | |
| 14 August 2001 | | |
| 15 September 2001 | |
| 25 September 2001 | |
| 19 April 2002 | |
| 3 September 2002 | |
| 1 December 2002 | |
| 27 September 2001 | |
| 20 October 2003 | |
| 25 March 2003 | |
| 29 September 2000 | |
| 15 October 2001 | |
| 3 April 2002 | |
| 21 August 2001 | |
| 14 July 2001 | |
| 28 September 2003 | |
| 19 September 2000 | |
| 2 October 2002 | |
| 11 March 2004 | |
| 19 October 2001 | |
| 25 November 2002 | |
| 12 November 2001 | | |
| 16 April 2002 | |
| 4 September 2002 | |
| 2 December 2002 | |
| 28 April 2003 | |
| 23 March 2004 | |
| 21 August 2000 | |
| 1 December 2002 | |
| 28 May 2003 | |
| 4 September 2002 | |
| 29 September 2000 | |
| 5 April 2002 | |
| 23 September 2003 | |
| 22 October 2001 | |
| 22 October 2001 | |
| 22 October 2001 | |
| 10 November 2001 | |
| 16 September 2001 | |
| 21 October 2001 | |
| 15 June 2002 | |
| 1 November 2003 | | |
| 15 October 2001 | |
| 2 October 2000 | |
| 24 October 2000 | |
| 29 September 2001 | |
| 6 April 2002 | |
| 21 August 2001 | |
| 12 November 2001 | |
| 1 September 2002 | |
| 21 October 2001 | |
| 11 March 2004 | | |
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