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.[1][2] As of 2016, his only named discovery is the outer main-belt asteroid
12583 Buckjean,[3] 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.[2] Naming citation was published on 20 March 2000 (M.P.C. 39658).[4]