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Robert S. McMillan (astronomer)
Robert
S.
McMillan
is an
astronomer
at the
University of Arizona
, and
heads
the
Spacewatch project
, which
studies
minor planets
. He has made various
discoveries
, including notably
20000 Varuna
.
On
October 19
,
2008
he
discovered
a short-periodic
comet
208P/McMillan
.
In
1977
McMillan received his
Ph
.D. from
the University of Texas at Austin
.
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