C._Michelle_Olmstead

C. Michelle Olmstead

C. Michelle Olmstead

American astronomer

C. Michelle Olmstead (born 21 May 1969) is an American astronomer, asteroid discoverer and computer scientist.[2]

Minor planets discovered: 46 [1]
(5633) 1978 UL7October 27, 1978
(6360) 1978 UA7October 27, 1978
(7510) 1978 UF6October 27, 1978
(7914) 1978 UW7October 27, 1978
(8363) 1990 RVSeptember 13, 1990
(10998) 1978 UN4October 27, 1978
(11447) 1978 UL4October 27, 1978
(13907) 1977 RS17September 9, 1977
(14319) 1978 US5October 27, 1978
(14320) 1978 UV7October 27, 1978
(14798) 1978 UW4October 27, 1978
(17359) 1978 UP4October 27, 1978
(17360) 1978 UX5October 27, 1978
(17361) 1978 UF7October 27, 1978
(19085) 1978 UR4October 27, 1978
(23407) 1977 RG19September 9, 1977
(23412) 1978 UN5October 27, 1978
(24612) 1978 UE6October 27, 1978
(27661) 1978 UK6October 27, 1978
(27662) 1978 UK7October 27, 1978
(29184) 1990 SL10September 17, 1990
(30819) 1990 RL2September 15, 1990
(32736) 1978 UE5October 27, 1978
(32737) 1978 UZ6October 27, 1978
(39470) 1978 UB7October 27, 1978
(39471) 1978 UF8October 27, 1978
(43726) 1978 UJ5October 27, 1978
(48382) 1978 UC6October 27, 1978
(52232) 1978 UY4October 27, 1978
(52233) 1978 UQ5October 27, 1978
(52234) 1978 UX7October 27, 1978
(55721) 1978 UX4October 27, 1978
(69232) 1978 UJ4October 27, 1978
(69233) 1978 UL6October 27, 1978
(73643) 1978 UA5October 27, 1978
(73644) 1978 UD7October 27, 1978
(85175) 1990 RSSeptember 13, 1990
(90674) 1978 UD5October 27, 1978
(90675) 1978 UQ6October 27, 1978
(96158) 1978 UE8October 27, 1978
(99955) 1978 UM5October 27, 1978
(192281) 1978 UC7October 27, 1978

Early life and education

Olmstead attended Northern Arizona University as an undergraduate student in physics and astronomy from 1989-1993, where she was a NASA undergraduate fellow and participated in several asteroid astrometry programs and made measurements using existing survey work.[2]

Career

She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 46 asteroids for the period between 1977 and 1990. In 1990, with Henry E. Holt, she co-discovered 127P/Holt-Olmstead, a periodic comet that bears her name.[3]

The minor planet 3287 Olmstead, a Mars-crosser asteroid discovered by astronomer Schelte J. Bus in 1981, was named in her honour.[2] Her lowest numbered discovery, (5633) 1978 UL7, officially discovered at Palomar Observatory in 1978, and presumably taken on photographic plates by Tom Gehrels shortly after the last Palomar–Leiden Survey campaign, had its discovering astrometric observation published on 12 September 1992 (M.P.C. 20706).[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3287) Olmstead". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3287) Olmstead. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 274. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3288. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. [3]
    Bowell, E.; Holt, H. E.; Olmstead, C. M.; Holt, H. R.; Brown, J. A.; Bus, S. J. (1990-09-01). "Comet Holt-Olmstead (1990k)". International Astronomical Union Circular (5093): 1. Bibcode:1990IAUC.5093....1B. ISSN 0081-0304.
  4. [4]
    "5633 (1978 UL7)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. [5]
    "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 June 2016.


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