Frank B. Zoltowski
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| 8430 Florey 8430 Florey 8430 Florey is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 25 December 1997, by Frank B. Zoltowski at Woomera.- External links :*... |
25 December 1997 |
| 10203 Flinders 10203 Flinders 10203 Flinders is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 1, 1997 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera.- External links :*... |
1 August 1997 |
| 11150 Bragg 11150 Bragg 11150 Bragg is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 21, 1997 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera.- External links :*... |
21 December 1997 |
| 11195 Woomera 11195 Woomera 11195 Woomera is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 15, 1999 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera, South Australia.- External links :*... |
15 January 1999 |
| 11212 Tebbutt 11212 Tebbutt 11212 Tebbutt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1999 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera.- External links :*... |
18 April 1999 |
| 11356 Chuckjones 11356 Chuckjones 11356 Chuckjones is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 18, 1997 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera.- External links :*... |
18 December 1997 |
| 5 May 1998 | |
| (12103) 1998 KL | 19 May 1998 |
| (12495) 1998 FJ | 18 March 1998 |
| 27 April 1998 | |
| 23 August 1998 | |
| 1 September 1998 | |
| 27 November 1998 | |
| (13296) 1998 RV | 11 September 1998 |
| 23 September 1998 | |
| 19 October 1998 | |
| 25 October 1998 | |
| 12 January 1999 | |
| (14530) 1997 PR | 1 August 1997 |
| 3 September 1997 | |
| 15 November 1997 | |
| 20 September 1998 | |
| 31 October 1997 | |
| 11 December 1998 | |
| 21 September 1997 | |
| (15410) 1997 YZ | 19 December 1997 |
| 24 January 1999 | |
| 22 December 1997 | |
| 27 March 1998 | |
| 12 September 1998 | |
| 11 February 2000 | |
| (17708) 1997 WB | 18 November 1997 |
| 18 February 1998 | |
| (17775) 1998 FH | 18 March 1998 |
| 22 April 1998 | |
| 5 May 1998 | |
| 10 April 1999 | |
| 24 January 1998 | |
| (18757) 1999 HT | 18 April 1999 |
| 6 January 1998 | |
| 18 February 1998 | |
| 24 March 1998 | |
| 25 April 1998 | |
| 27 April 1998 | |
| (19505) 1998 MC | 16 June 1998 |
| 23 May 1999 | |
| 23 June 1999 | |
| 5 April 1998 | |
| 24 May 1998 | |
| (20398) 1998 NQ | 11 July 1998 |
| 10 June 1999 | |
| 23 June 1999 | |
| 24 June 1999 | |
| 30 September 1999 | |
| 4 April 1998 | |
| 1 September 1998 | |
| 23 May 1998 | |
| 22 June 1998 | |
| 25 June 1998 | |
| 16 December 1998 | |
| 24 January 1999 | |
| 25 May 1998 | |
| 23 August 1998 | |
| (23846) 1998 RF | 1 September 1998 |
| 28 September 1997 | |
| (25008) 1998 PL | 8 August 1998 |
| 15 August 1998 | |
| 25 August 1998 | |
| 11 March 2000 | |
| 4 April 1998 | |
| 20 September 1998 | |
| 16 December 1998 | |
| 29 October 1997 | |
| (26983) 1997 VA | 1 November 1997 |
| 29 November 1998 | |
| 12 January 1999 | |
| 10 February 1999 | |
| 20 February 1998 | |
| 14 April 1999 | |
| (28372) 1999 HU | 18 April 1999 |
| 27 November 1997 | |
| 16 January 1999 | |
| 9 February 1999 | |
| 10 February 1999 | |
| 13 March 1999 | |
| 17 September 1998 | |
| 13 April 1999 | |
| 6 May 1999 | |
| 27 December 1997 | |
| 27 March 1998 | |
| 30 March 1998 | |
| (33286) 1998 KA | 16 May 1998 |
| (33321) 1998 QL | 17 August 1998 |
| 19 April 1999 | |
| 10 June 1999 | |
| 24 March 1998 | |
| 24 March 1998 | |
| 5 April 1998 | |
| 5 May 1998 | |
| 13 April 1999 | |
| (35758) 1999 HE | 16 April 1999 |
| (35759) 1999 HQ | 17 April 1999 |
| 20 January 1998 | |
| 4 April 1998 | |
| (38209) 1999 NE | 4 July 1999 |
| 29 September 1999 | |
| (39889) 1998 FG | 17 March 1998 |
| 15 May 1998 | |
| (40100) 1998 PV | 12 August 1998 |
| 17 August 1998 | |
| (40170) 1998 RK | 1 September 1998 |
| 20 March 1998 | |
| 15 May 1998 | |
| 25 June 1998 | |
| (44308) 1998 RG | 1 September 1998 |
| 29 November 1998 | |
| 25 August 1998 | |
| (46918) 1998 SC | 16 September 1998 |
| (48783) 1997 SR | 20 September 1997 |
| 26 September 1997 | |
| 24 December 1997 | |
| 17 June 1998 | |
| (48930) 1998 PW | 14 August 1998 |
| 21 August 1998 | |
| (49039) 1998 RH | 1 September 1998 |
| 12 September 1998 | |
| 20 October 1998 | |
| 24 May 2000 | |
| 29 October 1997 | |
| 4 November 1997 | |
| 25 June 1998 | |
| (52771) 1998 PX | 14 August 1998 |
| 22 January 1999 | |
| 3 September 1997 | |
| 20 November 1997 | |
| 24 January 1998 | |
| 15 December 1998 | |
| 26 April 1999 | |
| (56278) 1999 KB | 16 May 1999 |
| 13 August 1998 | |
| 12 April 1999 | |
| 12 April 1999 | |
| (59471) 1999 HP | 17 April 1999 |
| (59758) 1999 MH | 18 June 1999 |
| (59761) 1999 MZ | 23 June 1999 |
| 9 March 2000 | |
| 4 April 1998 | |
| 17 July 1998 | |
| 12 May 1999 | |
| 21 August 1998 | |
| 23 September 1998 | |
| 12 May 1999 | |
| (70122) 1999 MX | 22 June 1999 |
| 24 June 1999 | |
| (70124) 1999 NY | 10 July 1999 |
| 13 September 1999 | |
| 2 October 1999 | |
| 3 October 1999 | |
| 27 February 2000 | |
| 20 March 1998 | |
| (74019) 1998 GY | 2 April 1998 |
| 22 April 1998 | |
| 22 June 1998 | |
| (74078) 1998 NP | 3 July 1998 |
| (74079) 1998 NS | 11 July 1998 |
| 28 August 1998 | |
| 29 November 1998 | |
| (74534) 1999 JA | 1 May 1999 |
| (75850) 2000 CC | 2 February 2000 |
| 21 April 2002 | |
| (79517) 1998 MD | 16 June 1998 |
| 16 June 1998 | |
| 23 May 1999 | |
| (80692) 2000 CD | 2 February 2000 |
| 10 December 2002 | |
| 27 July 1997 | |
| (85647) 1998 PZ | 14 August 1998 |
| 3 September 1998 | |
| 15 April 1999 | |
| 22 August 1997 | |
| 25 April 1998 | |
| (91401) 1999 MY | 22 June 1999 |
| (91402) 1999 NW | 9 July 1999 |
| (92489) 2000 MK | 24 June 2000 |
| 28 March 1998 | |
| 10 June 1999 | |
| 3 January 1998 | |
| 15 May 1998 | |
| 8 December 1998 | |
| (101859) 1999 LA | 2 June 1999 |
| 29 April 2000 | |
| 7 May 2002 | |
| 9 December 2002 | |
| 31 December 2002 | |
| 12 April 1999 | |
| 17 August 1998 | |
| 21 April 1999 | |
| 10 September 1999 | |
| 3 February 2000 | |
| (129770) 1999 HV | 18 April 1999 |
| 23 June 1999 | |
| 26 September 2000 |
Frank B. Zoltowski is an amateur Australian astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
who lives in Woomera, South Australia
Woomera, South Australia
The town, or village, of Woomera is located in the south east corner of the Woomera Prohibited Area ; colloquially known as the Woomera Rocket Range...
. In 1998, Zoltowski was awarded a Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant for improved Near-Earth Object searches. Zoltowski conducts these searches from his home with a charge-coupled device
Charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value. This is achieved by "shifting" the signals between stages within the device one at a time...
camera.
He is a prolific discoverer of 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. He authored CCDTRACK, a computer program that autoguides electronically controlled telescopes by tracking a user-selected celestial object. Zoltowski discovered that the asteroid 1999 AN10
(137108) 1999 AN10
' is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid discovered by LINEAR on January 13, 1999.On August 7, 2027, this NEA will pass within 388,960 km of the Earth. During the close approach, the asteroid should peak at about apparent magnitude 7.3, and will be visible in binoculars.1999 AN10 has a well...
could potentially crash into Earth but is likely to miss by at least 37,000 kilometers. It is estimated to pass by Earth in 2027.