Robert S. McMillan is an 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.
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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
American astronomers
Discoverers of comets
Planetary scientists
University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences alumni
University of Arizona faculty
Discoverers of trans-Neptunian objects
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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