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Norman Gene Thomas (May 1, 1930 - May 19, 2020) was an Americanastronomer anddiscoverer of minor planets.[2]
He worked atLowell Observatory[3] using theblink comparator alongsideRobert Burnham Jr., author of the famous three-volumeCelestial Handbook.
He is credited by theMinor Planet Center with the discovery of 55 numbered minor planets during 1964–1989,[1] including theApollo asteroids4544 Xanthus[4] and4581 Asclepius, as well as theAmor asteroid3352 McAuliffe.
The main-belt asteroid2555 Thomas, discovered byEdward Bowell atAnderson Mesa Station in 1980, was named in his honor.[5] Naming citation was published on 8 April 1982 (M.P.C. 6835).[6]
| 2089 Cetacea | November 9, 1977 |
| 2366 Aaryn | January 10, 1981 |
| 2527 Gregory | September 3, 1981 |
| 2556 Louise | February 8, 1981 |
| 2557 Putnam[1] | September 26, 1981 |
| 2558 Viv | September 26, 1981 |
| 2612 Kathryn | February 28, 1979 |
| 2683 Brian | January 10, 1981 |
| 2684 Douglas | January 3, 1981 |
| 2764 Moeller | February 8, 1981 |
| 2779 Mary | February 6, 1981 |
| 2895 Memnon | January 10, 1981 |
| 2927 Alamosa | October 5, 1981 |
| 2933 Amber | April 18, 1983 |
| 2999 Dante | February 6, 1981 |
| 3117 Niepce | February 11, 1983 |
| 3151 Talbot | April 18, 1983 |
| 3256 Daguerre[1] | September 26, 1981 |
| 3352 McAuliffe | February 6, 1981 |
| 3367 Alex | February 15, 1983 |
| 3397 Leyla[2] | December 8, 1964 |
| 3413 Andriana | February 15, 1983 |
| 3467 Bernheim | September 26, 1981 |
| 3525 Paul | February 15, 1983 |
| 3561 Devine | April 18, 1983 |
| 3580 Avery | February 15, 1983 |
| 3584 Aisha | October 5, 1981 |
| 3614 Tumilty | January 12, 1983 |
| 3621 Curtis | September 26, 1981 |
| 3807 Pagels[1] | September 26, 1981 |
| 3976 Lise | May 6, 1983 |
| 4193 Salanave[1] | September 26, 1981 |
| 4198 Panthera | February 11, 1983 |
| 4331 Hubbard | April 18, 1983 |
| 4544 Xanthus[3] | March 31, 1989 |
| 4568 Menkaure | September 2, 1983 |
| 4581 Asclepius[3] | March 31, 1989 |
| 4967 Glia | February 11, 1983 |
| 5249 Giza | April 18, 1983 |
| 5461 Autumn | April 18, 1983 |
| 5864 Montgolfier | September 2, 1983 |
| 6062 Vespa | May 6, 1983 |
| 6174 Polybius | October 4, 1983 |
| 7275 Earlcarpenter | February 15, 1983 |
| (7380) 1981 RF | September 3, 1981 |
| (7990) 1981 SN1 | September 26, 1981 |
| (8469) 1981 TZ | October 5, 1981 |
| (9157) 1983 RB4 | September 2, 1983 |
| (9534) 1981 TP | October 4, 1981 |
| (10706) 1981 SE2 | September 26, 1981 |
| (11018) 1983 CZ2 | February 15, 1983 |
| (12193) 1979 EL | March 4, 1979 |
| (12667) 1979 DF | February 28, 1979 |
| (19118) 1981 SD2 | September 26, 1981 |
| (29123) 1983 RA4 | September 2, 1983 |
| 1 withBrian A. Skiff 2 withRobert Burnham Jr. 3 withHenry E. Holt | |
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