# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-stafford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:36:21.351Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-stafford"
name: "Tom Stafford"
slug: "tom-stafford"
description: "Tom Stafford is an American astronomer who has discovered a number of asteroids since 1997, including 12061 Alena, 12533 Edmond, 13436 Enid, 13688 Oklahoma and 15904 Halstead at Zeno Observatory in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is the son of Joseph W. Stafford and Alena Ruth Robbins, both now deceased, and has a sister, Susan Halstead."
tagline: "American astronomer (20th century)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Tom Stafford (astronomo)"
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    title: "Tom Stafford (astrónomo)"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Stafford_(astronome)"
    title: "Tom Stafford (astronome)"
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    title: "Tom Stafford (astronomo)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump