Carl W. Hergenrother
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Numbered Asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s discovered: 27
6533 Giuseppina
6533 Giuseppina
6533 Giuseppina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1995 by C. W. Hergenrother at Catalina Station.- External links :*...

 
February 24, 1995
6613 Williamcarl
6613 Williamcarl
6613 Williamcarl is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 2, 1994 by C. W. Hergenrother at Catalina Station.- External links :*...

 
June 2, 1994
7707 Yes
7707 Yes
7707 Yes is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1993 by C. W. Hergenrother at Catalina Station. It is named after the progressive rock group Yes.- External links :*...

 
April 17, 1993
7488 Robertpaul
7488 Robertpaul
7488 Robertpaul is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on May 27, 1995 by C. W. Hergenrother at Catalina Station.- External links :*...

 
May 27, 1995
7489 Oribe
7489 Oribe
7489 Oribe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 26, 1995 by C. W. Hergenrother at Catalina Station.- External links :*...

 
June 26, 1995
7887 Bratfest
7887 Bratfest
7887 Bratfest is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 18, 1993 by C. W. Hergenrother at Catalina Station.- External links :...

 
September 18, 1993
7959 Alysecherri
7959 Alysecherri
7959 Alysecherri is an inner main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Carl W. Hergenrother through the Catalina Sky Survey on August 2, 1994. It is named for Alyse Cherri Hergenrother neé Smith, the wife of the discoverer.-External links:*...

 
August 2, 1994
8109 1995 DU1 February 25, 1995
8711 1994 LL June 5, 1994
10571 1994 LA1 June 5, 1994
12396 1995 DL1 February 24, 2995
12789 Salvadoraguirre  October 14, 1995
13186 1996 UM October 18, 1996
16712 1995 SW29 September 30, 1995
24888 1996 XS23 December 8, 1996
26916 1996 RR2 September 13, 1996
32925 1995 KF May 24, 1995
35285 1996 TR5 October 6, 1996
37744 1996 XU14 December 8, 1996
39642 1995 KO1 May 26, 1995
44192 1998 ME2 June 18, 1998
55844 Bičák
55844 Bicák
55844 Bičák is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 975.7298846 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 12, 1996.-References:...

 
September 12, 1996
69406 1995 SX48 September 30, 1995
85343 1995 SX53 September 30, 1995
118231 1996 XQ18 December 8, 1996
121725 1999 XX143 December 13, 1999
173176 1997 KO May 29, 1997

Carl W. Hergenrother (born 1973) is an American
United States
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 astronomer
Astronomer
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Working with the Catalina Sky Survey
Catalina Sky Survey
Catalina Sky Survey is a project to discover comets and asteroids, and to search for Near-Earth objects. More specifically, to search for potentially hazardous asteroids , that may pose a threat of impact.-Mission:...

 and other colleagues, he has co-discovered a number of comets and asteroids.

These discoveries include one long-period comet, C/1996 R1 (Hergenrother-Spahr), and three periodic comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...

s, 168P/Hergenrother
168P/Hergenrother
168P/Hergenrother is a periodic comet in our solar system. The comet originally named P/1998 W2 returned in 2005 and got the temporary name P/2005 N2.- External links :*...

, 175P/Hergenrother and P/1999 V1 (Catalina).

The Asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 3099 Hergenrother
3099 Hergenrother
3099 Hergenrother is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1940 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku.- External links :*...

is named after him.
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