Warren B. Offutt
Astronomer
1928 –
Who is Warren B. Offutt?
Warren B. Offutt is an American astronomer.
He has discovered a number of asteroids. The International Astronomical Union named minor planet 7639 Offutt after him just before his 70th birthday in 1998.
He has notably collaborated with professional astronomers in observing Kuiper belt objects. In 1999 he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
He operates the W & B Observatory in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, in the Sacramento Mountains, at an altitude of 2500 m.
Offutt and his wife, Beverly, moved from Illinois to New Mexico when he retired from engineering, specializing in precision astrometry of faint solar system objects.
In 1997, Offutt helped with three more major discoveries, among them confirmation of a then-newly discovered moon of Uranus, Sycorax.
Offutt is also an amateur radio operator.
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- Born
- 1928
- Also known as
- Warren Offutt
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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