Brian A. Skiff
Astronomer
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Who is 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. He has discovered a number of asteroids including the Trojan asteroid 1997 UZ₂₃.
Working on the LONEOS project he rediscovered the long lost asteroid 69230 Hermes in October 2003 and the Apohele asteroid 2004 JG₆ in May 2004.
The asteroid 2554 Skiff was named in his honour. Skiff has worked as an Astronomer at Lowell Observatory since 1976.
Skiff is also a volleyball player with the Mars Hill summer volleyball squad.
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- United States of America
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on July 23, 2013
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