Biography:Pamela M. Kilmartin
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Pamela M. Kilmartin is a New Zealand astronomer and a co-discoverer of minor planets and comets.[2]
She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 41 asteroids, all in collaboration with her husband, the astronomer Alan C. Gilmore.[1] Both astronomers are also active comet-hunters. She is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ) and co-director of its "Comets and Minor Planets" section.[2][3] Kilmartin is one of eleven voting members of the International Astronomical Union's working group on Small Bodies Nomenclature, which is responsible for naming asteroids.[4]
The minor planet 3907 Kilmartin, discovered by Max Wolf in 1904, was named in her honour.[2] Naming citation was published on 21 April 1989 (M.P.C. 14482).[5] In 1983, the Eunomia asteroid 2537 Gilmore was already named after both, Alan and Pamela Gilmore.[6]
In May 2019 Kilmartin and her husband were honoured by New Zealand Post with a stamp in its New Zealand Space Pioneers series.[7]
List of discovered minor planets
| 2434 Bateson [A] | 27 May 1981 |
| 3087 Beatrice Tinsley [A] | 30 August 1981 |
| 3152 Jones [A] | 7 June 1983 |
| 3305 Ceadams [A] | 21 May 1985 |
| 3400 Aotearoa [A] | 2 April 1981 |
| 3521 Comrie [A] | 26 June 1982 |
| 3563 Canterbury [A] | 23 March 1985 |
| 3810 Aoraki [A] | 20 February 1985 |
| 4154 Rumsey [A] | 10 July 1985 |
| 4243 Nankivell [A] | 4 April 1981 |
| 4248 Ranald [A] | 23 April 1984 |
| 4409 Kissling [A] | 30 June 1989 |
| 4819 Gifford [A] | 24 May 1985 |
| 4837 Bickerton [A] | 30 June 1989 |
| 5207 Hearnshaw [A] | 15 April 1988 |
| 5251 Bradwood [A] | 18 May 1985 |
| 5311 Rutherford [A] | 3 April 1981 |
| 5718 Roykerr [A] | 4 August 1983 |
| (5763) 1982 MA [A] | 23 June 1982 |
| (5818) 1989 RC1 [A] | 5 September 1989 |
| (5898) 1985 KE [A] | 23 May 1985 |
| (5906) 1989 SN5 [A] | 24 September 1989 |
| (6034) 1987 JA [A] | 5 May 1987 |
| (6142) 1993 FP [A] | 23 March 1993 |
| (7432) 1993 HL5 [A] | 23 April 1993 |
| (8481) 1988 LH [A] | 14 June 1988 |
| (8884) 1994 CM2 [A] | 12 February 1994 |
| (9018) 1987 JG [A] | 5 May 1987 |
| (9750) 1989 NE1 [A] | 8 July 1989 |
| (11080) 1993 FO [A] | 23 March 1993 |
| (13510) 1989 OL [A] | 29 July 1989 |
| (13511) 1989 RD1 [A] | 5 September 1989 |
| (13552) 1992 GA [A] | 4 April 1992 |
| (15712) 1989 RN2 [A] | 1 September 1989 |
| (18340) 1989 OM [A] | 29 July 1989 |
| (21130) 1993 FN [A] | 23 March 1993 |
| (30945) 1994 GW9 [A] | 14 April 1994 |
| (48501) 1993 FM [A] | 23 March 1993 |
| (58158) 1989 RA [A] | 1 September 1989 |
| (65718) 1993 FL [A] | 23 March 1993 |
| (422979) 2003 PX10 [A] | 4 August 2003 |
| A co-discovered with Alan C. Gilmore | |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3907) Kilmartin". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3907) Kilmartin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 332. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3896. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ "Abstracts". Southern Stars 42 (3): 5. September 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150114113825/http://rasnz.org.nz/SouthernStars/2003/Vol42Abs.htm#Sep03_2.
- ↑ "WG Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN)". International Astronomical Union. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230908164808/https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2537) Gilmore". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2537) Gilmore. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 207. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2538. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ "New Zealand Post". New Zealand Space Pioneers. https://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/2019/space-pioneers. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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