Stephen P. Laurie is a British amateur astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids and comets, although his profession is that of an actuary.
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A small speck in the sky; but a giant find for insurance man (1997) He has also worked on searches for dwarf stars, and discovered supernova SN 1997bq in NGC 3147, on 7 April 1997.
Laurie has named five asteroids he discovered from the Church Stretton area — 7603 Salopia (named after Shropshire), 9421 Violilla, 9428 Angelalouise, 10216 Popastro and 11626 Church Stretton
— all discovered at List of observatory codes, observatory 966 Church Stretton and nearby location Ragdon (observatory J17). Laurie lives and works in the Church Stretton area.
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20th-century British astronomers
Discoverers of asteroids
Living people
People from Church Stretton
Year of birth missing (living people)
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