Frank B. Zoltowski

Frank B. Zoltowski
Frank B. Zoltowski
Born	1957; Pennsylvania
Years active	1997-2003
Known for	discovery of minor planets
Parent(s)	Frank Zoltowski, Constance Zoltowski

Minor planets discovered: 228^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Frank B. Zoltowski (born 1957) is an Australian amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets who lives in Woomera, South Australia. In 1998, he was awarded a "Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant" for improved near-Earth object searches.^[2]^[3]

Zoltowski conducts these searches from his home with a charge-coupled device camera.^[2] He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He authored CCDTRACK, a computer program that auto-guides electronically controlled telescopes by tracking a user-selected celestial object.

He is mentioned in NASA's asteroid tracking database as an observer for asteroid (285263) 1998 QE2.^[4] Astronomers at the Minor Planet Center used Zoltowski's work to work out an estimated approach distance for (137108) 1999 AN10 of 56,500 kilometers, and a closest approach date of Aug 7, 2027.^[5] It was thought to potentially crash into Earth.^[6]^[7]^[8]

The main-belt asteroid 18292 Zoltowski, discovered at the George R. Agassiz Station of the Harvard College Observatory in 1977, was named in his honor.^[3] The naming citation was published on 9 May 2001 (M.P.C. 42676).^[9]

List of discovered minor planets

Frank Zoltowski is credited by the Minor Planet Center for the discovery of 228 numbered minor planets between 1997 and 2003.^[1]

8430 Florey	25 December 1997	list
10203 Flinders	1 August 1997	list
11150 Bragg	21 December 1997	list
11195 Woomera	15 January 1999	list
11212 Tebbutt	18 April 1999	list
11356 Chuckjones	18 December 1997	list
12102 Piazzolla	5 May 1998	list
(12103) 1998 KL	19 May 1998	list
(12495) 1998 FJ	18 March 1998	list
(12518) 1998 HM₅₂	27 April 1998	list
(12543) 1998 QM₅	23 August 1998	list
(12899) 1998 RN₁₃	1 September 1998	list

(12922) 1998 WW19	27 November 1998	list
(13296) 1998 RV	11 September 1998	list
(13742) 1998 SX₂₂	23 September 1998	list
(13776) 1998 UK₁	19 October 1998	list
(14169) 1998 UZ₂₄	25 October 1998	list
(14204) 1999 AM₂₀	12 January 1999	list
(14530) 1997 PR	1 August 1997	list
(14536) 1997 RY₂	3 September 1997	list
(14557) 1997 VG₈	15 November 1997	list
(14592) 1998 SV₂₂	20 September 1998	list
(14991) 1997 UV₁₄	31 October 1997	list
(15043) 1998 XW₉	11 December 1998	list

(15383) 1997 SE₃	21 September 1997	list
(15410) 1997 YZ	19 December 1997	list
(15475) 1999 BQ₁₄	24 January 1999	list
(15936) 1997 YM₄	22 December 1997	list
(16916) 1998 FM₁₅	27 March 1998	list
(16963) 1998 RE₂	12 September 1998	list
(17227) 2000 CW₈₀	11 February 2000	list
(17708) 1997 WB	18 November 1997	list
(17750) 1998 DZ₁	18 February 1998	list
(17775) 1998 FH	18 March 1998	list
(17828) 1998 HK₈	22 April 1998	list
(17854) 1998 JC₄	5 May 1998	list

(17916) 1999 GZ₃	10 April 1999	list
(18600) 1998 BK₁₀	24 January 1998	list
(18757) 1999 HT	18 April 1999	list
(19375) 1998 AB₅	6 January 1998	list
(19387) 1998 DA₂	18 February 1998	list
(19404) 1998 FO₅	24 March 1998	list
(19471) 1998 HK₅₂	25 April 1998	list
(19472) 1998 HL₅₂	27 April 1998	list
(19505) 1998 MC	16 June 1998	list
(19566) 1999 KO₆	23 May 1999	list
(19579) 1999 MB₁	23 June 1999	list
(20319) 1998 GK₁	5 April 1998	list

(20365) 1998 KD₅	24 May 1998	list
(20398) 1998 NQ	11 July 1998	list
(20457) 1999 LX₇	10 June 1999	list
(20463) 1999 MC₁	23 June 1999	list
(20464) 1999 MD₁	24 June 1999	list
(20619) 1999 SB₁₀	30 September 1999	list
(21442) 1998 GF₁	4 April 1998	list
(21567) 1998 RB₂	1 September 1998	list
(22620) 1998 KZ₂₆	23 May 1998	list
(22634) 1998 MN₇	22 June 1998	list
(22636) 1998 MV₁₃	25 June 1998	list
(22761) 1998 YH₄	16 December 1998	list

(22770) 1999 BR₁₄	24 January 1999	list
(23740) 1998 KP₃	25 May 1998	list
(23793) 1998 QK₂₆	23 August 1998	list
(23846) 1998 RF	1 September 1998	list
(24958) 1997 SS₃₁	28 September 1997	list
(25008) 1998 PL	8 August 1998	list
(25009) 1998 PG₁	15 August 1998	list
(25028) 1998 QL₂₆	25 August 1998	list
(25839) 2000 ES₅₀	11 March 2000	list
(26226) 1998 GJ₁	4 April 1998	list
(26280) 1998 SW₂₂	20 September 1998	list
(26354) 1998 YJ₄	16 December 1998	list

(26980) 1997 UQ₁₀	29 October 1997	list
(26983) 1997 VA	1 November 1997	list
(27124) 1998 WA₂₀	29 November 1998	list
(27166) 1999 AN₂₀	12 January 1999	list
(27183) 1999 CF₄	10 February 1999	list
(28029) 1998 DW₉	20 February 1998	list
(28363) 1999 GN₆	14 April 1999	list
(28372) 1999 HU	18 April 1999	list
(29495) 1997 WU₇	27 November 1997	list
(29739) 1999 BM₉	16 January 1999	list
(29751) 1999 CE₄	9 February 1999	list
(29752) 1999 CG₄	10 February 1999	list

(29831) 1999 EV₄	13 March 1999	list
(31350) 1998 SF₂	17 September 1998	list
(31606) 1999 GX₄	13 April 1999	list
(31668) 1999 JX₃	6 May 1999	list
(33099) 1997 YN₈	27 December 1997	list
(33178) 1998 FL₁₅	27 March 1998	list
(33211) 1998 FG₇₄	30 March 1998	list
(33286) 1998 KA	16 May 1998	list
(33321) 1998 QL	17 August 1998	list
(33533) 1999 HV₃	19 April 1999	list
(33712) 1999 LE₁₉	10 June 1999	list
(35480) 1998 FN₅	24 March 1998	list

(35485) 1998 FZ₁₄	24 March 1998	list
(35562) 1998 GL₁	5 April 1998	list
(35622) 1998 JF₄	5 May 1998	list
(35729) 1999 GZ₄	13 April 1999	list
(35758) 1999 HE	16 April 1999	list
(35759) 1999 HQ	17 April 1999	list
(37819) 1998 BE₅	20 January 1998	list
(37936) 1998 GH₁	4 April 1998	list
(38209) 1999 NE	4 July 1999	list
(38444) 1999 SY₉	29 September 1999	list
(39889) 1998 FG	17 March 1998	list
(40027) 1998 JH₄	15 May 1998	list

(40100) 1998 PV	12 August 1998	list
(40105) 1998 QL₄	17 August 1998	list
(40170) 1998 RK	1 September 1998	list
(42617) 1998 FJ₁	20 March 1998	list
(44168) 1998 JJ₄	15 May 1998	list
(44198) 1998 MP₂₄	25 June 1998	list
(44308) 1998 RG	1 September 1998	list
(44486) 1998 WZ₁₉	29 November 1998	list
(46847) 1998 QM₂₆	25 August 1998	list
(46918) 1998 SC	16 September 1998	list
(48783) 1997 SR	20 September 1997	list
(48787) 1997 SY₄	26 September 1997	list

(48833) 1997 YA₅	24 December 1997	list
(48899) 1998 MM₇	17 June 1998	list
(48930) 1998 PW	14 August 1998	list
(48937) 1998 QN₄	21 August 1998	list
(49039) 1998 RH	1 September 1998	list
(49042) 1998 RD₂	12 September 1998	list
(49271) 1998 UG₁₅	20 October 1998	list
(51280) 2000 KG₄	24 May 2000	list
(52614) 1997 UP₁₀	29 October 1997	list
(52618) 1997 VP₂	4 November 1997	list
(52759) 1998 MW₁₃	25 June 1998	list
(52771) 1998 PX	14 August 1998	list

(53144) 1999 BN₉	22 January 1999	list
(55867) 1997 RX₂	3 September 1997	list
(55882) 1997 WY₁	20 November 1997	list
(55899) 1998 BJ₁₀	24 January 1998	list
(56044) 1998 XU₁₇	15 December 1998	list
(56218) 1999 HP₄	26 April 1999	list
(56278) 1999 KB	16 May 1999	list
(58936) 1998 PJ₁	13 August 1998	list
(59422) 1999 GD₄	12 April 1999	list
(59423) 1999 GE₄	12 April 1999	list
(59471) 1999 HP	17 April 1999	list
(59758) 1999 MH	18 June 1999	list

(59761) 1999 MZ	23 June 1999	list
(60531) 2000 EF₅₀	9 March 2000	list
(65958) 1998 GG₁	4 April 1998	list
(66001) 1998 OG₁	17 July 1998	list
(66279) 1999 JK₁₁	12 May 1999	list
(69761) 1998 QM₄	21 August 1998	list
(69844) 1998 SY₂₂	23 September 1998	list
(70057) 1999 JJ₁₁	12 May 1999	list
(70122) 1999 MX	22 June 1999	list
(70123) 1999 ME₁	24 June 1999	list
(70124) 1999 NY	10 July 1999	list
(70220) 1999 RF₄₄	13 September 1999	list

(70430) 1999 TM₂	2 October 1999	list
(70432) 1999 TO₃	3 October 1999	list
(71551) 2000 DW₆	27 February 2000	list
(73992) 1998 FK₁	20 March 1998	list
(74019) 1998 GY	2 April 1998	list
(74026) 1998 HL₈	22 April 1998	list
(74069) 1998 MO₇	22 June 1998	list
(74078) 1998 NP	3 July 1998	list
(74079) 1998 NS	11 July 1998	list
(74121) 1998 QT₅₃	28 August 1998	list
(74362) 1998 WY₁₉	29 November 1998	list
(74534) 1999 JA	1 May 1999	list

(75850) 2000 CC	2 February 2000	list
(77958) 2002 HR₁₀	21 April 2002	list
(79517) 1998 MD	16 June 1998	list
(79518) 1998 MF₃	16 June 1998	list
(80084) 1999 KN₆	23 May 1999	list
(80692) 2000 CD	2 February 2000	list
(84778) 2002 XP₅₉	10 December 2002	list
(85481) 1997 OG₁	27 July 1997	list
(85647) 1998 PZ	14 August 1998	list
(85675) 1998 RC₂	3 September 1998	list
(85971) 1999 GW₅	15 April 1999	list
(90921) 1997 QP₄	22 August 1997	list

(91112) 1998 HJ₅₂	25 April 1998	list
(91401) 1999 MY	22 June 1999	list
(91402) 1999 NW	9 July 1999	list
(92489) 2000 MK	24 June 2000	list
(96436) 1998 FS₇₂	28 March 1998	list
(96722) 1999 LO₄	10 June 1999	list
(99916) 1998 AA₅	3 January 1998	list
(100898) 1998 JG₄	15 May 1998	list
(101494) 1998 XD₃	8 December 1998	list
(101859) 1999 LA	2 June 1999	list
(104766) 2000 HG₂₄	29 April 2000	list
(112050) 2002 JF₉	7 May 2002	list

(114299) 2002 XL₃₇	9 December 2002	list
(114392) 2002 YK₇	31 December 2002	list
(118367) 1999 GC₄	12 April 1999	list
(120853) 1998 QK₄	17 August 1998	list
(121122) 1999 HW₃	21 April 1999	list
(121233) 1999 RU₃₆	10 September 1999	list
(121853) 2000 CT₃₄	3 February 2000	list
(129770) 1999 HV	18 April 1999	list
(129812) 1999 MA₁	23 June 1999	list
(130611) 2000 SP₂₃	26 September 2000	list
(137241) 1999 RV₃₆	11 September 1999	list
(138118) 2000 EA₄	1 March 2000	list

(138142) 2000 EE₅₀	9 March 2000	list
(145989) 2000 BL₁₅	30 January 2000	list
(150179) 1998 FN₁₅	27 March 1998	list
(152757) 1999 JL₁₁	12 May 1999	list
(164767) 1998 YK₄	18 December 1998	list
(175739) 1998 JL₄	5 May 1998	list
(175741) 1998 MQ₂₄	26 June 1998	list
(176996) 2003 AW₁₆	5 January 2003	list
(182133) 2000 SO₂₃	26 September 2000	list
(192630) 1999 LL	5 June 1999	list
(200154) 1998 RJ	1 September 1998	list
(210510) 1998 NR	11 July 1998	list

(216924) 1998 QV₅₃	26 August 1998	list
(217231) 2003 BY₄₆	31 January 2003	list
(234069) 1999 OA	16 July 1999	list
(234144) 2000 ET₅₀	11 March 2000	list
(234714) 2002 JX₆₇	11 May 2002	list
(257573) 1999 CH₄	10 February 1999	list
(257848) 2000 MJ	24 June 2000	list
(259171) 2003 AB	1 January 2003	list
(269858) 2000 EB₄	4 March 2000	list
(285280) 1998 SF₂₈	24 September 1998	list
(344573) 2003 AV₁₆	5 January 2003	list
(461350) 1998 PY	14 August 1998	list
(483407) 1999 SL₁	16 September 1999*	list

References

^ ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "The 1998 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients". The Planetary Society. 1998. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(18292) Zoltowski". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (18292) Zoltowski. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 851. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9487. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ "Asteroid 1998 QE2 some observations by F. B. Zoltowski". NASA.
^ "Close shave with asteroid 1999 AN10". BBC.
^ "World's end". New Scientist. 29 May 1999. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
^ Arent, Lindsey. "Asteroid, Inbound, 2044 AD". Wired.
^ "Planetary Society Grant Recipient Tracks Intriguing Near Earth Object". Science Daily.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

External links

CCDTrack Software website, Author F. B. Zoltowski

[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[planetary.org-2] "The 1998 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients". The Planetary Society. 1998. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

[springer-3] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(18292) Zoltowski". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (18292) Zoltowski. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 851. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9487. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

[1998-QE2-4] "Asteroid 1998 QE2 some observations by F. B. Zoltowski". NASA.

[1999-AN10-5] "Close shave with asteroid 1999 AN10". BBC.

[Worlds-end-6] "World's end". New Scientist. 29 May 1999. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

[2044-AD-7] Arent, Lindsey. "Asteroid, Inbound, 2044 AD". Wired.

[PS-Grant-8] "Planetary Society Grant Recipient Tracks Intriguing Near Earth Object". Science Daily.

[MPC-Circulars-Archive-9] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

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List of discovered minor planets

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