Charles W. Juels

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Charles W. Juels is an American amateur astronomer. He is an M.D.; his full-time job is as a psychiatrist.

Juels is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, one of the top 50 discoverers of minor planets, with over 400 discovered.[1] He operates out of Fountain Hills Observatory, near Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Juels and Paulo R. Holvorcem won a 2003 Comet Award for their joint charge-coupled-device (CCD) electronic-camera discovery of comet C/2002 Y1 on December 28, 2002.[2]

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• Minor Planet Center: Minor Planet Discoverers
• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: 2003 Comet Awards Announced