Schelte J. Bus

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

External links

• Bus' Personal Home Page