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Paul Arnold Wiegert (born 1967) is a Canadian astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and professor at the University of Western Ontario.^[2]

Wiegert studies unusual orbits of both observed objects and theorised classes of objects, for example, one early paper^[3] considers not-known-to-exist planets orbiting the nearby Alpha Centauri star system, while later papers extend that case to more general planetary stability in general binary systems (as exoplanet studies are finding increasingly frequently). This work in particular should be of interest to science fiction authors inventing universes.

Other areas of work include identifying the orbits of minor planets in the Solar System, which by virtue of their potential instability could realistically become major threats to civilization when one impacts on Earth again, as they have in the past. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 80 numbered minor planets between 2003 and 2008.^[1] Wiegert was also involved in the discovery of 3753 Cruithne, Earth's first known Trojan asteroid.^[2]^[4]

He was also the a member of the team that identified 524522 Zoozve, as a quasi-satellite of Venus, in 2004, two years after the actual discovery of the object.^[5]^[6]

The outer main-belt asteroid 15068 Wiegert was named in his honor.^[2]

List of discovered minor planets

172996 Stooke	25 May 2006	list
199763 Davidgregory	1 May 2006	list
204786 Wehlau	25 May 2006	list
(229280) 2005 BN₄₇	16 January 2005	list
233472 Moorcroft	25 May 2006	list
236616 Gray	1 May 2006	list
254422 Henrykent	9 November 2004	list ^[A]
261930 Moorhead	25 May 2006	list
262536 Nowikow	26 October 2006	list ^[A]
263251 Pandabear	6 January 2008	list ^[A]
273230 de Bruyn	1 May 2006	list
273262 Cottam	25 May 2006	list
277883 Basu	1 May 2006	list
(281067) 2006 KU₁₃₀	25 May 2006	list
(282630) 2005 RL₅₀	3 September 2005	list
(290156) 2005 QL₁₈₃	27 August 2005	list
(290181) 2005 RZ₅₀	3 September 2005	list
(291824) 2006 KH₁₃₃	25 May 2006	list
(292856) 2006 UE₃₄₁	26 October 2006	list
(298762) 2004 HT₇₇	26 April 2004	list
(299518) 2006 CX₆₃	2 February 2006	list
(299631) 2006 JP₆₈	1 May 2006	list
304122 Ameliawehlau	1 May 2006	list
(304557) 2006 UL₃₅₂	26 October 2006	list
(305344) 2008 AB₁₂₂	6 January 2008	list

(306257) 2011 RF₃	25 May 2006	list
(307681) 2003 SA₄₂₅	25 September 2003	list
(308753) 2006 JD₇₉	1 May 2006	list
(309426) 2007 TX₄₁₂	25 May 2006	list
(311604) 2006 KD₁₃₇	25 May 2006	list
(312676) 2010 MF₃₆	19 January 2007	list
(315529) 2008 AN₁₂₀	6 January 2008	list
(317843) 2003 SH₄₂₄	25 September 2003	list
(317844) 2003 SU₄₂₆	25 September 2003	list
(319358) 2006 CE₆₄	2 February 2006	list
(319455) 2006 KB₁₄₂	25 May 2006	list
(322569) 2011 YQ₆₅	14 September 2007	list
(324208) 2006 AS₁₀₃	7 January 2006	list
(324327) 2006 JB₇₂	1 May 2006	list
(327559) 2006 CS₆₃	2 February 2006	list
(331824) 2003 SU₄₂₄	25 September 2003	list
(335013) 2004 HW₇₆	26 April 2004	list
(339395) 2005 BA₄₈	16 January 2005	list
(340538) 2006 JJ₇₃	1 May 2006	list
(344700) 2003 SV₄₂₃	25 September 2003	list
(344918) 2004 RY₃₄₇	12 September 2004	list
(345702) 2006 UL₃₅₇	27 October 2006	list
(349018) 2006 UD₃₅₂	26 October 2006	list
(350205) 2012 QE₂	25 May 2006	list
(351475) 2005 PH₂₇	10 August 2005	list

(353730) 2011 WN₁₁₄	24 November 2005	list
(355145) 2006 UZ₃₄₃	26 October 2006	list
(358712) 2008 AO₁₂₁	6 January 2008	list
(360106) 2013 CM₁₃	25 May 2006	list
(362643) 2011 SZ₁₈₅	25 May 2006	list
(362683) 2011 UD₉₃	1 May 2006	list
(363834) 2005 PH₂₅	5 August 2005	list
(364179) 2006 KU₁₃₈	25 May 2006	list
(365879) 2011 UC₃₁₈	25 May 2006	list
(371548) 2006 UY₃₄₉	26 October 2006	list
(376299) 2011 FC₁₃₈	15 December 2004	list
(376303) 2011 FK₁₄₈	14 September 2007	list
(376674) 2013 QD₂₉	16 January 2005	list
(377395) 2004 RW₃₄₉	12 September 2004	list
(377959) 2006 JK₆₁	1 May 2006	list
(387984) 2005 ON₂₉	31 July 2005	list
(391240) 2006 KP₁₃₄	25 May 2006	list
(393652) 2004 PN₁₁₆	12 August 2004	list
(394654) 2008 AS₁₂₀	6 January 2008	list
(400015) 2006 KH₁₂₆	25 May 2006	list
(402361) 2005 VV₁₃₄	1 November 2005	list
(405285) 2003 SV₄₂₄	25 September 2003	list
(405915) 2006 JP₇₀	1 May 2006	list
(416605) 2004 PV₁₁₆	12 August 2004	list
(422054) 2014 QE₃₆₆	16 January 2005	list

important;
(434357) 2004 RC₃₅₀	12 September 2004	list
(434709) 2006 CJ₆₉	3 February 2006	list ^[A]
(438334) 2006 KD₁₃₉	25 May 2006	list
(441316) 2008 AV₁₂₅	6 January 2008	list
(444474) 2006 KL₁₄₂	25 May 2006	list
(470002) 2006 KW₁₃₇	25 May 2006	list
(476348) 2008 AT₁₂₃	6 January 2008	list
(489211) 2006 JH₇₄	1 May 2006	list
(493446) 2014 WJ₃₆₁	25 May 2006	list
(497593) 2006 JU₆₉	1 May 2006	list
Co-discovery made with: ^A A. Papadimos

References

^ ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(15068) Wiegert [3.99, 0.22, 1.7]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (15068) Wiegert, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 90–91. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_923. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.
^ Wiegert, Paul A.; Holman, Matt J. (April 1997). "The Stability of Planets in the Alpha Centauri System". Astronomical Journal. 113: 1445–1450. arXiv:astro-ph/9609106. Bibcode:1997AJ....113.1445W. doi:10.1086/118360. S2CID 18969130. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^ Connors, M. G.; Wiegert, P.; Veillet, C. (December 2011). "Discovery of an Earth Trojan Asteroid". American Geophysical Union. 23: P23C–1727. Bibcode:2011AGUFM.P23C1727C. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^ "Discovery of the first quasi-satellite of Venus". Tuorla Observatory. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ Mikkola, S.; Brasser, R.; Wiegert, P.; Innanen, K. (2004). "Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 351 (3): L63–L65. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.351L..63M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07994.x.