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Alan C. Gilmore

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New Zealand astronomer

For other people of a similar name, seeAlan Gilmour (disambiguation).

Asteroids discovered: 42^[1]
see§ List of discovered minor planets

Alan Charles GilmoreMNZM (born 1944 inGreymouth, New Zealand) is a New Zealandastronomer and a discoverer ofminor planets and otherastronomical objects.^[2]^[3]

Career

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Gilmore is credited by theMinor Planet Center with the discovery of 41minor planets, all but one in collaboration with his wifePamela M. Kilmartin. Both astronomers are also activenova- andcomet-hunters.

Until their retirement in 2014, Gilmore and Kilmartin worked atMount John University Observatory (Department of Physics and Astronomy,University of Canterbury), where they continue to receive observing time. He is also a member of the Organizing Committee ofIAU Commission 6, which oversees the dissemination of information and the assignment of credit for astronomical discoveries. The Commission still bears the name "Astronomical Telegrams", even though telegrams are no longer used.

On 20 August 2007, Gilmore discovered his firstperiodic comet,P/2007 Q2.^[4]

The Eunomia asteroid2537 Gilmore was named in his honour,^[3] while his wife is honuored with the outer main-belt asteroid3907 Kilmartin.^[5]

Gilmore talks on astronomy on theRadio New Zealand programmeNights' Science.^[6] In May 2019, he and his wife were honoured byNew Zealand Post with a stamp in itsNew Zealand Space Pioneers series.^[7]

In the2025 King’s Birthday Honours, Gilmore was appointed aMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to astronomy.^[8]

List of discovered minor planets

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2434 Bateson	27 May 981
3087 Beatrice Tinsley	30 August 1981
3152 Jones	7 June 1983
3305 Ceadams	21 May 1985
3400 Aotearoa	2 April 1981
3521 Comrie	26 June 1982
3563 Canterbury	23 March 1985
3810 Aoraki	20 February1985
4154 Rumsey	10 July 1985
4243 Nankivell	4 April 1981
4248 Ranald	23 April 1984
4409 Kissling	30 June 1989
4819 Gifford	24 May 1985
4837 Bickerton	30 June 1989
5207 Hearnshaw	15 April 1988

5251 Bradwood	18 May 1985
5311 Rutherford	3 April 1981
5718 Roykerr	4 August 1983
5763 Williamtobin	23 June 1982
(5818) 1989 RC1	5 September 1989
(5898) 1985 KE	23 May 1985
(5906) 1989 SN5	24 September 1989
(6034) 1987 JA	5 May 1987
(6142) 1993 FP	23 March 1993
(7432) 1993 HL₅	23 April 1993
(8481) 1988 LH	14 June 1988
(8884) 1994 CM₂	12 February 1994
(9018) 1987 JG	5 May 1987
(9750) 1989 NE₁	8 July 1989
(11080) 1993 FO	23 March 1993

^znot co-discovered withP. M. Kilmartin
(13510) 1989 OL	29 July 1989
(13511) 1989 RD₁	5 September 1989
(13552) 1992 GA	4 April 1992
(15712) 1989 RN₂	1 September 1989
(18340) 1989 OM	29 July 1989
(21130) 1993 FN	23 March 1993
(30945) 1994 GW₉	14 April 1994
(48501) 1993 FM	23 March 1993
(58158) 1989 RA	1 September 1989
(65718) 1993 FL	23 March 1993
(214416) 2005 PK^[Z]	2 August 2005
(422979) 2003 PX₁₀	4 August 2003

References

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^"Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)".Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved12 August 2016.
^"Professor Alan Gilmore at University of Canterbury".University of Canterbury. Retrieved23 March 2017.
^^a ^bSchmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2537) Gilmore".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2537) Gilmore.Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 207.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2538.ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^Comet P/2007 Q2 (Gilmore), IAUC 8865
^Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3907) Kilmartin".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3907) Kilmartin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 332.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3896.ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^"Alan Gilmore".Radio New Zealand. Retrieved29 November 2017.
^"New Zealand Post".New Zealand Space Pioneers. Retrieved3 June 2019.
^"King's Birthday Honours List 2025". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2025. Retrieved28 September 2025.