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'''Schelte J. "Bobby" Bus''' is an Assistant Astronomer at the [[University of Hawaii]] [[Institute for Astronomy]]. Though he only received his Ph.D from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1999, Bus has been active in [[astronomy]] for many years. He discovered periodic [[comet]] [[87P/Bus]] in 1981. In addition, Bus has discovered or co-discovered thousands of [[asteroid]]s, including an [[Apollo asteroid]], an [[Amor asteroid]], and over 40 [[Trojan asteroid]]s (including [[3240 Laocoon]] co-discovered with [[Eleanor Helin]]).
'''Schelte J. "Bobby" Bus''' is an American [[astronomer]].

Discovered periodic [[comet]] [[87P/Bus]].

Has discovered or co-discovered thousands of [[asteroid]]s, including an [[Apollo asteroid]], an [[Amor asteroid]], and over 40 [[Trojan asteroid]]s (including [[3240 Laocoon]] co-discovered with [[Eleanor Helin]]).

==External links==
* [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/sjb/default/bus.html Home Page]


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==External links==
* [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/sjb/default/bus.html Bus' Personal Home Page]



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Revision as of 17:41, 30 May 2004

Schelte J. "Bobby" Bus is an Assistant Astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. Though he only received his Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999, Bus has been active in astronomy for many years. He discovered periodic comet 87P/Bus in 1981. In addition, Bus has discovered or co-discovered thousands of asteroids, including an Apollo asteroid, an Amor asteroid, and over 40 Trojan asteroids (including 3240 Laocoon co-discovered with Eleanor Helin).

Asteroids discovered: over 1400 (as of April 2004)
Only a few unusual ones are listed here
2135 Aristaeus April 17 1977 with Eleanor Helin Apollo asteroid
3122 Florence March 2 1981 Amor asteroid