Tom Stafford (astronomer)

Asteroids discovered: 40 12061 Alena March 21, 1998 12533 Edmond June 2, 1998 September 18, 1998 13436 Enid November 17, 1999 13688 Oklahoma September 9, 1997 (14165) 1998 UZ October 19, 1998 April 5, 2000 15904 Halstead September 29, 1997 November 6, 1997 July 14, 1999 September 13, 1999 September 13, 1999 September 27, 2000 (24095) 1999 VN November 2, 1999 November 12, 1999 (25357) 1999 TM October 1, 1999 October 19, 1998 (27219) 1999 EL March 9, 1999 February 19, 1999 February 24, 1998 (33431) 1999 EK March 9, 1999 November 25, 1997 January 29, 1998 (40171) 1998 RS September 11, 1998 (44474) 1998 WE November 16, 1998 November 23, 1998 November 4, 1999 November 12, 1999 November 12, 1998 November 11, 1998 September 29, 1997 January 23, 1998 December 21, 2000 (70426) 1999 TN October 1, 1999 November 8, 1999 September 30, 1999 November 30, 1999 November 15, 1999 November 7, 1997 February 4, 2000

Tom Stafford is an American astronomer who has discovered a number of asteroids since 1997, including 12061 Alena, 12533 Edmond, 13436 Enid, 13688 Oklahoma and 15904 Halstead at Zeno Observatory (observatory code 727) in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is the son of Joseph W. Stafford and Alena Ruth Robbins, both now deceased, and has a sister, Susan Halstead.

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