Timothy B. Spahr Explained

Minor planets discovered: 58 
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Timothy Bruce Spahr (born 1970) is an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets.

From 2000–2014 he worked at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian Minor Planet Center. From September 2006 to December 2014 he was the director of Minor Planet Center. He is a co-discoverer of Callirrhoe, a moon of Jupiter, and of Albiorix, a moon of Saturn. He also discovered two periodic comets: 171P/Spahr and P/1998 U4. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 58 minor planets.

Dr. Spahr is currently the CEO of NEO Sciences LLC, a consulting firm specializing in characterization of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) including PHAs (Potentially Hazardous Asteroids), Asteroid and Comet science, and planetary defense coordination. Dr. Spahr is the manager of the UN-sanctioned International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) and also serves on the advisory council of The Planetary Society where he is the administrator of the Shoemaker NEO Grant program. The Florian asteroid 2975 Spahr was named after him.

List of discovered minor planets

important; height: 540px;
24 February 1995
8 July 1994
14 April 1993
21 September 1995
4 May 1994
5 August 1994
16 June 1993
17 May 1993
1 January 1995
19 October 1995
23 May 1995
16 June 1993
8 September 1996
12 May 1996
26 August 1995
26 May 1995
11 October 1996
31 August 1995
19 September 1995
29 December 1994
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22 September 1993
21 September 1995
19 September 1995
19 September 1995
18 October 1995
11 May 1996
10 October 1996
7 October 1996
20 September 1995
22 May 1996
1 November 1996
2 September 1995
18 September 1995
31 August 1995
25 September 1995
15 March 1993
12 July 1994
4 May 1994 
10 October 1996
26 September 1995
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21 September 1995
12 October 1996
15 September 1996
26 September 1995
7 September 1996
19 September 1995
7 October 1996
30 September 1995
23 October 1995
3 June 1994
29 September 1995
20 September 1995
25 September 1995
13 October 1995
29 October 2002
19 October 1995
7 April 2002
12 October 1996
Co-discovery made with:
C. W. Hergenrother

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