Gordon J. Garradd

Who is Gordon J. Garradd?

Gordon J. Garradd is an Australian astronomer from Loomberah, New South Wales. He has discovered numerous asteroids and comets, including C/2009 P1, and four novae in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Garradd has worked for a number of astronomical institutions in the USA and Australia, most recently at Siding Spring Observatory on the Siding Spring Survey, part of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey for near-Earth objects. There are 16 comets named after Garradd.

Garradd was born in Australia and lived his early life in Sydney, Canberra, Oberon, and Tamworth. He is a photographer, mountain bike rider, and solar- and wind-power enthusiast.