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American astronomer
Amy B. Jordan is an American
astronomer and a
discoverer of minor planets who works at the
University of Colorado.
Career
In 2002 she was part of the team which discovered
(95625) 2002 GX32, a resonant
Kuiper belt object at the
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile.
[2] She also co-discovered two main-belt asteroids.
[1] In 2005, she was a teaching assistant at the
Summer Science Program, which teaches astronomy to high school students using a curriculum based on observing and calculating orbits of asteroids.
List of discovered minor planets
See also
Publications
- Chiang, EI, Jordan, AB, (2002). On the Plutinos and Twotinos of the Kuiper belt.
[3]
- Chiang, EI, Jordan, AB, Millis, RL et al. (2003). Resonance occupation in the Kuiper belt: Case examples of the 5: 2 and Trojan resonances.
[4]
References
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a
b
"Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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"JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 95625 (2002 GX32)" (2006-04-25 last obs.).
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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^ Chiang, E. I.; Jordan, A. B. (2002).
"On the Plutinos and Twotinos of the Kuiper Belt". The Astronomical Journal. 124 (6): 3430.
arXiv:
astro-ph/0210440.
Bibcode:
2002AJ....124.3430C.
doi:
10.1086/344605.
ISSN
1538-3881.
S2CID
13928812.
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^ Chiang, E. I.; Jordan, A. B.; Millis, R. L.; Buie, M. W.; Wasserman, L. H.; Elliot, J. L.; Kern, S. D.; Trilling, D. E.; Meech, K. J. (2003).
"Resonance Occupation in the Kuiper Belt: Case Examples of the 5:2 and Trojan Resonances". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (1): 430.
arXiv:
astro-ph/0301458.
Bibcode:
2003AJ....126..430C.
doi:
10.1086/375207.
ISSN
1538-3881.
S2CID
54079935.
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