Roy A. Tucker 758956 222479667 2008-06-29T15:46:50Z 79.212.159.163 '''Roy A. Tucker''' (born 1951, [[Jackson, Mississippi]])<ref>[http://gpobs.home.mindspring.com/gpobs.htm gpobs.home.mindspring.com]</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[astronomer]]. He is a prolific discoverer of [[asteroid]]s, identifying 215 and co-discovering one, between 1996 and 2006.<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPDiscsAlpha.html Infos from cfa-www.harvard.edu website]</ref> Tucker was raised in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. In 1966, he became a member of Memphis Astronomical Society and received a Master's degree in Scientific Instrumentation from the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceguardindia.com/Team.html |title=The Team |accessdate=2007-09-23 |publisher=Spaceguard India}}</ref> He works as a senior engineer in the [[Imaging Technology Laboratory]] of the [[University of Arizona]]. ==Awards and discoveries== * 2002, one of five researchers awarded a "Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grant", by the [[Planetary Society]]. * One of the three co-discoverers of asteroid [[99942 Apophis]] (formerly better known by its [[provisional designation]] 2004 MN<sub>4</sub>) along with [[David J. Tholen]] and [[Fabrizio Bernardi]] of the [[University of Hawaii]]. This asteroid will closely approach the earth on [[13 April]] [[2029]] and be as bright as a third magnitude star. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== <div class="references-small"> * Aguirre, Edwin L. 1999. ''Sentinel of the Sky - Armed with a Modest Telescope and CCD Camera, Tucson Amateur Roy A Tucker Joins the Ranks of Professional Astronomers Who Have Discovered Near-Earth Objects. Sky and Telescope''. 97, no. 3: 76. * CCD Precision Photometry Workshop, Eric R. Craine, Roy A. Tucker, Jeannette V. Barnes. ''CCD Precision Photometry Workshop: Proceedings of a Meeting Held at San Diego, California, USA, 6-7, June 1998''. Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series, v. 189. San Francisco, Calif: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1999. ISBN 1583810153 </div> ==External links== * [http://gpobs.home.mindspring.com/gpobs.htm Goodricke-Pigott Observatory] * [http://www.geocities.com/moonyguy/2002NT.html Discovering My First Asteroid "Don't count your asteroids till they are numbered" - Roy A. Tucker] First person narrative. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tucker, Roy}} [[Category:American astronomers]] [[Category:Asteroid discoverers]] [[Category:University of Arizona]] [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[de:Roy Tucker]] [[fr:Roy A. Tucker]] [[pl:Roy A. Tucker]] [[pt:Roy A. Tucker]] {{US-astronomer-stub}}