Paul Wiegert
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Paul Arnold Wiegert (born 1967) is a Canadian astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and professor at the University of Western Ontario.[2]
Wiegert studies unusual orbits of both observed objects and theorised classes of objects, for example, one early paper[3] considers not-known-to-exist planets orbiting the nearby Alpha Centauri star system, while later papers extend that case to more general planetary stability in general binary systems (as exoplanet studies are finding increasingly frequently). This work in particular should be of interest to science fiction authors inventing universes.
Other areas of work include identifying the orbits of minor planets in the Solar System, which by virtue of their potential instability could realistically become major threats to civilization when one impacts on Earth again, as they have in the past. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 80 numbered minor planets between 2003 and 2008.[1] Wiegert was also involved in the discovery of 3753 Cruithne, Earth's first known Trojan asteroid.[2][4]
He was also the a member of the team that identified 524522 Zoozve, as a quasi-satellite of Venus, in 2004, two years after the actual discovery of the object.[5][6]
The outer main-belt asteroid 15068 Wiegert was named in his honor.[2]
List of discovered minor planets
[edit]| 172996 Stooke | 25 May 2006 | list |
| 199763 Davidgregory | 1 May 2006 | list |
| 204786 Wehlau | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (229280) 2005 BN47 | 16 January 2005 | list |
| 233472 Moorcroft | 25 May 2006 | list |
| 236616 Gray | 1 May 2006 | list |
| 254422 Henrykent | 9 November 2004 | list [A] |
| 261930 Moorhead | 25 May 2006 | list |
| 262536 Nowikow | 26 October 2006 | list [A] |
| 263251 Pandabear | 6 January 2008 | list [A] |
| 273230 de Bruyn | 1 May 2006 | list |
| 273262 Cottam | 25 May 2006 | list |
| 277883 Basu | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (281067) 2006 KU130 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (282630) 2005 RL50 | 3 September 2005 | list |
| (290156) 2005 QL183 | 27 August 2005 | list |
| (290181) 2005 RZ50 | 3 September 2005 | list |
| (291824) 2006 KH133 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (292856) 2006 UE341 | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (298762) 2004 HT77 | 26 April 2004 | list |
| (299518) 2006 CX63 | 2 February 2006 | list |
| (299631) 2006 JP68 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| 304122 Ameliawehlau | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (304557) 2006 UL352 | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (305344) 2008 AB122 | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (306257) 2011 RF3 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (307681) 2003 SA425 | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (308753) 2006 JD79 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (309426) 2007 TX412 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (311604) 2006 KD137 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (312676) 2010 MF36 | 19 January 2007 | list |
| (315529) 2008 AN120 | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (317843) 2003 SH424 | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (317844) 2003 SU426 | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (319358) 2006 CE64 | 2 February 2006 | list |
| (319455) 2006 KB142 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (322569) 2011 YQ65 | 14 September 2007 | list |
| (324208) 2006 AS103 | 7 January 2006 | list |
| (324327) 2006 JB72 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (327559) 2006 CS63 | 2 February 2006 | list |
| (331824) 2003 SU424 | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (335013) 2004 HW76 | 26 April 2004 | list |
| (339395) 2005 BA48 | 16 January 2005 | list |
| (340538) 2006 JJ73 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (344700) 2003 SV423 | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (344918) 2004 RY347 | 12 September 2004 | list |
| (345702) 2006 UL357 | 27 October 2006 | list |
| (349018) 2006 UD352 | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (350205) 2012 QE2 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (351475) 2005 PH27 | 10 August 2005 | list |
| (353730) 2011 WN114 | 24 November 2005 | list |
| (355145) 2006 UZ343 | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (358712) 2008 AO121 | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (360106) 2013 CM13 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (362643) 2011 SZ185 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (362683) 2011 UD93 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (363834) 2005 PH25 | 5 August 2005 | list |
| (364179) 2006 KU138 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (365879) 2011 UC318 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (371548) 2006 UY349 | 26 October 2006 | list |
| (376299) 2011 FC138 | 15 December 2004 | list |
| (376303) 2011 FK148 | 14 September 2007 | list |
| (376674) 2013 QD29 | 16 January 2005 | list |
| (377395) 2004 RW349 | 12 September 2004 | list |
| (377959) 2006 JK61 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (387984) 2005 ON29 | 31 July 2005 | list |
| (391240) 2006 KP134 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (393652) 2004 PN116 | 12 August 2004 | list |
| (394654) 2008 AS120 | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (400015) 2006 KH126 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (402361) 2005 VV134 | 1 November 2005 | list |
| (405285) 2003 SV424 | 25 September 2003 | list |
| (405915) 2006 JP70 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (416605) 2004 PV116 | 12 August 2004 | list |
| (422054) 2014 QE366 | 16 January 2005 | list |
| important; | ||
|---|---|---|
| (434357) 2004 RC350 | 12 September 2004 | list |
| (434709) 2006 CJ69 | 3 February 2006 | list [A] |
| (438334) 2006 KD139 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (441316) 2008 AV125 | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (444474) 2006 KL142 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (470002) 2006 KW137 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (476348) 2008 AT123 | 6 January 2008 | list |
| (489211) 2006 JH74 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| (493446) 2014 WJ361 | 25 May 2006 | list |
| (497593) 2006 JU69 | 1 May 2006 | list |
| Co-discovery made with: A A. Papadimos | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(15068) Wiegert [3.99, 0.22, 1.7]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (15068) Wiegert, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 90–91. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_923. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.
- ^ Wiegert, Paul A.; Holman, Matt J. (April 1997). "The Stability of Planets in the Alpha Centauri System". Astronomical Journal. 113: 1445–1450. arXiv:astro-ph/9609106. Bibcode:1997AJ....113.1445W. doi:10.1086/118360. S2CID 18969130. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ Connors, M. G.; Wiegert, P.; Veillet, C. (December 2011). "Discovery of an Earth Trojan Asteroid". American Geophysical Union. 23: P23C–1727. Bibcode:2011AGUFM.P23C1727C. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Discovery of the first quasi-satellite of Venus". Tuorla Observatory. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Mikkola, S.; Brasser, R.; Wiegert, P.; Innanen, K. (2004). "Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 351 (3): L63–L65. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.351L..63M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07994.x.
