Carl W. Hergenrother

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Carl William Hergenrother (born 1973) is an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets.<ref name="Carl-Hergenrother" /><ref name="springer" />

Hergenrother has 2 children, 8109 Danielwilliam, and 8711 Lukeasher, are named after his children. 7959 Alysecherri, is named after his wife, Alyse.

As credited by the Minor Planet Center, he has discovered and co-discovered 32 numbered asteroids at the Bigelow Sky Survey during 1993–1999.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> He has also discovered a number of comets including the long-period comet, C/1996 R1 (Hergenrother-Spahr), and three periodic comets, 168P/Hergenrother, 175P/Hergenrother and P/1999 V1 (Catalina). He was also a member of the science and operations team of the 2016-launched OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, a sample return mission to study near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu.<ref name="Carl-Hergenrother" />

The outer main-belt asteroid 3099 Hergenrother was named in his honor on 3 May 1996 (Template:Small).<ref name="springer" /><ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

List of discovered minor planets

6533 Giuseppina	24 February 1995	Template:Small
6613 Williamcarl	2 June 1994	Template:Small
7488 Robertpaul	27 May 1995	Template:Small
7489 Oribe	26 June 1995	Template:Small
7707 Yes	17 April 1993	Template:Small
7887 Bratfest	18 September 1993	Template:Small
7959 Alysecherri	2 August 1994	Template:Small
8109 Danielwilliam	25 February 1995	Template:Small
8711 Lukeasher	5 June 1994	Template:Small
Template:Mp	5 June 1994	Template:Small
12396 Amyphillips	24 February 1995	Template:Small
12789 Salvadoraguirre	14 October 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	18 October 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	30 September 1995	Template:Small

Template:Mp	8 December 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	13 September 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	24 May 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	6 October 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	4 May 1994	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	8 December 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	26 May 1995	Template:Small
44192 Paulguttman	18 June 1998	Template:Small
55844 Bičák	12 September 1996	Template:Small
69406 Martz-Koh	30 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	28 January 1995	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	30 September 1995	Template:Small
Template:Mp	8 December 1996	Template:Small
121725 Aphidas	13 December 1999	Template:Small

Template:Mp	29 May 1997	Template:Small
Template:Mp	5 April 1994	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	27 September 1997	Template:Small
Template:Mp	20 January 1998	Template:Small
Template:Mp	14 December 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	25 February 2006	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
Co-discovery made with: Template:Note label T. B. Spahr Template:Note label S. M. Larson Template:Note label A. C. Smith

See also

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External links

• Beyond Pluto: exploring the outer limits of the solar system, John Keith Davies, Cambridge University Press
• Get to Know a Staff Scientist: Carl Hergenrother, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona