see § List of discovered minor planets |
Nichole M. Danzl is an American astronomer and biologist who has discovered several trans-Neptunian objects while working with the Spacewatch survey.[2]
Danzl studied biology at the University of Arizona. She is a research scientist, at the Columbia University Medical Center.[3] Between 1995 and 1998, she discovered a total of six minor planets, as part of her work on the Spacewatch program.[1]
(24835) 1995 SM55 | 19 September 1995 | list |
(26181) 1996 GQ21 | 12 April 1996 | list |
(26308) 1998 SM165 | 16 September 1998 | list |
(33128) 1998 BU48 | 22 January 1998 | list |
(33340) 1998 VG44 | 14 November 1998 | list [A] |
52975 Cyllarus | 12 October 1998 | list |
Co-discovery made with: A J. A. Larsen and A. Gleason |
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Asteroid 10720 Danzl, discovered by astronomers with the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak Observatory in 1986, was named after her.[4] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 May 2001 (M.P.C. 42671).[2]