| (12438) 1996 CZ | February 9, 1996 | list |
| (23702) 1997 QE1 | August 28, 1997 | list |
| (39672) 1996 BF1 | January 22, 1996 | list |
| (43997) 1997 QX | August 29, 1997 | list |
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| (58469) 1996 RC | September 7, 1996 | list |
| (58484) 1996 TO3 | October 8, 1996 | list |
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| (85473) 1997 LV5 | June 12, 1997 | list |
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| (100598) 1997 QO1 | August 31, 1997 | list |
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| (118215) 1996 BN1 | January 24, 1996 | list |
| (155411) 1996 DG3 | February 28, 1996 | list |
| (239810) 1997 EC26 | March 11, 1997 | list |
| (382427) 1999 CF3 | February 9, 1999 | list |
| (483405) 1999 CP2 | February 7, 1999 | list |
Warren B. Offutt (February 13, 1928 – September 20, 2017) was an American amateurastronomer andamateur radio operator.[2]
Offutt is credited by theMinor Planet Center with the discovery of 17asteroids[1] and has notably collaborated with professional astronomers in observingKuiper belt objects (KBOs). In 1999 he won theAmateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.[3]
Offutt and his wife, Beverly (since deceased), moved fromIllinois to New Mexico when he retired from engineering, specializing in precisionastrometry of faint objects in the Solar System. He operates theW & B Observatory (709) in the U.S. village ofCloudcroft, New Mexico, in theSacramento Mountains, at an altitude of 2500 m (8300 ft).[2][4]
In 1997, Offutt helped with three more major discoveries, among them confirmation of a then-newly discovered moon ofUranus,Sycorax.[5]
On 11 February 1998, the outer main-belt asteroid7639 Offutt was named after him, just before his 70th birthday (M.P.C. 31297).[2][6]
| Preceded by | Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 | Succeeded by |