Frank B. Zoltowski


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Frank B. Zoltowski is an Australian amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets who lives in Woomera, South Australia. In 1998, he was awarded a "Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant" for improved near-Earth object searches.
Zoltowski conducts these searches from his home with a charge-coupled device camera. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He authored CCDTRACK, a computer program that auto-guides electronically controlled telescopes by tracking a user-selected celestial object.
He is mentioned in NASA's asteroid tracking database as an observer for asteroid. Astronomers at the Minor Planet Center used Zoltowski's work to work out an estimated approach distance for of 56,500 kilometers, and a closest approach date of Aug 7, 2027. It was thought to potentially crash into Earth.
The main-belt asteroid 18292 Zoltowski, discovered at the George R. Agassiz Station of the Harvard College Observatory in 1977, was named in his honor. The naming citation was published on 9 May 2001.

List of discovered minor planets

Frank Zoltowski is credited by the Minor Planet Center for the discovery of 228 numbered minor planets between 1997 and 2003.
8430 Florey25 December 1997
10203 Flinders1 August 1997
11150 Bragg21 December 1997
11195 Woomera15 January 1999
11212 Tebbutt18 April 1999
11356 Chuckjones18 December 1997
12102 Piazzolla5 May 1998
19 May 1998
18 March 1998
27 April 1998
23 August 1998
1 September 1998

21 September 1997
19 December 1997
24 January 1999
22 December 1997
27 March 1998
12 September 1998
11 February 2000
18 November 1997
18 February 1998
18 March 1998
22 April 1998
5 May 1998

24 May 1998
11 July 1998
10 June 1999
23 June 1999
24 June 1999
30 September 1999
4 April 1998
1 September 1998
23 May 1998
22 June 1998
25 June 1998
16 December 1998

29 October 1997
1 November 1997
29 November 1998
12 January 1999
10 February 1999
20 February 1998
14 April 1999
18 April 1999
27 November 1997
16 January 1999
9 February 1999
10 February 1999

24 March 1998
5 April 1998
5 May 1998
13 April 1999
16 April 1999
17 April 1999
20 January 1998
4 April 1998
4 July 1999
29 September 1999
17 March 1998
15 May 1998

24 December 1997
17 June 1998
14 August 1998
21 August 1998
1 September 1998
12 September 1998
20 October 1998
24 May 2000
29 October 1997
4 November 1997
25 June 1998
14 August 1998

23 June 1999
9 March 2000
4 April 1998
17 July 1998
12 May 1999
21 August 1998
23 September 1998
12 May 1999
22 June 1999
24 June 1999
10 July 1999
13 September 1999

2 February 2000
21 April 2002
16 June 1998
16 June 1998
23 May 1999
2 February 2000
10 December 2002
27 July 1997
14 August 1998
3 September 1998
15 April 1999
22 August 1997

9 December 2002
31 December 2002
12 April 1999
17 August 1998
21 April 1999
10 September 1999
3 February 2000
18 April 1999
23 June 1999
26 September 2000
11 September 1999
1 March 2000

26 August 1998
31 January 2003
16 July 1999
11 March 2000
11 May 2002
10 February 1999
24 June 2000
1 January 2003
4 March 2000
24 September 1998
5 January 2003
14 August 1998
16 September 1999*