Timothy B. Hunter, better known as Tim Hunter, is an American
radiologist and
amateur astronomer, who was the president of the
International Dark-Sky Association
The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) is a United States-based non-profit organization incorporated in 1988 by founders David Crawford, a professional astronomer, and Tim Hunter, a physician/amateur astronomer. The mission of the IDA is " ...
.
Education and profession
Hunter received his
M.D. degree from
Northwestern University in 1968. He teaches as a professor of radiology and
orthopaedic surgery at the
University of Arizona College of Medicine. He also earned a
B.S. degree in
mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
from the
University of Arizona in 1980 and
M.S. in astronomy from
Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology (often simply called Swinburne) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1908 as the Eastern Suburbs Technical College by George Swinburne to serve those without access ...
in 2006.
Astronomy
Since 1986, Hunter has studied the problem of increasing
light pollution. In 1987, together with David Crawford, he founded the
International Dark-Sky Association
The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) is a United States-based non-profit organization incorporated in 1988 by founders David Crawford, a professional astronomer, and Tim Hunter, a physician/amateur astronomer. The mission of the IDA is " ...
, which has grown to more than 10,000 members in 75 countries (as of 2007). His effort in this field brought him the Presidential Award of the
Astronomical League in 2004 and the
Amateur Achievement Award of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 2005. He is also a member of the
Planetary Science Institute Board of Trustees and a past chairman of the Western Region of the
Astronomical League.
Asteroid
Asteroid
6398 Timhunter
6398 Timhunter, provisional designation , is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 February 1991, by American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene ...
, discovered by
Carolyn Shoemaker at
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in San Diego County, California, United States, in the Palomar Mountain Range. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Research time at the observat ...
in 1991, was named in his honor.
The official was published by the
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Function
...
on 1 June 1996 ().
References
2005 ASP Annual Award Winners: Tim HunterThe Grasslands observatory6398 Timhunter at JPL Small-Body Database Browser
Living people
Amateur astronomers
20th-century American astronomers
21st-century American astronomers
University of Arizona faculty
University of Arizona alumni
Feinberg School of Medicine alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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