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Various Projects
Carried Out
at Stony Ridge Observatory
Updated
Mar 26, 2016
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Occultation of a star by the asteroid
Juno
- December 11, 1979 - John Faulkner made observations at Stony Ridge Observatory
that were published in Solar System Photometry Handbook,
Russell M. Genet, ed., Willman-Bell, 1983, pp 8-1 to 8-11,
"Asteroid Occultations," by Alan Harris (JPL).
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Planet X Project
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Observations of Comets
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Asteroid
observations 1994-1995 - Jack Child and John Rogers,
Co-Is, made the first asteroid discovery from Stony Ridge
Observatory in 1995. The new discovery was named (10168)
Stony Ridge by the discoverers to honor the original
15 Founding Members of Stony Ridge
Observatory, Inc. A second asteroid was discovered by this
duo, which currently has been numbered by the Minor Planet
Center (MPC), but has yet to receive a name. The selection
of a name for a newly numbered asteroid is an opportunity
given to the original discoverers, in this case, John and
Jack.
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Faint
Object Follow Up (FOFU) - In 2000, Stephen
Brewster and John Rogers, Co-Is, formed FOFU
to provide follow up observations of newly discovered near-Earth
asteroids and comets. The group later added members Dave Hadlen,
Pam Sable, Sara Martin and James Hoff. In 2004 this group
made SRO's 3rd and 4th asteroid discoveries. One of these,
having been linked to other observations over many years,
was quickly numbered by the MPC. FOFU members agreed that
the "Father" of Stony Ridge, George
A. Carroll should be honored with his name attached to
this discovery. Thus asteroid (144633)
Georgecarroll is in the history books of solar
system science.
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