David Healy (astronomer)

David B. Healy
David B. Healy
Born	22 December 1936; Los Angeles, California
Died	6 June 2011 (aged 74); Sierra Vista, Arizona
Nationality	American
Occupation	astrophotographer

Minor planets discovered: 217 ^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

David B. Healy (22 December 1936 – 6 June 2011) was an American astrophotographer and asteroid discoverer who is known for his contributions to Burnham's Celestial Handbook.^[2]

History

David B. Healy was born 1936 in Los Angeles, California. He was an automotive industry analyst for Drexel Burnham in New York and later a stock broker before retiring to Arizona. He dedicated his life to Astronomy and the discovery of planets. While in New York, he was a longtime member of the Astronomical Society of Long Island. Once in Sierra Vista, Arizona, he became a valued member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club.

He was well known for his pioneering work in astrophotography (in particular with cooled and hypered emulsion astrophotography before silver became silicon) with multiple contributions to leading astronomy publications. Healy established the Junk Bond Observatory in Arizona for visual work and recoveries of minor planets.

On September 4, 1999 a main-belt asteroid was discovered by Myke Collins and M. White at Anza. It was called 66479 Healy after the founder of the JBO.^[2] Healy was also an original contributor to Burnham's Celestial Handbook. The JBO established by Healy operates a 32-inch Ritchey Chretien reflector chiefly for minor planet astrometry and is credited with over 500 discoveries.^[3] After his chief co-discoverer Jeffrey Medkeff died in 2008, Dave decided to participate in the search for exo-planets. His telescope is still being used in the search for these planetary systems.

He was a Contributing Editor of Astronomy Magazine. Bloomberg Press reviewed Healy's transition from investment analyst to amateur astronomer in the following article. ^[4]

List of discovered minor planets

15512 Snyder	18 October 1999	list ^[A]
37163 Huachucaclub	19 November 2000	list ^[A]
38203 Sanner	19 June 1999	list ^[A]
40328 Dow	20 June 1999	list
46053 Davidpatterson	21 February 2001	list
48070 Zizza	19 March 2001	list
54693 Garymyers	19 March 2001	list
63305 Bobkepple	17 March 2001	list
68218 Nealgalt	12 February 2001	list
72633 Randygroth	22 March 2001	list
99070 Strittmatter	22 March 2001	list
107638 Wendyfreedman	15 March 2001	list
115326 Wehinger	29 September 2003	list
115331 Shrylmiles	29 September 2003	list
115801 Punahou	23 October 2003	list
117381 Lindaweiland	18 December 2004	list
118945 Rikhill	29 November 2000	list
123818 Helenzier	31 January 2001	list
124075 Ketelsen	15 April 2001	list
131245 Bakich	16 March 2001	list
133528 Ceragioli	4 October 2003	list
133753 Teresamullen	21 November 2003	list
(145349) 2005 MS₁₅	27 June 2005	list
146268 Jennipolakis	16 February 2001	list
(149885) 2005 RV₁₁	11 September 2005	list

(149896) 2005 SD₁	23 September 2005	list
(149954) 2005 TV₄₈	9 October 2005	list
(149975) 2005 UY₁	22 October 2005	list
(152506) 2005 XN₁	4 December 2005	list
153289 Rebeccawatson	22 March 2001	list
153298 Paulmyers	29 March 2001	list
(155141) 2005 UY	20 October 2005	list
(155247) 2005 WK₄₆	22 November 2005	list
(157540) 2005 UO₃	25 October 2005	list
(159296) 2006 BM₄₄	23 January 2006	list
159778 Bobshelton	24 June 2003	list
159827 Keithmullen	4 October 2003	list
161546 Schneeweis	10 December 2004	list
(161593) 2005 QE₂₈	28 August 2005	list
165612 Stackpole	23 March 2001	list
167113 Robertwick	19 September 2003	list
172525 Adamblock	4 October 2003	list
176103 Waynejohnson	30 January 2001	list
(177824) 2005 NB₁₅	6 July 2005	list
178803 Kristenjohnson	19 March 2001	list
(180947) 2005 MQ₁₃	27 June 2005	list
(181174) 2005 SV₇₀	27 September 2005	list
(181402) 2006 SR₁₁₈	24 September 2006	list
(184621) 2005 RD₂₆	12 September 2005	list
(184629) 2005 SX₁	23 September 2005	list

(185575) 2008 BF₁₅	29 January 2008	list
189930 Jeanneherbert	22 September 2003	list
189948 Richswanson	16 October 2003	list
196807 Beshore	26 September 2003	list
196938 Delgordon	22 October 2003	list
197196 Jamestaylor	15 November 2003	list
(197284) 2003 WV₁₀₇	24 November 2003	list
(199002) 2005 WO₅₅	28 November 2005	list
(199684) 2006 HY₁₆	20 April 2006	list
(202584) 2006 GO₃	7 April 2006	list
(202758) 2007 RJ₁₉	4 September 2007	list
(207521) 2006 JD₄₉	1 May 2006	list
(209643) 2005 BZ₂₆	29 January 2005	list
(209917) 2005 QA₁₁	27 August 2005	list
(209918) 2005 QY₃₀	28 August 2005	list
(210347) 2007 UT₁	17 October 2007	list
(212846) 2007 VP₇	3 November 2007	list
(214423) 2005 QY₁₀	27 August 2005	list
(216028) 2005 WB₅₉	28 November 2005	list
(216882) 2008 KE	26 May 2008	list
(218348) 2004 FY₁₇	27 March 2004	list
(221229) 2005 UA₁₅₈	28 October 2005	list
222403 Bethchristie	22 March 2001	list
(224122) 2005 QZ₁₀	27 August 2005	list
(224277) 2005 TU₅₂	14 October 2005	list

(224492) 2005 WQ₇	21 November 2005	list
(227332) 2005 UF₂	23 October 2005	list
(227483) 2005 XO	1 December 2005	list
(227653) 2006 BQ₁₄₃	29 January 2006	list
(229388) 2005 SU₇₀	27 September 2005	list
(231059) 2005 NP₇	5 July 2005	list
(231282) 2006 BF₄₄	23 January 2006	list
(231290) 2006 BK₉₉	25 January 2006	list
(231535) 2008 ST₁₄₇	25 September 2008	list
232553 Randypeterson	26 September 2003	list
(233206) 2005 XJ₂₇	5 December 2005	list
(233494) 2007 CW₂₆	12 February 2007	list
(233667) 2008 RQ₂₅	5 September 2008	list
(234336) 2001 FH₁	18 March 2001	list
(236806) 2007 RC₂	4 September 2007	list
(237012) 2008 RT₁₂₅	9 September 2008	list
(240629) 2004 YS	16 December 2004	list
(240789) 2005 UM₁₅₆	28 October 2005	list
(242698) 2005 TS₅₂	11 October 2005	list
(245629) 2005 XK₂₇	6 December 2005	list
(245637) 2005 YZ₈	20 December 2005	list
(246382) 2007 UJ₃	18 October 2007	list
(249118) 2007 WW₉	17 November 2007	list
(249131) 2007 YG₅₆	30 December 2007	list
(250947) 2005 YB₂₈₇	28 December 2005	list

(254857) 2005 RT₃₃	12 September 2005	list
(255018) 2005 TK₄₈	7 October 2005	list
(255069) 2005 UP₁	22 October 2005	list
(255327) 2005 WX₃₄	21 November 2005	list
(255337) 2005 WC₅₅	26 November 2005	list
(256814) 2008 CT₁₁₈	11 February 2008	list
(259618) 2003 VA₈	15 November 2003	list
(261836) 2006 DR₆₃	27 February 2006	list
(265517) 2005 MK₈	27 June 2005	list
(265536) 2005 NO₇₈	12 July 2005	list
(265763) 2005 WZ₅	21 November 2005	list
(266103) 2006 SB₁₃₁	24 September 2006	list
(268552) 2006 BG₈	22 January 2006	list
(271580) 2004 ML₃	20 June 2004	list
(272316) 2005 SW₇₀	27 September 2005	list
(272345) 2005 SP₁₃₄	30 September 2005	list
(272441) 2005 UR₁	22 October 2005	list
(272672) 2005 XP₁	4 December 2005	list
(273302) 2006 SS₁₁₈	24 September 2006	list
(277339) 2005 TM₄₅	6 October 2005	list
(277369) 2005 UZ	20 October 2005	list
(277370) 2005 US₁	22 October 2005	list
(277397) 2005 UN₁₅₆	28 October 2005	list
(278795) 2008 SC₂₁₀	28 September 2008	list
(281398) 2008 RM₂₅	5 September 2008	list

(289866) 2005 MV₁₅	30 June 2005	list
(290013) 2005 QE₁₁	27 August 2005	list
(290163) 2005 RT₁₁	11 September 2005	list
(290357) 2005 SF₂₆₁	27 September 2005	list
(290486) 2005 UX₁	22 October 2005	list
(290866) 2005 WL₅₅	28 November 2005	list
(290967) 2005 XH	1 December 2005	list
(291013) 2005 YY₆	21 December 2005	list
(291225) 2006 BJ₈	22 January 2006	list
(292453) 2006 SX₃₅₉	30 September 2006	list
(294215) 2007 UK₃	18 October 2007	list
(294741) 2008 CX₁	2 February 2008	list
(299240) 2005 MU₁₅	30 June 2005	list
(299465) 2006 BL₁₀₃	23 January 2006	list
(301023) 2008 SN₆₇	21 September 2008	list
(301053) 2008 UX₁	22 October 2008	list
(305397) 2008 CB₇₄	9 February 2008	list
(309237) 2007 RB₂	4 September 2007	list
(310357) 2011 UE₂₆₆	8 October 2005	list
(314271) 2005 RF₂₆	12 September 2005	list
(314466) 2005 WR₅₈	30 November 2005	list
(316958) 2001 FG₁	18 March 2001	list
(319072) 2005 WY₅₆	29 November 2005	list
(319109) 2005 XG	1 December 2005	list
(320516) 2007 YP₃	16 December 2007	list

(320692) 2008 DS	24 February 2008	list
(322378) 2011 MV₉	5 March 2006	list
(326779) 2003 SM₂₂₄	30 September 2003	list
(326814) 2003 TN₉	13 October 2003	list
(326827) 2003 UL₇	18 October 2003	list
(327188) 2005 MQ₅	27 June 2005	list
(327430) 2005 WA₅₉	28 November 2005	list
(330394) 2006 YP₁₄	25 December 2006	list
(335333) 2005 RR₁₁	11 September 2005	list
(335415) 2005 UT₁	22 October 2005	list
(337339) 2001 FL₃₁	23 March 2001	list
(340077) 2005 WP₇	21 November 2005	list
(346089) 2007 VQ₇	4 November 2007	list
(349044) 2006 VC₁₂₂	14 November 2006	list
(350382) 2012 UF₁₆₄	21 November 2003	list
(351507) 2005 RK₂₉	12 September 2005	list
(351509) 2005 RS₃₃	12 September 2005	list
(352304) 2007 UT₅	18 October 2007	list
(353766) 2012 FQ₂₈	5 June 2005	list
(354703) 2005 RS₁₁	11 September 2005	list
(355559) 2008 CN₂₀	6 February 2008	list
(358276) 2006 UX₁₆	16 October 2006	list
(360867) 2005 RE₂₆	12 September 2005	list
(361023) 2005 WV₅₆	29 November 2005	list
(361673) 2007 UU₁	17 October 2007	list

(362554) 2010 VZ₁	30 November 2005	list
(362860) 2012 BJ₅₈	7 October 2005	list
(363439) 2003 SE₁₁₂	21 September 2003	list
(365958) 2012 BZ₁₆	29 November 2005	list
(368771) 2005 WC₁₉	22 November 2005	list
(372163) 2008 TT₈	6 October 2008	list
(374353) 2005 UO₁₅₆	28 October 2005	list
(377708) 2005 WW₅₆	29 November 2005	list
(377765) 2005 YH₈₇	21 December 2005	list
(380717) 2005 QD₁₁	27 August 2005	list
(381964) 2010 EM₁₀₅	13 June 2005	list
(383131) 2005 UX	20 October 2005	list
(385650) 2005 RW₁₁	11 September 2005	list
(385693) 2005 TR₅₂	11 October 2005	list
(386355) 2008 TU₈	6 October 2008	list
(388036) 2005 SQ₁₃₄	30 September 2005	list
(388179) 2006 BK₁₄₇	31 January 2006	list
(393912) 2005 UL₂₆	23 October 2005	list
(394058) 2005 XF	1 December 2005	list
(394675) 2008 CK₇₄	10 February 2008	list
(397818) 2008 SN₂	22 September 2008	list
(400387) 2007 YH₅₆	30 December 2007	list
(402448) 2006 BX₅₈	23 January 2006	list
(402753) 2006 YQ₁₄	25 December 2006	list
(405726) 2005 XJ	1 December 2005	list

Co-discovery made with: ^A J. Medkeff
(423161) 2004 FG	16 March 2004	list
(423531) 2005 UQ₁₅₈	31 October 2005	list
(423690) 2006 AZ₄	7 January 2006	list
(423712) 2006 BQ₆₂	25 January 2006	list
(424662) 2008 RL₂₅	5 September 2008	list
(434636) 2005 WA₅₇	29 November 2005	list
(435395) 2007 YA₃₀	28 December 2007	list
(435561) 2008 RN₂₅	5 September 2008	list
(440619) 2005 WS₉	21 November 2005	list
(444327) 2005 WL₃₈	22 November 2005	list
(452734) 2006 BU₂₅	23 January 2006	list
(465351) 2007 XJ₁	3 December 2007	list
(481231) 2005 WN₅₅	28 November 2005	list
(481488) 2007 CZ₅₃	15 February 2007	list
(488917) 2005 UM₁	20 October 2005	list
(497333) 2005 UW₁	22 October 2005	list
(546006) 2011 WP₄₅	5 June 2005	list

References

^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b JPL Small-Body Database Browser 66479 Healy (1999 RQ33)
^ "David Healy - astrophotographer". mstecker.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
^ ^{[dead link‍]}https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aRvPb7l8jKq4#

[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[66479Healy-2] JPL Small-Body Database Browser 66479 Healy (1999 RQ33)

[3] "David Healy - astrophotographer". mstecker.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.

[4] {[dead link‍]}https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aRvPb7l8jKq4#

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