Roy A. Tucker

Minor planets discovered: 713 ^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Roy A. Tucker (1951 – 2021) was 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.^[2] He was a prolific discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 702 numbered minor planets between 1996 and 2010.^[1] He also discovered two comets: 328P/LONEOS–Tucker and C/2004 Q1, a Jupiter-family and near-parabolic comet, respectively.^[3]^[4]

Biography

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.^[5] He worked as a senior engineer in the Imaging Technology Laboratory of the University of Arizona and as an instrumentalist at Kitt Peak National Observatory.^[2] He observed and discovered minor planets at his private Goodricke-Pigott Observatory in southern Arizona.^[2]^[6]

Death

Tucker passed away on March 5, 2021, due to pancreatic cancer.^[7]^[8]

Recognition

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.^[2]

List of discovered minor planets

10220 Pigott	20 October 1997	list
14542 Karitskaya	29 September 1997	list
16783 Bychkov	14 December 1996	list
16861 Lipovetsky	27 December 1997	list
17025 Pilachowski	13 March 1999	list
17941 Horbatt	6 May 1999	list
21523 GONG	26 June 1998	list
21811 Burroughs	5 October 1999	list
23884 Karenharvey	20 September 1998	list
24259 Chriswalker	12 December 1999	list
25275 Jocelynbell	14 November 1998	list
26924 Johnharvey	30 December 1996	list
27049 Kraus	18 September 1998	list
28341 Bingaman	13 March 1999	list
29825 Dunyazade	20 February 1999	list
29874 Rogerculver	14 April 1999	list
31086 Gehringer	12 January 1997	list
31098 Frankhill	9 June 1997	list
31190 Toussaint	27 December 1997	list
31556 Shatner	13 March 1999	list
31557 Holleybakich	13 March 1999	list
32608 Hallas	24 August 2001	list
32621 Talcott	8 September 2001	list
33103 Pintar	27 December 1997	list
34791 Ericcraine	18 September 2001	list

35734 Dilithium	14 April 1999	list
39741 Komm	9 January 1997	list
(40204) 1998 SV₂₇	23 September 1998	list
40248 Yukikajiura	12 December 1998	list
40775 Kalafina	5 October 1999	list
40776 Yeungkwongyu	7 October 1999	list
41199 Wakanaootaki	21 November 1999	list
42271 Keikokubota	24 August 2001	list
44027 Termain	2 January 1998	list
44455 Artdula	7 November 1998	list
44475 Hikarumasai	16 November 1998	list
47466 Mayatoyoshima	31 December 1999	list
49272 Bryce Canyon	27 October 1998	list
49382 Lynnokamoto	12 December 1998	list
51985 Kirby	22 September 2001	list
52649 Chrismith	27 December 1997	list
53237 Simonson	9 February 1999	list
53250 Beucher	20 February 1999	list
53253 Zeiler	13 March 1999	list
54563 Kinokonasu	31 August 2000	list
55108 Beamueller	24 August 2001	list
55212 Yukitoayatsuji	12 September 2001	list
55222 Makotoshinkai	12 September 2001	list
55223 Akiraifukube	12 September 2001	list
55319 Takanashi	18 September 2001	list

55320 Busler	19 September 2001	list
55397 Hackman	22 September 2001	list
55559 Briancraine	18 December 2001	list
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(57470) 2001 ST₁₁₅	19 September 2001	list
(57520) 2001 SB₂₈₉	22 September 2001	list
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(57523) 2001 ST₂₉₀	25 September 2001	list
(57537) 2001 TQ₁₃	11 October 2001	list
(57541) 2001 TV₁₈	11 October 2001	list
(57542) 2001 TW₁₈	15 October 2001	list
(61144) 2000 NW₈	5 July 2000	list
(63419) 2001 KP₆₄	21 May 2001	list
(63891) 2001 SN₄	18 September 2001	list
(64001) 2001 SU₁₁₅	19 September 2001	list
(64090) 2001 SA₂₈₉	22 September 2001	list
(64506) 2001 VJ₇₆	12 November 2001	list
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(77561) 2001 KS₁	16 May 2001	list
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(78111) 2002 MO₁	16 June 2002	list
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(78571) 2002 RQ₂₁₁	13 September 2002	list
(78925) 2003 SC₁₁₂	18 September 2003	list
(79445) 1997 VT₆	9 November 1997	list
(79836) 1998 WX₁₉	26 November 1998	list
(79980) 1999 DX₃	20 February 1999	list
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85585 Mjolnir	21 March 1998	list
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90455 Irenehernandez	12 February 2004	list
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91275 Billsmith	13 March 1999	list
91607 Delaboudiniere	5 October 1999	list
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(96539) 1998 SW₂₇	24 September 1998	list
(96574) 1998 UJ₂₃	30 October 1998	list
99942 Apophis	19 June 2004	list ^[A]^[B]
101383 Karloff	30 October 1998	list
101432 Adamwest	14 November 1998	list
101713 Marston	20 February 1999	list
101723 Finger	13 March 1999	list

101781 Gojira	14 April 1999	list
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108496 Sullenberger	21 May 2001	list
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110408 Nakajima	13 October 2001	list
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117582 Kenjikawai	7 March 2005	list
119248 Corbally	10 September 2001	list
119846 Goshiina	6 February 2002	list
121121 Koyoharugotoge	19 April 1999	list
121133 Kenflurchick	15 May 1999	list
124114 Bergersen	21 April 2001	list
124368 Nickphoenix	24 August 2001	list
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128795 Douglaswalker	13 September 2004	list
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(152368) 2005 UM₁₅₈	28 October 2005	list
(152748) 1998 YF₂₇	28 December 1998	list
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(153486) 2001 RB₈₂	12 September 2001	list

(154489) 2003 EN₅₁	7 March 2003	list
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(154829) 2004 RA₉	6 September 2004	list
(154930) 2004 TJ₁	4 October 2004	list
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(157304) 2004 SR₂₄	20 September 2004	list
(157594) 2005 VC₃	4 November 2005	list
(157873) 1999 JW₇	14 May 1999	list
(158804) 2003 SS₂₆₉	28 September 2003	list
(158973) 2004 RP₂₈₉	12 September 2004	list
(159007) 2004 TL₁	4 October 2004	list
(159010) 2004 TX₇	3 October 2004	list
(159012) 2004 TT₁₉	13 October 2004	list
(159179) 2005 TN₄₇	5 October 2005	list
(159400) 1998 VL	7 November 1998	list
(159815) 2003 SF₂₂₀	26 September 2003	list
(159843) 2003 VA₆	15 November 2003	list
(159882) 2004 RQ₂₈₉	14 September 2004	list
(161385) 2003 UM₂₇	23 October 2003	list
(161423) 2003 WE₂₆	18 November 2003	list
(161728) 2006 SQ₂₀	18 September 2006	list
(162992) 2001 SJ₇₃	18 September 2001	list

(164233) 2004 SX₅₃	22 September 2004	list
(164781) 1999 DA₄	20 February 1999	list
(167176) 2003 SO₂₆₉	28 September 2003	list
(167429) 2003 WX₁₅₇	28 November 2003	list
(167812) 2005 CG	1 February 2005	list
(169252) 2001 SC₁₁₆	22 September 2001	list
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(171518) 1998 TO	10 October 1998	list
(172395) 2003 AN₈₄	11 January 2003	list
(172510) 2003 ST₂₂₄	28 September 2003	list
(172522) 2003 SP₂₆₉	28 September 2003	list
(172536) 2003 UM₂₆	25 October 2003	list
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(175136) 2005 DY₁	28 February 2005	list
(175225) 2005 GE₁₁₁	10 April 2005	list
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(181425) 2006 SF₂₇₉	28 September 2006	list
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(186784) 2004 DB₅₃	26 February 2004	list
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(218484) 2004 TG₁₂	7 October 2004	list
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(233597) 2007 RJ₁₃₅	13 September 2007	list
(233752) 2008 TY₈	6 October 2008	list
(233784) 2008 UR₁	21 October 2008	list
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(236124) 2005 SZ₁₉₀	29 September 2005	list
(236138) 2005 UJ₄	25 October 2005	list
(236907) 2007 TR₆₇	8 October 2007	list
(237015) 2008 SL₂	22 September 2008	list
(237080) 2008 SL₂₈₇	23 September 2008	list
(238414) 2004 FF₂	16 March 2004	list
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(238837) 2005 UH₂	23 October 2005	list
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(239415) 2007 TK₇₄	11 October 2007	list
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(241381) 2008 SO₁₄₁	24 September 2008	list
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(243350) 2008 UW₁₉₉	28 October 2008	list
(245568) 2005 UR₁₅₀	26 October 2005	list
(246022) 2006 UN₂	16 October 2006	list
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(249041) 2007 TW₇₀	13 October 2007	list
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(249896) 2001 SK₄	17 September 2001	list
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(261141) 2005 TL₆₃	5 October 2005	list
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(263614) 2008 GH₃	1 April 2008	list
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(265117) 2003 UQ₂₆	25 October 2003	list
(265398) 2004 TR₁₈	14 October 2004	list
(266108) 2006 SV₂₁₈	26 September 2006	list
(267798) 2003 SW₂₇₁	26 September 2003	list
(267823) 2003 UK₄₇	20 October 2003	list
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(268899) 2007 BY₄₉	26 January 2007	list
(269322) 2008 SR₂₀₇	27 September 2008	list
(271775) 2004 TZ₁₂	8 October 2004	list
(272011) 2005 DW₁	28 February 2005	list
(272042) 2005 EP₉₄	10 March 2005	list
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(274673) 2008 TA₁₈₆	7 October 2008	list
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(276380) 2002 VS₁₂₇	11 November 2002	list
(276912) 2004 TC₁₂	7 October 2004	list
(277217) 2005 QH₁₄₃	31 August 2005	list
(277271) 2005 SL₅₈	26 September 2005	list
(278198) 2007 EO₁₂	9 March 2007	list

(278451) 2007 TO₂₂	9 October 2007	list
(278807) 2008 SQ₂₄₄	29 September 2008	list
(279090) 2008 WH₁₃₁	19 November 2008	list
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(281440) 2008 SV₇₁	22 September 2008	list
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(287480) 2003 AJ₈₄	11 January 2003	list
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(290173) 2005 RJ₂₉	12 September 2005	list
(290464) 2005 TS₁₆₉	10 October 2005	list
(290487) 2005 UH₄	25 October 2005	list
(291898) 2006 QN₄	17 August 2006	list
(293725) 2007 RS₁₆	12 September 2007	list
(294168) 2007 TY₃₆₉	12 October 2007	list
(295544) 2008 SK₇	22 September 2008	list
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(304288) 2006 SJ₆₄	19 September 2006	list
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(311645) 2006 RW₂₂	15 September 2006	list
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(314337) 2005 TT₄₉	9 October 2005	list
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(318278) 2004 TH₁₈	11 October 2004	list
(321084) 2008 SE₁₄₇	24 September 2008	list
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(323631) 2004 VC₉₄	10 November 2004	list
(323682) 2005 EJ₃₂₄	10 March 2005	list
(323835) 2005 SK₅₈	26 September 2005	list
(325380) 2008 SQ₁₅₂	28 September 2008	list
326290 Akhenaten	21 April 1998	list

(326829) 2003 UT₂₆	25 October 2003	list
(326830) 2003 UQ₂₇	16 October 2003	list
(326832) 2003 UY₄₆	21 October 2003	list
(326839) 2003 UB₈₀	17 October 2003	list
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(351285) 2004 TX₁₂	7 October 2004	list
(352215) 2007 TN₁₈	4 October 2007	list
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(354606) 2005 CS₂₅	1 February 2005	list
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(357619) 2005 EZ₇₀	8 March 2005	list
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(360220) 1999 TU₂₀	7 October 1999	list
(361990) 2008 RA₂₅	2 September 2008	list
(363507) 2003 UE₄₇	21 October 2003	list
(363509) 2003 UF₅₆	19 October 2003	list
(363976) 2005 UN₁₅₈	29 October 2005	list
(364625) 2007 TE₂₄	4 October 2007	list
(364731) 2007 VY₁₁₉	18 September 2007	list
(365896) 2011 WC₁₆	21 August 2006	list
(366636) 2003 SA₁₂₄	18 September 2003	list
(366826) 2005 GK₂₁₅	11 April 2005	list
(366903) 2005 UU₄₁	23 October 2005	list
(368583) 2004 QX₄	21 August 2004	list
(368618) 2004 TV₁₉	14 October 2004	list
(368722) 2005 UX₄₄	22 October 2005	list
(368897) 2006 SX₂₁₈	26 September 2006	list
(369272) 2009 QA₇	17 August 2009	list

(369610) 2011 CH₆₈	10 September 2004	list
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(370785) 2004 SS₅₅	24 September 2004	list
(371991) 2008 GU₁₂₉	4 April 2008	list
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(375375) 2008 SR₁₄₇	25 September 2008	list
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(378501) 2007 TE₃₉₃	12 October 2007	list
(381006) 2006 UG₅	16 October 2006	list
(381486) 2008 SE₇₁	22 September 2008	list
(382057) 2011 ES₁₇	17 February 2004	list
(383068) 2005 RX₉	10 September 2005	list
(383868) 2008 RK₂₅	5 September 2008	list
(383919) 2008 SX₁₄₅	22 September 2008	list
(383997) 2008 UO₂	22 October 2008	list
(385866) 2006 RS₂₂	15 September 2006	list
(388460) 2007 DQ₄₃	17 February 2007	list
(391507) 2007 RP₁₃	11 September 2007	list
(391815) 2008 SL₇	22 September 2008	list
(391832) 2008 SE₁₄₈	27 September 2008	list
(393420) 2001 RB₄₆	9 September 2001	list
(393906) 2005 UZ₁	22 October 2005	list
(396755) 2003 UJ₅₆	19 October 2003	list
(397805) 2008 RJ₂₅	4 September 2008	list
(399736) 2005 DA₂	28 February 2005	list

(400033) 2006 QT₁₀₈	28 August 2006	list
(402116) 2004 CT₂	12 February 2004	list
(402293) 2005 SB₂₀₇	30 September 2005	list
(402921) 2007 TD₁₄₃	9 October 2007	list
(405259) 2003 SR₂₆₉	28 September 2003	list
(409406) 2005 GY₃₃	5 April 2005	list
(410531) 2008 FO₇	29 March 2008	list
(413365) 2004 BM₆₉	27 January 2004	list
(417860) 2007 JK₁₆	10 May 2007	list
(417954) 2007 TY₆₉	10 October 2007	list
(423956) 2006 UF₇₅	17 October 2006	list
(427894) 2005 UA₂	22 October 2005	list
(431492) 2007 TQ₇₀	12 October 2007	list
(434697) 2006 BS₂₀₇	31 January 2006	list
(438205) 2005 UO₁₅₈	30 October 2005	list
(438711) 2008 SG₇	22 September 2008	list
(439947) 2001 SQ₂₉₀	23 September 2001	list
(440480) 2005 TU₁₃	1 October 2005	list
(444495) 2006 RQ₂₂	15 September 2006	list
(447207) 2005 TH₄₈	7 October 2005	list
(447492) 2006 RC₆₁	15 September 2006	list
(450977) 2008 SM₇	23 September 2008	list
(455164) 1998 TN	10 October 1998	list
(457894) 2009 TY₂₃	14 October 2009	list
(468419) 1999 TV₂₀	7 October 1999	list

Co-discovery made with: ^A D. J. Tholen ^B F. Bernardi
(468514) 2005 RE₂₁	3 September 2005	list
(468594) 2007 TX₃₆₉	11 October 2007	list
(469636) 2004 SE₅₄	22 September 2004	list
(474673) 2005 CF	1 February 2005	list
(474963) 2005 TZ₅₀	9 October 2005	list
(481075) 2005 ST₁₄	25 September 2005	list
(484647) 2008 TP₁₁	1 October 2008	list
(488477) 1999 TY₂₀	7 October 1999	list
(498750) 2008 UP₂	22 October 2008	list
(504532) 2008 SH₂	22 September 2008	list
(524704) 2003 UY₂₆	16 October 2003	list
(543370) 2014 BW₄₉	12 October 2007	list
(543738) 2014 OS₄₀₀	22 October 2006	list

References

^ ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(10914) Tucker". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (10914) Tucker. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 748. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8165. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 328P/LONEOS-Tucker". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
^ "The Team". Spaceguard India. Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
^ "gpobs.home.mindspring.com". Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
^ Beatty, J. Kelly (March 5, 2021). "Asteroid Apophis Pays Earth a Visit This Week". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ Craine, Eric R. (Feb 28, 2022). "Roy A. Tucker (1951–2021)". doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.7a3e3a73. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

External links

Goodricke-Pigott Observatory Archived 2019-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
Discovering My First Asteroid "Don't count your asteroids till they are numbered" - Roy A. Tucker First person narrative.

[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[springer-2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(10914) Tucker". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (10914) Tucker. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 748. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8165. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

[jpldata-328P/LONEOS-Tucker-3] "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 328P/LONEOS-Tucker". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

[jpldata-C/2004_Q1-4] "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

[5] "The Team". Spaceguard India. Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

[6] "gpobs.home.mindspring.com". Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2007-01-18.

[skytelescope-7] Beatty, J. Kelly (March 5, 2021). "Asteroid Apophis Pays Earth a Visit This Week". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[8] Craine, Eric R. (Feb 28, 2022). "Roy A. Tucker (1951–2021)". doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.7a3e3a73. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

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