Leonard L. Amburgey

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**Asteroids discovered: 2**
(10206) 1997PC₂	August 7, 1997
(215188) 2000 NM	July 2, 2000

Leonard L. Amburgey is an American amateur astronomer and public-school teacher. On July 2, 2000, he stumbled upon the near-Earth asteroid 2000 NM using a modest telescope in his backyard (called Scott Observatory, IAU number 823)^[1] in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. As a result, he became the fourth winner of the James Benson Prize for Discovery Methods of Near-Earth Objects by Amateurs.

In 2005, he received the Fitchburg State College (whence he graduated in 1968 and 1973) Alumni Achievement Award .^[2]

References

↑ "Astrometric Instruments' Photo Gallery". astrometric.com. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
↑ "?". Fitchburg State University.

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Amateur Night in Space, 28 October 2002 (about 2000 NM, an Apollo asteroid)

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Name	Amburgey, Leonard L.
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Date of birth	1945
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