Gregory Scott Aldering

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**Asteroids discovered: 4**
(9004) 1982 UZ₂	October 22, 1982
(17398) 1982 UR₂	October 20, 1982
(19951) 1982 UW₂	October 20, 1982
(100001) 1982 UC₃	October 20, 1982

Gregory Scott Aldering, also known simply as Greg Aldering is an American astronomer, currently with the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. His interests center on cosmology, including measurement of the cosmological parameters, the exploration of the nature of the "dark energy" and the large-scale distribution of matter in the universe. His current cosmological studies focus on the use of Type Ia supernovae as tools for determining the cosmological parameters, through his participation in the Supernova Cosmology Project. He is now the primary investigator of the Nearby Supernova Factory experiment, and is also a co-investigator on the Supernova / Acceleration Probe.

While an undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980–1983), he discovered a few asteroids. He has so far classified some 266 supernovae, and is one of the co-discoverers of SN 2002bk.