Norman G. Thomas
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Asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s discovered: 55
2089 Cetacea
2089 Cetacea
2089 Cetacea is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1977 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 
November 9, 1977
2366 Aaryn
2366 Aaryn
2366 Aaryn is a main belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff, Arizona....

 
January 10, 1981
2527 Gregory
2527 Gregory
2527 Gregory is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 3, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 
September 3, 1981
2556 Louise
2556 Louise
2556 Louise is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 8, 1981 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 
February 8, 1981
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| 2558 Viv
2558 Viv
2558 Viv is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1204.8253254 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 26, 1981.-References:...

 || September 26, 1981
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| 2612 Kathryn
2612 Kathryn
2612 Kathryn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1979 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || February 28, 1979
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| 2683 Brian
2683 Brian
2683 Brian is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .Don't confuze it with 2488 Bryan.- External links :*...

 || January 10, 1981
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| 2684 Douglas
2684 Douglas
2684 Douglas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 3, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || January 3, 1981
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| 2764 Moeller
2764 Moeller
2764 Moeller is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 8, 1981 by N. G. Thomas at Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station, near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States of America.- External links :*...

 || February 8, 1981
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| 2779 Mary
2779 Mary
2779 Mary is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1981 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || February 6, 1981
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| 2895 Memnon
2895 Memnon
2895 Memnon is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 10, 1981 by Norman G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || January 10, 1981
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| 2927 Alamosa
2927 Alamosa
2927 Alamosa is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 5, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || October 5, 1981
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| 2933 Amber
2933 Amber
2933 Amber is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983 by Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Observatory near Flagstaff.-External links:*...

 || April 18, 1983
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| 2999 Dante
2999 Dante
2999 Dante is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Norman G. Thomas in 1981. It is named after Dante Alighieri, the medieval Florentine poet.-References:...

 || February 6, 1981
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| 3117 Niepce
3117 Niepce
3117 Niepce is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1983 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || February 11, 1983
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| 3151 Talbot
3151 Talbot
3151 Talbot is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983, by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || April 18, 1983
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| 3256 Daguerre
3256 Daguerre
3256 Daguerre is a main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Brian A. Skiff and Norman G. Thomas in 1981. It is named after Louis Daguerre, the French inventor of the daguerrotype, an early form of photography. Daguerre measures 24.38 km in diameter....

  || September 26, 1981
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| 3352 McAuliffe
3352 McAuliffe
3352 McAuliffe is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid which was discovered by Norman G. Thomas on February 6, 1981. It is named in memory of Christa McAuliffe, the civilian astronaut who died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster...

 || February 6, 1981
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| 3367 Alex
3367 Alex
3367 Alex is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1983 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || February 15, 1983
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| 3397 Leyla
3397 Leyla
3397 Leyla is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on December 8, 1964 by R. Burnham and N. G. Thomas at the Lowell Observatory.- External links :*...

  || December 8, 1964
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| 3413 Andriana
3413 Andriana
3413 Andriana is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1983 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || February 15, 1983
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| 3467 Bernheim
3467 Bernheim
3467 Bernheim is an asteroid. It was discovered on September 26, 1981 by Norman G. Thomas of Lowell Observatory and was named to honour Robert Burnham, Jr., Thomas' former co-worker at Lowell and the author of Burnham's Celestial Handbook...

 || September 26, 1981
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| 3525 Paul
3525 Paul
3525 Paul is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1983 by Norman G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || February 15, 1983
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| 3561 Devine
3561 Devine
3561 Devine is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || April 18, 1983
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| 3580 Avery
3580 Avery
3580 Avery is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1983 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || February 15, 1983
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| 3584 Aisha
3584 Aisha
3584 Aisha is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 5, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || October 5, 1981
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| 3614 Tumilty
3614 Tumilty
3614 Tumilty is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 12, 1983 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || January 12, 1983
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| 3621 Curtis
3621 Curtis
3621 Curtis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1981 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || September 26, 1981
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| 3807 Pagels
3807 Pagels
3807 Pagels is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1981 by B. A. and Thomas Skiff at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

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| 3976 Lise
3976 Lise
3976 Lise is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 6, 1983 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff .- External links :*...

 || May 6, 1983
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| 4193 Salanave
4193 Salanave
4193 Salanave is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1981 by Brian A. Skiff and Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.- External links :*...

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| 4198 Panthera
4198 Panthera
4198 Panthera is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1983 by Norman G. Thomas at Flagstaff.-External links:*...

 || February 11, 1983
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| 4331 Hubbard
4331 Hubbard
4331 Hubbard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983 by Norman G. Thomas at Flagstaff.-External links:*...

 || April 18, 1983
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| 4544 Xanthus
4544 Xanthus
4544 Xanthus is an Apollo NEO discovered on March 31, 1989 by Henry Holt and Norman G. Thomas at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...

  || March 31, 1989
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| 4568 Menkaure
4568 Menkaure
4568 Menkaure is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1983 by Norman G. Thomas at Flagstaff.- External links :...

 || September 2, 1983
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| 4581 Asclepius
4581 Asclepius
-External links:* from JPL /...

  || March 31, 1989
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| 4967 Glia
4967 Glia
4967 Glia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1983 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff.- External links :*...

 || February 11, 1983
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| 5249 Giza
5249 Giza
5249 Giza is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff.- External links :...

 || April 18, 1983
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| 5461 Autumn
5461 Autumn
5461 Autumn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1983 by N. G. Thomas at the Lowell Observatory's Anderson Mesa Station.- External links :*...

 || April 18, 1983
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| 5864 Montgolfier
5864 Montgolfier
5864 Montgolfier is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 1983 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff.-External links:*...

 || September 2, 1983
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| 6062 Vespa
6062 Vespa
6062 Vespa is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2100.5689391 days . The asteroid was discovered on May 6, 1983....

 || May 6, 1983
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| 6174 Polybius
6174 Polybius
6174 Polybius is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1983 by N. G. Thomas at Flagstaff.- External links :*...

 || October 4, 1983
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| (7275) 1983 CY2
(7275) 1983 CY2
1983 CY2 is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Lowell Observatory south of Flagstaff, Arizona, on February 15, 1983.-External links:*...

 || February 15, 1983
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| (7380) 1981 RF
(7380) 1981 RF
1981 RF is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Lowell Observatory south of Flagstaff, Arizona, on September 3, 1981.-External links:*...

 || September 3, 1981
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| (7990) 1981 SN1
(7990) 1981 SN1
1981 SN1 is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Lowell Observatory south of Flagstaff, Arizona, on September 26, 1981.-External links:*...

 || September 26, 1981
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| (8469) 1981 TZ
(8469) 1981 TZ
1981 TZ is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Lowell Observatory south of Flagstaff, Arizona, on October 5, 1981.-External links:*...

 || October 5, 1981
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| (9157) 1983 RB4
(9157) 1983 RB4
1983 RB4 is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Lowell Observatory south of Flagstaff, Arizona, on September 2, 1983.-External links:*...

 || September 2, 1983
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| (9534) 1981 TP
(9534) 1981 TP
1981 TP is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Lowell Observatory south of Flagstaff, Arizona, on October 4, 1981.-External links:*...

 || October 4, 1981
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| (10706) 1981 SE2 || September 26, 1981
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| (11018) 1983 CZ2 || February 15, 1983
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| (12193) 1979 EL || March 4, 1979
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| (12667) 1979 DF || February 28, 1979
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| (19118) 1981 SD2 || September 26, 1981
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| (29123) 1983 RA4 || September 2, 1983
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  1. with Brian A. Skiff
    Brian A. Skiff
    Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer noted for discovering a number of comets including the periodic comets 114P/Wiseman-Skiff and 140P/Bowell-Skiff...

  2. with Robert Burnham, Jr.
    Robert Burnham, Jr.
    Robert Burnham, Jr. was an American astronomer. He is best known for writing the classic three-volume Burnham's Celestial Handbook.-Early work:...

  3. with Henry E. Holt
    Henry E. Holt
    Henry E. Holt is an American astronomer.He has discovered numerous asteroids. He is also a co-discoverer of periodic comets 121P/Shoemaker-Holt, 127P/Holt-Olmstead and 128P/Shoemaker-Holt....


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Norman G. Thomas is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

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He worked at Lowell Observatory
Lowell Observatory
Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965....

 using the blink comparator
Blink comparator
A blink comparator was a viewing apparatus used by astronomers to find differences between two photographs of the night sky shot using optical telescopes such as astrographs. It permitted rapidly switching from viewing one photograph to viewing the other, "blinking" back and forth between the two...

 alongside Robert Burnham, Jr.
Robert Burnham, Jr.
Robert Burnham, Jr. was an American astronomer. He is best known for writing the classic three-volume Burnham's Celestial Handbook.-Early work:...

, author of the famous three-volume Celestial Handbook.

He discovered a number of asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s, including the Apollo asteroid
Apollo asteroid
The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, the first asteroid of this group to be discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth...

s 4544 Xanthus
4544 Xanthus
4544 Xanthus is an Apollo NEO discovered on March 31, 1989 by Henry Holt and Norman G. Thomas at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...

  and 4581 Asclepius
4581 Asclepius
-External links:* from JPL /...

 and the Amor asteroid
Amor asteroid
The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. They approach the orbit of the Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. Most Amors do cross the orbit of Mars...

 3352 McAuliffe
3352 McAuliffe
3352 McAuliffe is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid which was discovered by Norman G. Thomas on February 6, 1981. It is named in memory of Christa McAuliffe, the civilian astronaut who died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster...

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