Tom Stafford (astronomer) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Tom Stafford is an 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...

who has 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 since 1997, including 12061 Alena

12061 Alena

12061 Alena is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 21, 1998 by T. Stafford at the Zeno Observatory.- External links :*...

, 12533 Edmond

12533 Edmond

12533 Edmond is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 2, 1998 by T. Stafford at the Zeno Observatory.- External links :*...

, 13436 Enid

13436 Enid

13436 Enid is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on November 17, 1999 by T. Stafford at the Zeno Observatory.- External links :*...

, 13688 Oklahoma

13688 Oklahoma

13688 Oklahoma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1997 by T. Stafford at the Zeno Observatory.- External links :*...

and 15904 Halstead

15904 Halstead

15904 Halstead is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1997 by T. Stafford at the Zeno Observatory.- External links :*...

at Zeno Observatory (observatory code 727) in Edmond, Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 81,405, making it the sixth largest city in the state of 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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