Susannah Lazar

Susannah Lazar is an American medical physicist, amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.[1][2]

Minor planets discovered: 1 [1]
20430 Stout10 January 1999MPC list [A]
Co-discovery made with:
A W. R. Cooney Jr.

She is affiliated with the Highland Road Park Observatory, where she co-discovered asteroid 20430 Stout with Walter R. Cooney, Jr. at age 16, and named it after her late great-grandfather Earl Douglas Stout (c. 1895–1985).[3]

At the time she was a home school senior in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. "20430 Stout (1999 AC3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(20430) Stout". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (20430) Stout. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 862. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9622. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  4. "National Young Astronomer Award, 2001 Winners". Astronomical League. 2001. Archived from the original on 15 May 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
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