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Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer noted for discovering numerous asteroids and a number of comets including the periodic comets 114P/Wiseman–Skiff (with Jennifer Wiseman) and 140P/Bowell–Skiff (with Edward Bowell).

Biography

Skiff received his BS from Northern Arizona University in 1977 and has worked as an astronomer at Lowell Observatory since 1976.

Between 1980 and 1997, he has also discovered a total 60 numbered minor planets, including (15398) 1997 UZ₂₃, a dark Jupiter trojan about 37 kilometers in diameter. Working on the LONEOS project he rediscovered the long lost asteroid 69230 Hermes in October 2003 and the Apohele asteroid (434326) 2004 JG6 in May 2004.

Awards and honors

The Florian main-belt asteroid 2554 Skiff was named in his honour. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 8 April 1982 (M.P.C. 6834).

Skiff received the Texas Star Party’s Lone Star Gazer Award in 1986.

List of discovered minor planets

Brian Skiff is credited with the discovery and co-discovery of 60 minor planets between 1981 and 1997. The co-discovery of 2557 Putnam, 3256 Daguerre, 3807 Pagels and 4193 Salanave he made in collaboration with Norman G. Thomas .

See also

• List of minor planet discoverers § B. A. Skiff

Works

Skiff has published 122 refereed papers on astronomy. His most cited paper is:

• Radick, Richard R.; Lockwood, G. W.; Skiff, B. A.; Baliunas, S. L. (1998). "Patterns of Variation among Sun‐like Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 118 (1): 239–258. Bibcode:1998ApJS..118..239R. doi:10.1086/313135. ISSN 0067-0049. S2CID 122270314.

He is also the author of two books:

• Tirion, Wil; Skiff, Brian (1990). Bright Star Atlas 2000.0. Richmond, Virginia: Willmann-Bell, Inc. ISBN 0-943396-27-1.
• Luginbuhl, Christian B.; Skiff, Brian A. (1998). Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521625562.

References

1. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. October 25, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
2. "Brian Skiff". . Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
3. "Brian Skiff at Lowell Observatory". Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
4. "15398 (1997 UZ23)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
5. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2554) Skiff". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2554) Skiff. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 209. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2555. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
6. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
7. "TSP History". Texas Star Party. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
8. "Search for refereed articles by "Skiff, Brian"". SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2022.

• American astronomers
• Discoverers of asteroids
• Discoveries by Brian A. Skiff
• Living people