Scott S. Sheppard

Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He has also discovered the second known leading Neptune trojan, 2004 UP₁₀, and the first known trailing Neptune trojan, 2008 LC₁₈, as well as several Kuiper belt objects, centaurs, and near-Earth asteroids.

Among the named moons in whose discovery he has been involved are:

Jupiter

• Themisto (2000), first discovered by Charles Kowal in 1975
• Harpalyke (2000)
• Praxidike (2000)
• Chaldene (2000)
• Isonoe (2000)
• Erinome (2000)
• Taygete (2000)
• Kalyke (2000)
• Megaclite (2000)
• Iocaste (2000)
• Euporie (2001)
• Orthosie (2001)
• Euanthe (2001)
• Thyone (2001)
• Hermippe (2001)
• Pasithee (2001)
• Aitne (2001)
• Eurydome (2001)
• Autonoe (2001)
• Sponde (2001)
• Kale (2001)
• Arche (2002)
• Eukelade (2003)
• Helike (2003)
• Aoede (2003)
• Hegemone (2003)
• Kallichore (2003)
• Cyllene (2003)
• Mneme (2003)
• Thelxinoe (2003)
• Carpo (2003)
• Kore (2003)
• Herse (2003)
• S/2000 J11 (2000)
• S/2003 J 2 (2003)
• S/2003 J 3 (2003)
• S/2003 J 4 (2003)
• S/2003 J 5 (2003)
• S/2003 J 9 (2003)
• S/2003 J 10 (2003)
• S/2003 J 12 (2003)
• S/2003 J 15 (2003)
• S/2003 J 16 (2003)
• S/2003 J 18 (2003)
• S/2003 J 19 (2003)
• S/2003 J 23 (2003)
• S/2011 J 1 (2011)
• S/2011 J 2 (2011)

Saturn

• Narvi (2003)
• Fornjot (2004)
• Farbauti (2004)
• Aegir (2004)
• Bebhionn (2004)
• Hati (2004)
• Bergelmir (2004)
• Fenrir (2004)
• Bestla (2004)
• Hyrrokkin (2004)
• Kari (2004)
• S/2004 S 7 (2004)
• S/2004 S 12 (2004)
• S/2004 S 13 (2004)
• S/2004 S 17 (2004)
• Loge (2006)
• Surtur (2006)
• Skoll (2006)
• Greip (2006)
• Jarnsaxa (2006)
• S/2006 S 1 (2006)
• S/2006 S 3 (2006)
• Tarqeq (2007)
• S/2007 S 2 (2007)
• S/2007 S 3 (2007)

Uranus

• Margaret (2003)

Neptune

• Psamathe (2003)

Scott Sheppard has also been involved in the discovery of possible dwarf planets such as 2010 EK₁₃₉, 2010 KZ₃₉, and 2010 FX₈₆. He is a co-discoverer of the satellite of Kuiper belt object 2007 TY₄₃₀.^[1] He also discovered Plutino 1999 TR₁₁.

References

External links

• Scott Sheppard's web site at the Carnegie Institution for Science