+ Minor planets discovered: 10 April 15, 1994 October 2, 1994 October 9, 1996 February 3, 1997 August 29, 1995 October 8, 1996 August 31, 1995 February 6, 1997 79360 Sila–Nunam February 3, 1997 October 8, 1996 with David C. Jewitt with Chad Trujillo with Jane Luu
Jun Chen is a Chinese American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
She obtained her BS at Beijing University in 1990, and obtained her PhD from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1997. Working together with David Jewitt and Jane Luu and other astronomers, she has co-discovered a number of Kuiper belt objects. The Minor Planet Center credits her with the co-discovery of 10 minor planets from 1994–1997.
She is currently working as a software developer in private industry.
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