• Source: Robert S. McMillan (astronomer)

Robert S. McMillan is an American astronomer at the University of Arizona, and heads the Spacewatch project, which studies minor planets. He has made various discoveries, including notably 20000 Varuna.
On October 19, 2008, he discovered a short-periodic comet 208P/McMillan.
In 1977 McMillan received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.




Footnotes






See also


Near-Earth Object Camera
Pioneer 11
Spacewatch
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer




External links


University of Arizona – Robert S. (Bob) McMillan
UA Science, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory – Bob McMillan

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