# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-a-skiff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:34:10.829Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-a-skiff"
name: "Brian A. Skiff"
slug: "brian-a-skiff"
description: "Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer noted for discovering numerous asteroids and a number of comets including the periodic comets 114P/Wiseman–Skiff and 140P/Bowell–Skiff. He is also known for his photometry work on Sun-like stars and on the rotational light curves of asteroids."
tagline: "American astronomer"
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country:
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birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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    title: "Բրայան Սկիֆ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump