Stephen_P._Laurie

Stephen P. Laurie

Stephen P. Laurie

British astronomer

Not to be confused with Steve Laurie.

Stephen P. Laurie is a British amateur astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids and comets,[1] although his profession is that of an actuary.[2] He has also worked on searches for dwarf stars[3] and discovered a supernova (SN 1997bq in NGC 3147) in 1997.[2][4]

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Laurie has named five asteroids he discovered from the Church Stretton area — 7603 Salopia (named after Shropshire),[5] 9421 Violilla, 9428 Angelalouise, 10216 Popastro and 11626 Church Stretton[6] — all discovered at observatory 966 Church Stretton and nearby location Ragdon (observatory J17). Laurie lives and works in the Church Stretton area.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Astronomical Data System
  2. [2]
    Independent newspaper A small speck in the sky; but a giant find for insurance man (1997)
  3. [3]
    "Meeting the Cool Neighbors. IV. 2MASS 1835+32, a Newly Discovered M8.5 Dwarf within 6 Parsecs of the Sun" by I. Neill Reid, K. L. Cruz, Stephen P. Laurie, James Liebert, Conard C. Dahn, Hugh C. Harris, Harry H. Guetter, Ronald C. Stone , Blaise Canzian, Christian B. Luginbuhl5, Stephen E. Levine5, Alice K. B. Monet and David G. Monet The Astronomical Journal Volume 125 Number 1p. 354–358 doi:10.1086/344946
  4. [4]
    Hermes newsletter Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (May 1997) p 2
  5. [5]
    JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 7603 Salopia
  6. [6]
    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 24 May 2008.


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