Schelte J. Bus
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| Asteroids discovered: 1576 (as of July 2006) Only a few unusual ones are listed here |
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| 2135 Aristaeus[1] | April 17, 1977 | Apollo asteroid |
| 3122 Florence | March 2, 1981 | Amor asteroid |
| 3240 Laocoon[1] | November 7, 1978 | Trojan asteroid |
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Schelte John "Bobby" Bus (born 1956)[1] is an Associate Astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and Support Astronomer at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility IRTF. Although he only received his Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 (having received his B.S. from Caltech in 1979), Bus has been active in astronomy for many years. He discovered periodic comet 87P/Bus in 1981. In addition, Bus has discovered or co-discovered over a thousand asteroids, including an Apollo asteroid (2135 Aristaeus, that will come within 5 Gm (3 million mi, 13 Earth-Moon distances) of the Earth on 30 March 2147), an Amor asteroid, and over 40 Trojan asteroids (starting with 3240 Laocoon co-discovered with Eleanor F. Helin).
Asteroid (3254) Bus (discovered in 1982 by Edward L. G. Bowell) was named in his honor.
During his studies, he worked under the supervision of Eugene Shoemaker.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Compositional structure in the asteroid belt : results of a spectroscopic survey. DSpace. Retrieved on October 18, 2006.
- ^ Graham, Rex. "Making an exceptional impact" (Periodical), Astronomy, May 1, 1998, p. 36. Retrieved on 2006-10-18. (in English)
