Robert_S._McMillan_(astronomer)

Robert S. McMillan (astronomer)

Robert S. McMillan (astronomer)

American astronomer

For other people with the same name, see Robert McMillan (disambiguation).

Robert S. McMillan is an astronomer at the University of Arizona, and heads the Spacewatch project, which studies minor planets. He has made various discoveries, including notably 20000 Varuna.[1]

On October 19, 2008, he discovered a short-periodic comet 208P/McMillan.[2]

In 1977 McMillan received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Dr. Robert S. McMillan bio at Lunar and Planetary Lab University of Arizona Archived 2013-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    K. Kinoshita. Comets discovered and recovered in 2008

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