Dennis K. Chesney

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Dennis K. Chesney is an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets born in Clovis, New Mexico, and credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 38 numbered minor planets during 1998–2000.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /><ref name="springer" /> As of 2016, his only named discovery is the outer main-belt asteroid 12583 Buckjean,<ref name="MPC-Buckjean" /> which he named after his parents. It was they who had gavin him a pair of binoculars for Christmas, that ultimately led to his many asteroid discoveries.<ref name="springer" /> Naming citation was published on 20 March 2000 (Template:Small).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

List of discovered minor planets

12583 Buckjean	11 September 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	10 January 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	25 January 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	19 January 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	19 March 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	15 February 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	5 March 2000	Template:Small
Template:Mp	15 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	6 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	5 November 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	13 November 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	16 November 1998	Template:Small
Template:Mp	15 December 1998	Template:Small
Template:Mp	16 January 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	13 February 1999	Template:Small

Template:Mp	15 February 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	19 November 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	1 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	2 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	18 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	6 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	10 December 1998	Template:Small
Template:Mp	8 March 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	12 March 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	12 January 2000	Template:Small
Template:Mp	27 January 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	5 April 2000	Template:Small
Template:Mp	10 May 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	17 November 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	25 January 1999	Template:Small

Template:Mp	3 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	6 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	5 November 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	10 November 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	6 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	6 November 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	1 October 1999	Template:Small
Template:Mp	1 November 2000	Template:Small

References

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