Brian A. Skiff

Brian A. Skiff
Skiff in 2022
Alma materNorthern Arizona University
Known forMinor planet discoveries
AwardsLone Star Gazer (1986)
William Tyler Olcott Distinguished Service (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Photometry
InstitutionsLowell Observatory
Minor planets discovered: 60
see § List of discovered minor planets

Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer noted for discovering numerous asteroids and a number of comets including the periodic comets 114P/Wiseman–Skiff (with Jennifer Wiseman) and 140P/Bowell–Skiff (with Edward Bowell). He is also known for his photometry work on Sun-like stars and on the rotational light curves of asteroids.

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