Suzanne W. Tourtellotte

Minor planets discovered: 14 [1]
(312645) 2010 EP65 9 March 2010 list
(316179) 2010 EN65 7 March 2010 list
(382004) 2010 RM64 9 September 2010 list
(445473) 2010 VZ98 11 November 2010 list
(471136) 2010 EO65 9 March 2010 list
(471137) 2010 ET65 13 March 2010 list
(471149) 2010 FB49 17 March 2010 list
(471150) 2010 FC49 18 March 2010 list
(471151) 2010 FD49 19 March 2010 list
(471152) 2010 FE49 19 March 2010 list
(471155) 2010 GF65 14 April 2010 list
(471172) 2010 JC80 12 May 2010 list
(471196) 2010 PK66 14 August 2010 list
(471210) 2010 VW11 3 November 2010 list

Suzanne W. Tourtellotte (January 11, 1945 – June 20, 2013) was an American female astronomer and discoverer of minor planets who studied at Yale University in the United States.[2][3]

Tourtellotte is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the co-discovery of 14 numbered minor planets made at the Chilean La Silla Observatory in 2010, in collaboration with astronomers David L. Rabinowitz and Megan E. Schwamb.[1] Most notably are (316179) 2010 EN65 and (445473) 2010 VZ98, a Neptune trojan and a trans-Neptunian object, respectively.[4][5]

She died at the age of 68 in Hamden, Connecticut.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Suzanne Tourtellotte Obituary - Hamden, Connecticut". Tributes.com. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 316179 (2010 EN65)" (2013-03-13 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 445473 (2010 VZ98)" (2015-10-12 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

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