The result was No consensus default to keep. Beeblebrox ( talk) 03:10, 23 January 2010 (UTC) reply
Non-notable amateur astronomer. I can't find any references supporting notability. PDCook ( talk) 14:45, 7 January 2010 (UTC) reply
That's the intent. Regardless of whether this stub meets the criteria for notability or not, I believe grouping stubs into an article like List of miscellaneous minor planet discoverers is the way to go.
The guidelines for notability state: "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field." In the specific field of astronomy, this astronomer has discovered several asteroids and supernovae, and these discoveries are now in the permanent astronomical record (journals and the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC) asteroid lists). The problem is defining what is meant by "widely recognised". No astronomer would deny he's a minor planet and supernova discoverer, since no astronomer would deny the validity of the MPC data entries. This falls in a gray zone. Urhixidur ( talk) 15:20, 8 January 2010 (UTC) reply