Miguel Hurtado (born 22 April 1978 in Málaga, Spain) is a Spanish astronomer and a

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at OAM's

La Sagra Observatory La Sagra Observatory ( es, Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra; OLS; observatory code: IAU code#L98, L98) is an astronomical observatory located in the province of Granada, Spain. It uses four robotic telescopes both designed and built (Compute ...

, where he participated in the discovery of minor planets, comets, and

supernovae A supernova is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. It has the plural form supernovae or supernovas, and is abbreviated SN or SNe. This transient astronomical event occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or when a ...

. Miguel Hurtado has listed the discovery of more than 2300

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

s including 76 near-earth objects such as

2012 DA14 367943 Duende (provisional designation ) is a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately in diameter. It was discovered by astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca at its robotic La Sagra ...

, as well as 5 comets and 19 supernovae. As of 2017, all numbered asteroids are credited by the

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to Mallorca Observatory, OAM.

Jaime Nomen Jaume Nomen Torres (also: Jaime Nomen; born June 23, 1960 in Tortosa, Catalonia) is a Spanish oral and maxillofacial surgeon, amateur astronomer and discoverer of numerous minor planets. He is of Catalan origin and became publicly known for the d ...

, his college and collaborator at the La Sagra Sky Survey (LSSS), was awarded the Shoemaker NEO Grant in 2010. The main-belt asteroid 362911 Miguelhurtado, discovered at OAM–

in 2009, was named in his honor.

Discoveries

Near-Earth asteroids

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Comets

* P/2012 R2 (La Sagra) * C/2012 B3 (La Sagra) * P/2012 NJ (La Sagra) * P/2012 S2 (La Sagra) * C/2013 H1 (La Sagra)

Supernovae

* SN 2010ax * SN 2010dt * SN 2010gq * SN 2010eu * SN 2010gj * SN 2010gs * SN 2010hn * SN 2010ij * SN 2010ix * SN 2010jf * SN 2010jm * SN 2010lo * SN 2011ak * SN 2011bm * SN 2011bk * SN 2011dz * SN 2013ci * SN 2013dv * SN 2013dw

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