David H. Healy

David H. Healy

Infobox Person
name = David H. Healy


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birth_date = 1936
birth_place = Sierra Vista, Arizona
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occupation = astrophotographer
nationality = USA

David Healy (born 1936) is an American astrophotographer and asteroid discoverer who is known for his contributions to Burnham's Celestial Handbook. [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=66479 JPL Small-Body Database Browser 66479 Healy (1999 RQ33)] ]

History

David Healy was born 1936 in Sierra Vista, Arizona. He dedicated his life to Astronomy and the discovery of planets.Healy established the Junk Bond Observatory in Arizona for visual work and recoveries of minor planets.On September 4th 1999 a Main-belt Asteroid was discovered by M.Collins and M.White at Anza.It was called 66479 Healy after founder of the JBO.Healy was also an original contributor to Burnham's Celestial Handbook.The JBO established by Healy operates a 32-inch Ritchey Chretien reflector chiefly for minor planet astrometry and is credited with over 200 discoveries. [ [http://mstecker.com/pages/apphealy.htm David Healy - astrophotographer ] ] He is a Contributing Editor of Astronomy Magazine.

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