Tom Stafford (astronomer)

For other people named Thomas Stafford, see Thomas Stafford (disambiguation).

Tom Stafford is an astronomer who has discovered a number of asteroids since 1997,[1] including 12061 Alena,[2] 12533 Edmond,[3] 13436 Enid,[4] 13688 Oklahoma[5] and 15904 Halstead[6] at Zeno Observatory (observatory code 727) in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is the son of Joseph W. Stafford and Alena Ruth Robbins, both now deceased, and has a sister, Susan Halstead.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (Alphabetically)". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsAlpha.html. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser:12061 Alena". NASA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=12061+Alena. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
  3. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 12533 Edmond". NASA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=12533+Edmond. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
  4. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 13436 Enid". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=13436+Enid. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
  5. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 13688 Oklahoma". NASA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=13688+Oklahoma. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
  6. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 15904 Halstead". NASA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=15904+Halstead. Retrieved 8 April 2011. 
  7. ^ "Ruth Stafford". Obituaries, Enid News, Oklahoma. February 3, 2011. http://enidnews.com/obituaries/x1293239709/Ruth-Stafford. Retrieved 2011-04-08.