Loren C. Ball


Loren C. Ball is an American amateur astronomer, who has discovered more than 100 asteroids while working at his Emerald Lane Observatory, built on the roof of his house on Emerald Lane, Decatur, Alabama. As of 2018, he has credit for 107 numbered designations with the Minor Planet Center at Harvard for the period between 2000 and 2004. None of them were co-discoveries. He is under contract with NASA through the University of Alabama in Huntsville to do outreach to school groups and organisations., he promotes asteroid education in schools and on social media.
The main-belt asteroid 16095 Lorenball, discovered by astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey in 1999, is named after him. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 8 November 2019.

List of discovered minor planets

34351 Decatur3 September 2000
51599 Brittany28 April 2001
61400 Voxandreae25 August 2000
62701 Davidrankin7 October 2000
15 October 2001
6 April 2002
72834 Guywells25 April 2001
4 April 2002
8 May 2002
11 August 2002
25 September 2001
15 August 2001
9 August 2000
29 September 2000
2 October 2000
8 October 2000
30 September 2001
26 August 2000
3 September 2000
2 October 2000

20 October 2001
24 October 2000
21 October 2001
29 November 2002
16 September 2001
18 November 2001
18 October 2001
29 July 2002
5 August 2002
1 December 2002
14 November 2002
25 August 2000
24 October 2001
20 October 2003
16 April 2004
29 October 2001
7 December 2002
12 September 2001
16 April 2001
14 August 2001

16 April 2002
4 September 2002
2 December 2002
28 April 2003
23 March 2004
21 August 2000
1 December 2002
28 May 2003
4 September 2002
29 September 2000
5 April 2002
23 September 2003
22 October 2001
22 October 2001
22 October 2001
10 November 2001
16 September 2001
21 October 2001
15 June 2002
1 November 2003