Gary Hug

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Gary Hug is an American amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets, who, along with Graham E. Bell, operates the Farpoint Observatory and Sandlot Observatory in Kansas, United States.

He is the co-discoverer of comet 178P/Hug-Bell and was awarded twice a Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant for improved near-Earth object searches in 2009 and 2018, respectively. Hug also represents the Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomer's League.

List of discovered minor planets

15992 Cynthia 18 December 1998 18055 Fernhildebrandt 11 October 1999 2 September 1999 23989 Farpoint 3 September 1999 24265 Banthonytwarog 13 December 1999 24305 Darrellparnell 26 December 1999 24308 Cowenco 29 December 1999 25594 Kessler 29 December 1999 29 December 1999 28 December 1999 31664 Randiiwessen 8 May 1999 9 July 2000 19 July 2000 33747 Clingan 14 August 1999 20 October 2001 22 November 2000 27 December 1999 17 June 1999 6 September 1999 6 September 1999 12 November 1999 6 October 1999 14 November 1999 13 December 1999 28 December 1999 31 December 1999 19 May 2001 13 November 1998 11 November 1999 28 December 1999 28 December 1999 27 March 2000 50768 Ianwessen 27 March 2000 51569 Garywessen 18 April 2001 53316 Michielford 9 May 1999 54439 Topeka 29 June 2000 24 June 2001 56678 Alicewessen 3 June 2000 57471 Mariemarsina 22 September 2001 12 October 2001 7 September 1999 6 December 1999 23 July 2000 62666 Rainawessen 1 October 2000 23 November 2000 25 January 2001 28 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Bell D. Tibbets

References

External links

Tracking Asteroids From A Backyard In Kansas, interview with Gary Hug This Amateur Astronomer Built An Observatory In His Backyard, Popular Science, by Sarah Fecht, 21 June 2016