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Roy A. Tucker
American astronomer (1951-2021) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 70
Roy Anthony Tucker (December 11, 1951 - March 5, 2021) was an American astronomer best known for the co-discovery of near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis (formerly known as 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaiʻi.
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He was a prolific discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 702 numbered minor planets between 1996 and 2010. He also discovered two comets: 328P/LONEOS-Tucker and C/2004 Q1, a Jupiter-family and near-parabolic comet, respectively.
