Robert D. Stephens (born 1955) is an American amateur astronomer and a prolific photometrist of minor planets at the Center for Solar System Studies , Rancho Cucamonga in California, United States.[1][2]

Career

By profession, Stephens is a Certified Public Accountant in California since 1978, and has co-founded the accounting firm Fox & Stephens Inc. in 1988.[3]

Member of the American Astronomical Society and former president of the Riverside Astronomical Society,[4] Stephens became active in studying minor planets in 1999. Since then, he has obtained and published hundreds of rotational ±light curves of asteroids from photometric observations taken at the CS3–Trojan Station of the Center for Solar System Studies , Landers, in the Southern California desert,[1] where he collaborates with astronomers Daniel Coley and Brian D. Warner . He is president of the astronomical research institution MoreData! Inc., as well as treasurer of the Society for Astronomical Sciences and the American Association of Variable Star Observers.[5]

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. ^ "Robert Stephens". Center for Solar System Studies (CS3). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(39890) Bobstephens". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 894. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_10020. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. ^ "Fox & Stephens – Meet Our Staff". www.foxandstephens.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Riverside Astronomical Society". www.rivastro.org. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Society for Astronomical Sciences". socastrosci.org. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Clifford W. Holmes Award". RTMC Astronomy Expo. Archived from the original on 24 October 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. ^ "The 2013 Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients". The Planetary Society. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  8. ^ "39890 Bobstephens (1998 FA3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  9. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 February 2020.