Roy A. Tucker (born 1951 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American
astronomer best known for the co-discovery of near-Earth asteroid
99942 Apophis (formerly known as 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen
and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii. He is a prolific
discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with
the discovery of 702 numbered minor planets between 1996 and 2010. He
has also discovered two comets: 328P/LONEOSâ€"Tucker and C/2004 Q1, a
Jupiter-family and near-parabolic comet, respectively.Tucker was
raised in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1966, he became a member of Memphis
Astronomical Society and received a master's degree in Scientific
Instrumentation from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He
works as a senior engineer in the Imaging Technology Laboratory of the
University of Arizona and as an instrumentalist at Kitt Peak National
Observatory. He observes and discovers minor planets at his private
Goodricke-Pigott Observatory in southern Arizona.In 2002, he was one
of five researchers awarded a "Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object
Grant", by the Planetary Society.The main-belt asteroid 10914 Tucker,
discovered by Paul Comba in 1997, was named in his honor.
astronomer best known for the co-discovery of near-Earth asteroid
99942 Apophis (formerly known as 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen
and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii. He is a prolific
discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with
the discovery of 702 numbered minor planets between 1996 and 2010. He
has also discovered two comets: 328P/LONEOSâ€"Tucker and C/2004 Q1, a
Jupiter-family and near-parabolic comet, respectively.Tucker was
raised in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1966, he became a member of Memphis
Astronomical Society and received a master's degree in Scientific
Instrumentation from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He
works as a senior engineer in the Imaging Technology Laboratory of the
University of Arizona and as an instrumentalist at Kitt Peak National
Observatory. He observes and discovers minor planets at his private
Goodricke-Pigott Observatory in southern Arizona.In 2002, he was one
of five researchers awarded a "Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object
Grant", by the Planetary Society.The main-belt asteroid 10914 Tucker,
discovered by Paul Comba in 1997, was named in his honor.
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