John Broughton

John Broughton

John Broughton is an Australian astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. His observations are done at Reedy Creek Observatory in Queensland (IAU Observatory Code: 428).

Discoveries and research

Broughton discovered a Near Earth Object (NEO), mpl|2004 GA|1, on April 11, 2004. This is considered the first amateur discovery of a large, potentially hazardous NEO.

He discovered two comets, now designated P/2005 T5 (Broughton) and C/2006 OF2 (Broughton), on November 3, 2005.

He has produced two software applications, "scantracker" and "scanalyser", for the Drift-Scan Timing of Asteroid Occulations. These are [http://www.users.bigpond.com/reedycrk/driftscantiming.htm available online] for free.

Awards and grants

Broughton was one of five astronomers who won "Gene Shoemaker Near-Earth Object Grants" from the Planetary Society in 2002. The money was used to purchase a CCD camera.

External links

* [http://www.users.bigpond.com/reedycrk/ Broughton's Website for the Reedy Creek Observatory, Including His Software]
* [http://neo.planetary.org/SocietyProjects/ShoemakerGrant/NEOGrantindex.html Mention of the Shoemaker Grant, and Broughton's discovery of mp|2004 GA|1]
* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/neo_grants/update_200703.html#broughton March 2007 report of work done through the end of 2006, including discovery of C/2006 OF2 (Broughton)]


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