Edward L. G. Bowell

Who is Edward L. G. Bowell?

Edward L. G. "Ted" Bowell, is an American astronomer. Bowell was educated at Emanuel School London, University College, London, and the Université de Paris.

He was principal investigator of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search.

He has discovered a large number of asteroids, both as part of LONEOS and in his own right before LONEOS began. Among the latter are the Trojan asteroids 2357 Phereclos, 2759 Idomeneus, 2797 Teucer, 2920 Automedon, 3564 Talthybius, 4057 Demophon, and 1988 AK.

He also co-discovered the periodic comet 140P/Bowell-Skiff and the non-periodic comet C/1980 E1.