Richard Martin West

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Asteroids discovered: 39
2052 Tamriko October 24, 1976
2053 Nuki October 24, 1976
2115 Irakli October 24, 1976
2116 Mtskheta October 24, 1976
2117 Danmark January 9, 1978
2145 Blaauw October 24, 1976
2146 Stentor October 24, 1976
2147 Kharadze October 25, 1976
2148 Epeios October 24, 1976
2187 La Silla October 24, 1976
2526 Alisary May 19, 1979
2595 Gudiachvili May 19, 1979
2596 Vainu Bappu May 19, 1979
2935 Naerum October 24, 1976
3004 Knud February 27, 1976
3477 Kazbegi May 19, 1979
3871 Reiz February 18, 1982
3933 Portugal March 12, 1986
5270 Kakabadze May 19, 1979
5890 Carlsberg May 19, 1979
6362 Tunis May 19, 1979
8066 Poldimeri August 6, 1980
8993 Ingstad October 30, 1980
9272 Liseleje May 19, 1979
(10462) 1979 KM May 19, 1979
(10668) 1976 UB1 October 24, 1976
11005 Waldtrudering August 6, 1980
(12188) 1978 PE August 9, 1978
(12198) 1980 PJ1 August 6, 1980
(14350) 1985 VA1 November 1, 1985
(15201) 1976 UY October 31, 1976
(15207) 1979 KD May 19, 1979
(20995) 1985 VY November 1, 1985
(22252) 1978 SG September 27, 1978
(26081) 1980 PT1 August 6, 1980
(27667) 1979 KJ May 19, 1979
(34998) 1978 SE September 27, 1978
(65661) 1985 VB1 November 1, 1985
79086 Gorgasali September 4, 1977

Richard Martin West (born 1941) is a Danish astronomer who worked at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

He discovered numerous comets, including Comet West (C/1975 V1), which was one of the brightest comets of the 1970s,[1] and the periodic comets 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura and 123P/West-Hartley.

He also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroids 2146 Stentor, 2148 Epeios and (20995) 1985 VY.

He co-discovered (with Hans-Emil Schuster) the Phoenix Dwarf galaxy.


References

  1. "New Scientist - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-01-08. 

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