| 3360 Syrinx | 4 November 1981 | MPC |
| 3362 Khufu | 30 August 1984 | MPC |
| 3551 Verenia | 12 September 1983 | MPC |
| 6065 Chesneau | 27 July 1987 | MPC |
| 6435 Daveross | 24 February 1984 | MPC |
| 7163 Barenboim | 24 February 1984 | MPC |
| (46540) 1983 LD | 13 June 1983 | MPC |
| (96177) 1984 BC | 30 January 1984 | MPC |
| (168316) 1982 WD | 25 November 1982 | MPC |
| (267004) 1981 UA | 21 October 1981 | MPC |
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Roy Scott Dunbar is an Americanastronomer,planetologist and discoverer ofcomets andminor planets.[2]
Dunbar played an active role in thePalomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey.[2] TheMinor Planet Center credits him with the (co-)discovery of 10 numberedminor planets during 1981–1987.[1]
His most notable discoveries include thepotentially hazardous object andAten asteroid3362 Khufu, which he co-discovered withMaria A. Barucci, as well as thenear-Earth object,Mars-crosser andAten asteroid,3551 Verenia. Together withEleanor Helin he co-discovered the minor planets3360 Syrinx,6065 Chesneau,6435 Daveross and7163 Barenboim.
Dunbar and Helin also claimed the discovery of comet 1980 p, which turned out not to exist. It was a ghost image ofAlpha Leonis.
The main-belt asteroid3718 Dunbar, discovered by Eleanor Helin andSchelte Bus, is named after him.[2] Naming citation was published on 2 April 1988 (M.P.C. 12976).[3]
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