David James Tholen (born 1955) is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaiʻi. He holds a 1978 B.S. from the University...
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(10–16 mi). It was discovered on 7 September 2021 by Scott S. Sheppard, David J. Tholen, Chad Trujillo, and Patryk S. Lykawka using the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope...
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99942 Apophis (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
or Mars. Apophis was discovered on June 19, 2004, by Roy A. Tucker, David J. Tholen, and Fabrizio Bernardi at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. On December...
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2018 AG37 (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
announced in a press release in February 2021 by astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo. The object was nicknamed "FarFarOut" to emphasize...
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541132 Leleākūhonua (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
October 2015 at the Mauna Kea Observatory (T09), by American astronomers David Tholen, Chad Trujillo and Scott Sheppard during their astronomical survey for...
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Larissa was first discovered by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larry A. Lebofsky and David J. Tholen, based on fortuitous ground-based stellar...
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S/2021 J 5 is a small outer natural satellite of Jupiter discovered by Scott S. Sheppard, David J. Tholen, and Chad Trujillo on 5 September 2021, using...
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V774104 (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
V774104 is the internal designation for the trans-Neptunian object designated 2015 TH367, but in November 2015 press releases confused it with 541132 Leleākūhonua...
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Asteroid spectral types (redirect from Tholen spectral classification)
taxonomy, which itself is based upon the Tholen classification. The most widely used taxonomy is that of David J. Tholen, first proposed in 1984. This classification...
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2018 VG18 (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
and Pluto. It was discovered on 10 November 2018 by Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo during their search for TNOs whose orbits might be...
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than Earth – detected. It was first observed on 23 February 1998, by David J. Tholen at Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, but is now considered a lost minor...
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moon of Neptune was discovered by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larry A. Lebofsky and David J. Tholen on May 24, 1981 and later given the name...
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S/2021 J 6 is a small outer natural satellite of Jupiter discovered by Scott S. Sheppard, David J. Tholen, and Chad Trujillo on 5 September 2021, using...
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The Register, January 8, 2008. Marco Micheli; Fabrizio Bernardi; David J. Tholen (May 16, 2008). "Updated analysis of the dynamical relation between...
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA. Retrieved 25 May 2019. Tholen, David J.; Whiteley, Robert J. (September 1998). "Results From NEO Searches At Small Solar...
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(674118) 2015 KH162 (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
the Subaru Telescope. The discovery was announced by Scott Sheppard, David Tholen and Chad Trujillo on 23 February 2016. At the time, this minor planet...
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David J. Stevenson 1985 Larry W. Esposito 1986 Jack Wisdom 1987 Steve Squyres 1988 Jonathan I. Lunine 1989 Christopher P. McKay 1990 David J. Tholen 1991...
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near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis (formerly known as 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii. He was a prolific...
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2020 FA31 (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
discovered 97.2 AU (14.54 billion km) from the Sun by Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo on 24 March 2020. Announced on 14 February 2021, it...
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writer and director David Thibault (born 1997), French-Canadian singer David Thodey (born 1954), Australian businessman David J. Tholen (born 1955), American...
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further stated it became "more so over the years." The astronomers David J. Tholen and Roy A. Tucker enjoyed the SG-1 arch villain Apophis so much that...
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2019 EU5 (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
discovered on 5 March 2019, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo at Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, and announced...
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1999 LINEAR 524522 Zoozve 2002 LONEOS 99942 Apophis 2004 Roy Tucker, David J. Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi 398188 Agni 2010 WISE 367943 Duende 2012 Observatorio...
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Apophis shortly before his attempted takeover of Earth. The astronomers David J. Tholen and Roy A. Tucker enjoyed the character so much that they named a near-Earth...
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named Larissa, was first observed by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larry A. Lebofsky and David J. Tholen on 24 May 1981. The astronomers were observing...
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2020 BE102 (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
discovered on 24 January 2020, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo using the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope of the Mauna...
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R. Chapman, David Morrison, and Ben Zellner in 1975, and further expanded by David J. Tholen in 1984. In what is now known as the Tholen classification...
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(678191) 2017 OF69 (category Discoveries by David J. Tholen)
diameter. It was first observed on 26 July 2017, by American astronomers David Tholen, Scott Sheppard, and Chad Trujillo at Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii...
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taxonomies now used are the Tholen classification and SMASS classification. The former was proposed in 1984 by David J. Tholen, and was based on data collected...
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(Robert Sutton Harrington) 3236 Strand (Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand) 3255 Tholen (David J Tholen) 3267 Glo (Eleanor "Glo" Helin) 3277 Aaronson (Marc Aaronson) 3282...
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