Leonard L. Amburgey

Leonard L. Amburgey is an American amateur astronomer and public schoolteacher. On July 2, 2000, he stumbled upon the near-Earth asteroid 2000 NM using a modest telescope in his backyard (called Scott Observatory, IAU number 823 [http://www.astrometric.com/gallery/gallery.html] ) in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. As a result, he became the fourth winner of the James Benson Prize for Discovery Methods of Near-Earth Objects by Amateurs.

In 2005, he received the Fitchburg State College (whence he graduated in 1968 and 1973) Alumni Achievement Award [http://www.fsc.edu/alum/awards_scholarships.html] .

External links

* [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=558 Amateur Night in Space] , 28 October, 2002 (about 2000 NM, an Apollo asteroid)