| 4555 Josefapérez | August 24, 1987 |
| 5253 Fredclifford | December 15, 1985 |
| (15700) 1987 QD | August 24, 1987 |
| (24655) 1987 QH | August 25, 1987 |
| (26817) 1987 QB | August 25, 1987 |
| (26818) 1987 QM | August 25, 1987 |
Stephen C. Singer-Brewster (b. 1945) also known asStephen C. Brewster is an Americanastronomer.[2]
He is a member of theAmerican Association of Variable Star Observers. He participated in the Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey (PCAS) as an observer and astrometrist under the direction of American astronomerEleanor Helin (JPL/Caltech) from 1985 to 1988. During this period,[1] Stephen Brewster was credited with the discovery of105P/Singer Brewster, aJupiter-family comet.[3] He also discovered sixasteroids including the namedmain-belt asteroid4555 Josefapérez and5253 Fredclifford, aMars-crosser.[4][5]
Singer-Brewster has been an active member ofStony Ridge Observatory, Inc. since 1983 and has served on its board of directors. He formed the Faint Object Follow Up (FOFU) project at Stony Ridge in 2000 to encourage observations of faint asteroids and comets.
Eleanor Helin honored him with the naming of the asteroid10315 Brewster, to acknowledge his work for PCAS, Stony Ridge Observatory, and theJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).[2] Singer-Brewster is currently a retired member of the staff at JPL. At JPL, he worked on a number of spacecraft missions such as thePluto Fast Flyby, the Outer Planets/Solar Probe Mission and theEuropa Orbiter mission. At the time of his retirement in 2003 he was working in the Mars Advanced Studies Program and the Europa Orbiter/X2000 avionics development project at JPL.