Paul G. Comba

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Minor planets discovered: 498

7684 Marioferrero	March 3, 1997
8223 Bradshaw	August 6, 1996
8224 Fultonwright	August 6, 1996
8407 Houlahan	July 25, 1995
8420 Angrogna	November 17, 1996
8580 Pinsky	December 14, 1996
8583 Froberger	January 8, 1997
8734 Warner	January 1, 1997
8945 Cavaradossi	February 1, 1997
9238 Yavapai	April 28, 1997
9445 Charpentier	May 8, 1997
9662 Frankhubbard	April 12, 1996
9669 Symmetria	July 8, 1997
9902 Kirkpatrick	July 3, 1997
9903 Leonhardt	July 4, 1997
9987 Peano	July 29, 1997
9988 Erictemplebell	September 9, 1997
10181 Davidacomba	March 26, 1996
10204 Turing	August 1, 1997
10382 Hadamard	September 15, 1996
10588 Adamcrandall	July 18, 1996
10598 Markrees	October 13, 1996
10607 Amandahatton	November 13, 1996
10914 Tucker	December 31, 1997
11156 Al-Khwarismi	December 31, 1997
11341 Babbage	December 3, 1996
11421 Cardano	June 10, 1999
11665 Dirichlet	April 14, 1997
11709 Eudoxos	April 27, 1998
12007 Fermat	October 11, 1996
12016 Green	December 1, 1996
12022 Hilbert	December 15, 1996
12032 Ivory	January 31, 1997
12040 Jacobi	March 8, 1997
12045 Klein	March 30, 1997
12473 Levi-Civita	February 10, 1997
12493 Minkowski	August 4, 1997
12513 Niven	April 27, 1998
12576 Oresme	September 5, 1999
12874 Poisson	August 19, 1998
13192 Quine	January 31, 1997
13642 Ricci	April 19, 1996
13658 Sylvester	March 18, 1997
13672 Tarski	May 30, 1997
13673 Urysohn	June 1, 1997
14072 Volterra	May 21, 1996
14100 Weierstrass	September 8, 1997
14526 Xenocrates	May 6, 1997
14960 Yule	May 21, 1996
14990 Zermelo	October 31, 1997
14995 Archytas	November 5, 1997
15378 Artin	August 7, 1997
15396 Howardmoore	October 24, 1997
15620 Beltrami	April 29, 2000
15896 Birkhoff	June 13, 1997
15938 Bohnenblust	December 27, 1997
16065 Borel	September 11, 1999
16246 Cantor	April 27, 2000
16249 Cauchy	April 29, 2000
16755 Cayley	September 9, 1996
16765 Agnesi	October 16, 1996
16810 Pavelaleksandrov	October 25, 1997
16856 Banach	December 28, 1997
16953 Besicovitch	May 27, 1998
17076 Betti	April 18, 1999
17285 Bezout	July 3, 2000
17637 Blaschke	August 11, 1996
17653 Bochner	November 10, 1996
17696 Bombelli	March 8, 1997
17703 Bombieri	September 9, 1997
17734 Boole	January 22, 1998
17891 Buraliforti	March 6, 1999
17917 Cartan	April 15, 1999
18059 Cavalieri	December 15, 1999
18498 Cesaro	June 22, 1996
18510 Chasles	September 16, 1996
18548 Christoffel	January 10, 1997
18555 Courant	February 4, 1997
18560 Coxeter	March 7, 1997
18734 Darboux	June 20, 1998
19293 Dedekind	July 18, 1996
19349 Denjoy	February 13, 1997
19462 Ulissedini	April 27, 1998
19570 Jessedouglas	June 13, 1999
19617 Duhamel	August 8, 1999
20135 Juels	May 7, 1996
20136 Eisenhart	July 8, 1996
20155 Utewindolf	October 13, 1996
20156 Herbwindolf	October 13, 1996
20174 Eisenstein	December 13, 1996
20197 Enriques	February 14, 1997
20394 Fatou	June 28, 1998
21276 Feller	October 8, 1996
21331 Lodovicoferrari	January 17, 1997
21451 Fisher	April 28, 1998
21537 Fréchet	August 15, 1998
21659 Fredholm	August 13, 1999
21665 Frege	September 5, 1999
22474 Frobenius	March 8, 1997
22495 Fubini	May 6, 1997
22497 Immanuelfuchs	May 30, 1997
22611 Galerkin	May 17, 1998
23625 Gelfond	November 19, 1996
23699 Paulgordan	July 8, 1997
23776 Gosset	August 17, 1998
23777 Goursat	August 23, 1998
23889 Hermanngrassmann	September 26, 1998
24907 Alfredhaar	February 4, 1997
24935 Godfreyhardy	April 28, 1997
24944 Harish-Chandra	June 11, 1997
24947 Hausdorff	July 7, 1997
24998 Hermite	July 28, 1998
25000 Astrometria	July 28, 1998
25029 Ludwighesse	August 26, 1998
25082 Williamhodge	September 15, 1998
25142 Hopf	September 26, 1998
25237 Hurwitz	October 20, 1998
25593 Camillejordan	December 28, 1999
25604 Karlin	January 4, 2000
25624 Kronecker	January 6, 2000
25628 Kummer	January 7, 2000
26205 Kuratowski	June 11, 1997
26276 Natrees	September 20, 1998
26277 Ianrees	September 20, 1998
26357 Laguerre	December 27, 1998
26908 Lebesgue	April 11, 1996
26909 Lefschetz	April 24, 1996
26950 Legendre	May 11, 1997
26955 Lie	June 30, 1997
26960 Liouville	July 8, 1997
26993 Littlewood	December 3, 1997
27056 Ginoloria	September 26, 1998
27114 Lukasiewicz	November 19, 1998
27500 Mandelbrot	April 12, 2000
27514 Markov	April 26, 2000
27915 Nancywright	October 30, 1996
27922 Mascheroni	December 8, 1996
27947 Emilemathieu	July 9, 1997
27975 Mazurkiewicz	October 23, 1997
27988 Menabrea	November 7, 1997
28394 Mittag-Leffler	September 13, 1999
28516 Möbius	February 27, 2000
28729 Moivre	April 11, 2000
28766 Monge	April 29, 2000
29435 Mordell	May 8, 1997
29447 Jerzyneyman	August 12, 1997
29448 Pappos	August 23, 1997
29458 Pearson	September 30, 1997
29463 Benjaminpeirce	October 2, 1997
29491 Pfaff	November 23, 1997
29613 Charlespicard	September 16, 1998
29643 Plücker	November 15, 1998
29646 Polya	November 16, 1998
29647 Poncelet	November 17, 1998
29700 Salmon	December 19, 1998
29837 Savage	March 21, 1999
29910 Segre	May 14, 1999
30305 Severi	May 1, 2000
30306 Frigyesriesz	May 2, 2000
30307 Marcelriesz	May 2, 2000
30417 Staudt	June 1, 2000
30418 Jakobsteiner	June 1, 2000
30443 Stieltjes	July 3, 2000
30445 Stirling	July 5, 2000
30566 Stokes	July 29, 2001
31043 Sturm	June 11, 1996
31122 Brooktaylor	September 21, 1997
31189 Tricomi	December 27, 1997
31665 Veblen	May 10, 1999
31823 Viète	October 4, 1999
31931 Sipiera	April 10, 2000
31956 Wald	April 13, 2000
31982 Johnwallis	April 30, 2000
32267 Hermannweyl	August 1, 2000
33004 Dianesipiera	March 2, 1997
(33044) 1997 UE	October 20, 1997
(33113) 1998 BZ3	January 22, 1998
(33152) 1998 DV12	February 26, 1998
(33432) 1999 ET3	March 15, 1999
(33693) 1999 KA	May 16, 1999
(33954) 2000 ND	July 1, 2000
(33955) 2000 NC3	July 6, 2000
(33996) 2000 OK2	July 28, 2000
(34086) 2000 PP5	August 5, 2000
(34170) 2000 QX33	August 26, 2000
(35278) 1996 SM	September 16, 1996
(35374) 1997 VK	November 1, 1997
(35440) 1998 BG30	January 29, 1998
(35469) 1998 ED3	March 2, 1998
(35946) 1999 KO4	May 20, 1999
(36297) 2000 JM5	May 5, 2000
(36425) 2000 PM5	August 5, 2000
(37707) 1996 RK3	September 15, 1996
(37791) 1997 VB4	November 7, 1997
(37861) 1998 FA5	March 23, 1998
(37862) 1998 FR5	March 24, 1998
(38025) 1998 QF	August 17, 1998
(38450) 1999 TH	October 2, 1999
(38455) 1999 TK3	October 4, 1999
(38458) 1999 TP12	October 12, 1999
(38607) 2000 AN6	January 4, 2000
(39687) 1996 RL3	September 15, 1996
(39697) 1996 TH5	October 9, 1996
(39715) 1996 VT	November 2, 1996
(39827) 1998 BA3	January 19, 1998
(40093) 1998 NH	July 15, 1998
(40255) 1999 CN4	February 12, 1999
(40326) 1999 MA	June 18, 1999
(40445) 1999 RY35	September 12, 1999
(40742) 1999 TK	October 2, 1999
(40743) 1999 TL	October 2, 1999
(41338) 1999 YF4	December 25, 1999
(41455) 2000 NC	July 1, 2000
(41456) 2000 NT	July 3, 2000
(42579) 1997 BV5	January 31, 1997
(42689) 1998 KX	May 23, 1998
(42706) 1998 QY	August 19, 1998
(43194) 2000 AJ6	January 4, 2000
(43499) 2001 CY19	February 3, 2001
(44002) 1997 ST1	September 23, 1997
(44115) 1998 HQ23	April 28, 1998
(44172) 1998 KN9	May 28, 1998
(44233) 1998 QM28	August 26, 1998
(44710) 1999 TM3	October 4, 1999
(44721) 1999 TG10	October 8, 1999
(44723) 1999 TQ12	October 12, 1999
(44725) 1999 TD14	October 13, 1999
(45039) 1999 XW7	December 4, 1999
(45266) 2000 AK6	January 4, 2000
(45546) 2000 CE41	February 6, 2000
(45578) 2000 CL77	February 8, 2000
(45770) 2000 NM2	July 5, 2000
(46723) 1997 RS2	September 5, 1997
(46825) 1998 OJ2	July 25, 1998
(46830) 1998 PU	August 15, 1998
(46831) 1998 QH	August 17, 1998
(46877) 1998 RU	September 12, 1998
(47166) 1999 TT18	October 15, 1999
(47465) 1999 YZ4	December 28, 1999
(48703) 1996 JQ	May 12, 1996
(48716) 1996 RH3	September 13, 1996
(48912) 1998 OT1	July 24, 1998
(48913) 1998 OH2	July 25, 1998
(48933) 1998 QD	August 17, 1998
(49346) 1998 WK4	November 21, 1998
(49621) 1999 GL	April 6, 1999
(49677) 1999 TB3	October 4, 1999
49777 Cappi	December 2, 1999
(50034) 2000 AJ48	January 6, 2000
(50234) 2000 BP	January 27, 2000
(50270) 2000 CJ	February 2, 2000
(50602) 2000 EM50	March 10, 2000
(50863) 2000 GN1	April 4, 2000
(52541) 1996 VB	November 1, 1996
(52548) 1996 XD2	December 3, 1996
(52567) 1997 HN2	April 28, 1997
(52610) 1997 UK1	October 23, 1997
(52612) 1997 UH5	October 27, 1997
(52769) 1998 OF4	July 26, 1998
(53249) 1999 DD3	February 20, 1999
(53320) 1999 JW8	May 14, 1999
(53574) 2000 CH41	February 7, 2000
(53740) 2000 EN50	March 10, 2000
(53741) 2000 ER50	March 10, 2000
(53841) 2000 FX	March 26, 2000
(54100) 2000 HL5	April 28, 2000
(54101) 2000 HM5	April 28, 2000
(54102) 2000 HN5	April 28, 2000
(54232) 2000 JL15	May 9, 2000
(54327) 2000 KB4	May 27, 2000
(54400) 2000 LD	June 1, 2000
(54609) 2000 RN36	September 4, 2000
(54620) 2000 ST8	September 23, 2000
(54909) 2001 OP81	July 29, 2001
(55192) 2001 RN2	September 8, 2001
(55880) 1997 WS	November 18, 1997
(55906) 1998 DS20	February 28, 1998
(56043) 1998 XQ11	December 14, 1998
(56163) 1999 DE3	February 22, 1999
(56215) 1999 HH	April 17, 1999
(56568) 2000 JN15	May 9, 2000
(56629) 2000 KV	May 25, 2000
(56676) 2000 LC	June 1, 2000
(57010) 2000 TP1	October 3, 2000
(58458) 1996 KP	May 21, 1996
(58461) 1996 ML	June 22, 1996
(58558) 1997 LE4	June 9, 1997
(59095) 1998 WK	November 16, 1998
(59159) 1998 YX7	December 24, 1998
(59161) 1998 YL10	December 27, 1998
(59366) 1999 EE3	March 12, 1999
(59367) 1999 EQ3	March 15, 1999
(59730) 1999 LW	June 7, 1999
(59832) 1999 RW36	September 13, 1999
(60667) 2000 GQ1	April 4, 2000
(61062) 2000 LF2	June 3, 2000
(61067) 2000 LQ6	June 6, 2000
(61068) 2000 LR6	June 6, 2000
(61130) 2000 NK	July 2, 2000
(61133) 2000 NL2	July 5, 2000
(61191) 2000 OA	July 21, 2000
(61193) 2000 OQ1	July 26, 2000
(61383) 2000 QB	August 20, 2000
(62031) 2000 RS56	September 5, 2000
(62138) 2000 SO8	September 22, 2000
(65830) 1996 XA	December 1, 1996
(65868) 1997 RR5	September 8, 1997
(66453) 1999 PC	August 3, 1999
(67283) 2000 GN	April 2, 2000
(67285) 2000 GH2	April 5, 2000
(67540) 2000 SX10	September 24, 2000
(68263) 2001 EW12	March 14, 2001
(69430) 1996 GA1	April 15, 1996
(69451) 1996 TD5	October 8, 1996
(69493) 1997 AO12	January 11, 1997
(69545) 1997 JF10	May 11, 1997
(69559) 1997 UG5	October 27, 1997
(69686) 1998 HR23	April 28, 1998
(69749) 1998 MZ1	June 21, 1998
(69760) 1998 PR	August 15, 1998
(69762) 1998 QS5	August 23, 1998
(69837) 1998 SE4	September 19, 1998
(69932) 1998 UK	October 16, 1998
(70015) 1998 YT5	December 19, 1998
(70017) 1998 YL9	December 26, 1998
(70407) 1999 SE1	September 18, 1999
(70431) 1999 TD3	October 4, 1999
(70452) 1999 TH19	October 15, 1999
(71220) 1999 YY8	December 31, 1999
(71235) 2000 AD3	January 4, 2000
(72520) 2001 DB88	February 24, 2001
(72831) 2001 HJ14	April 23, 2001
(73868) 1997 AD6	January 1, 1997
(73923) 1997 MU1	June 30, 1997
(73993) 1998 FZ4	March 22, 1998
(74056) 1998 KM9	May 28, 1998
(74068) 1998 MJ4	June 22, 1998
(74587) 1999 ON1	July 21, 1999
(74597) 1999 RG	September 3, 1999
(75247) 1999 XJ	December 1, 1999
(75271) 1999 XE16	December 7, 1999
(75449) 1999 XH137	December 15, 1999
(75572) 2000 AO6	January 4, 2000
(75744) 2000 AF151	January 10, 2000
(75760) 2000 AP168	January 12, 2000
(75851) 2000 CF	February 1, 2000
(76200) 2000 EL50	March 10, 2000
(76638) 2000 HS14	April 29, 2000
(77158) 2001 EN15	March 15, 2001
(77179) 2001 FV4	March 19, 2001
(77869) 2001 SA	September 16, 2001
(79341) 1996 UT1	October 30, 1996
(79357) 1997 CP4	February 4, 1997
(79408) 1997 JE8	May 8, 1997
(79443) 1997 UL1	October 23, 1997
(79528) 1998 QG	August 17, 1998
(79872) 1998 YU7	December 24, 1998
(79873) 1998 YJ10	December 27, 1998
(80447) 1999 YQ14	December 31, 1999
(80614) 2000 AO168	January 12, 2000
(80632) 2000 AL205	January 15, 2000
(80693) 2000 CH	February 1, 2000
(80694) 2000 CN	February 2, 2000
(80695) 2000 CP	February 2, 2000
(80780) 2000 CM77	February 8, 2000
(80973) 2000 EQ	March 3, 2000
(80974) 2000 ER	March 3, 2000
(81037) 2000 EN55	March 11, 2000
(81294) 2000 GM	April 2, 2000
(81297) 2000 GR1	April 4, 2000
(81674) 2000 JC	May 2, 2000
(81679) 2000 JB4	May 4, 2000
(81796) 2000 KH	May 23, 2000
(81887) 2000 LS22	June 9, 2000
(85426) 1997 AK12	January 10, 1997
(85430) 1997 BW5	January 31, 1997
(85488) 1997 SH2	September 23, 1997
(85949) 1999 EX14	March 10, 1999
(86205) 1999 TC3	October 4, 1999
(86455) 2000 CF41	February 6, 2000
(86549) 2000 EG	March 2, 2000
(86707) 2000 GJ	April 2, 2000
(86814) 2000 GB133	April 13, 2000
(87033) 2000 KK	May 24, 2000
(87034) 2000 KT1	May 26, 2000
(87125) 2000 MS1	June 25, 2000
(87130) 2000 NE	July 1, 2000
(88388) 2001 QT2	August 16, 2001
(88638) 2001 RL46	September 13, 2001
(90861) 1996 JD	May 7, 1996
(90864) 1996 RJ1	September 9, 1996
(90886) 1996 YT2	December 18, 1996
(90943) 1997 UX2	October 24, 1997
(91149) 1998 PS	August 15, 1998
(91394) 1999 LM	June 6, 1999
(91430) 1999 RL	September 4, 1999
(91432) 1999 RF1	September 4, 1999
(91588) 1999 TJ	October 2, 1999
(91591) 1999 TJ3	October 4, 1999
(91595) 1999 TZ9	October 9, 1999
(91846) 1999 UY3	October 31, 1999
(92301) 2000 FG	March 25, 2000
(92350) 2000 HK5	April 28, 2000
(92354) 2000 HR14	April 29, 2000
(92495) 2000 NY	July 4, 2000
(92613) 2000 QO	August 21, 2000
(93051) 2000 SP8	September 22, 2000
(93484) 2000 TP22	October 5, 2000
(94319) 2001 FX100	March 17, 2001
(96299) 1996 SO	September 18, 1996
(96314) 1997 AL6	January 8, 1997
(96415) 1998 FX4	March 22, 1998
(96492) 1998 KL9	May 28, 1998
(96634) 1999 GF2	April 9, 1999
(96652) 1999 HA	April 16, 1999
(96875) 1999 TE10	October 8, 1999
(97033) 1999 UW3	October 31, 1999
(97196) 1999 XR1	December 3, 1999
(97270) 1999 XK137	December 15, 1999
(97678) 2000 GS1	April 4, 2000
(97778) 2000 KG41	May 31, 2000
(97831) 2000 PN5	August 5, 2000
(97832) 2000 PQ5	August 5, 2000
(98070) 2000 RQ53	September 5, 2000
(98551) 2000 WK1	November 18, 2000
(98967) 2001 DT2	February 16, 2001
99201 Sattler	April 25, 2001
(100444) 1996 RK1	September 9, 1996
(100457) 1996 TJ3	October 7, 1996
(100486) 1996 VH1	November 7, 1996
(100497) 1996 XB	December 1, 1996
(100564) 1997 GU27	April 9, 1997
(100631) 1997 UH8	October 29, 1997
(101172) 1998 SF4	September 19, 1998
(101196) 1998 SM26	September 24, 1998
(101362) 1998 UP	October 17, 1998
(101364) 1998 US	October 18, 1998
(101533) 1998 YK9	December 26, 1998
(101613) 1999 CX8	February 12, 1999
(101614) 1999 CY8	February 12, 1999
(101718) 1999 EB	March 6, 1999
(101719) 1999 EF	March 10, 1999
(101894) 1999 PD2	August 9, 1999
(101895) 1999 PE3	August 11, 1999
(101896) 1999 PM3	August 12, 1999
(102227) 1999 TB14	October 13, 1999
(103019) 1999 XG106	December 11, 1999
(103423) 2000 AM153	January 11, 2000
(103574) 2000 CR	February 3, 2000
(103575) 2000 CS	February 3, 2000
(103655) 2000 CC41	February 6, 2000
(104114) 2000 EO50	March 10, 2000
(104445) 2000 GA4	April 7, 2000
(104644) 2000 GG123	April 11, 2000
(104913) 2000 JK15	May 9, 2000
(104995) 2000 KJ	May 23, 2000
(105000) 2000 KZ3	May 27, 2000
(105227) 2000 PO5	August 5, 2000
(105379) 2000 QR130	August 31, 2000
(105632) 2000 SQ8	September 22, 2000
(106539) 2000 WA66	November 28, 2000
(107371) 2001 CN31	February 12, 2001
(107401) 2001 DS2	February 16, 2001
(109644) 2001 RO2	September 9, 2001
(109661) 2001 RQ16	September 12, 2001
(111830) 2002 EO9	March 14, 2002
(118242) 1997 NM3	July 9, 1997
(118288) 1998 SK4	September 20, 1998
(118477) 2000 AQ168	January 12, 2000
(118570) 2000 GP1	April 4, 2000
(120660) 1996 VA	November 1, 1996
(120680) 1997 BT5	January 31, 1997
(121205) 1999 PG1	August 8, 1999
(121333) 1999 TF3	October 4, 1999
(121340) 1999 TO17	October 15, 1999
(121706) 1999 XE95	December 9, 1999
(121709) 1999 XJ106	December 11, 1999
(121760) 1999 YY4	December 28, 1999
(121762) 1999 YW8	December 30, 1999
(121805) 2000 AS168	January 12, 2000
(121953) 2000 EP50	March 10, 2000
(121954) 2000 EQ50	March 10, 2000
(122044) 2000 GQ82	April 9, 2000
(122162) 2000 KX1	May 26, 2000
(122228) 2000 OA2	July 27, 2000
(122229) 2000 OC2	July 27, 2000
(122273) 2000 PT1	August 3, 2000
(122383) 2000 QW70	August 26, 2000
(124176) 2001 OJ32	July 24, 2001
(129548) 1996 TC7	October 11, 1996
(129589) 1997 UD	October 20, 1997
(129754) 1999 EE	March 9, 1999
(130240) 2000 CD41	February 6, 2000
(130245) 2000 CO77	February 8, 2000
(130281) 2000 EM	March 2, 2000
(130779) 2000 TQ1	October 3, 2000
(131247) 2001 FU4	March 19, 2001
(132163) 2002 EM9	March 14, 2002

Paul G. Comba is an Italian-American astronomer.

He was born in 1926 in Italy and went to the United States in 1946 at the age of 20 on a scholarship to Caltech from which he received a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1951. After graduation he taught at the University of Hawaii until 1960, when he joined IBM as a software developer.

He specializes in asteroids and has 498 numbered discoveries as of 2006. He is also known for Comba Multiplication, a multiplication scheme for computers based upon long multiplication on pencil and paper. [1]. In 2003 he won the Leslie C. Peltier Award for his contribution to astronomy [2].

He is the author of the Astronomical League's Asteroid Club Observing Guide [3], and a current member of the Prescott Astronomy Club.[4][5]